Fugro has reported a revenue of €465.8 million for the first quarter of 2023, representing an increase of 27.5 per cent, said to be especially related to offshore wind site characterization solutions, with all regions reporting double-digit growth. Overall, revenue in marine was €335.1 million, up by 34.7 per cent, as a result of increasingly... Continue Reading →
Partnership Launched to Boost Efficiency and Lower Emissions from FPSOs
(OE) Oilfield services firm SLB, Rockwell Automation, Sensia, and Cognite on Monday announced a collaboration that they say will "accelerate the evolution" of the offshore industry’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities. According to a press statement issued by SLB, until recently known as Schlumberger, digital capabilities developed by the four-company coalition will improve... Continue Reading →
African Floating Rig Market Close to Sold Out
Teresa Wilkie, Contributor Research Director of RigLogix at Westwood Global Energy A noticeable recovery in the West African offshore floating rig market (semisubmersibles and drillships) has been slower to arrive than the other two points of the Golden Triangle – Brazil and the US Gulf of Mexico – but now appears to be well underway. As... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil not quitting exploration in Brazil
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is not giving up on oil exploration in Brazil, the company's country chief Alberto Ferrin said on Monday during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. "I would say very crystal clear that Exxon Mobil is not quitting exploration in Brazil at all," Ferrin said, disputing a U.S. newspaper report published last month.... Continue Reading →
BP’s profit rises to $5 billion as share buyback slows
(Reuters) - BP (BP.L) made a profit of $5 billion in the first quarter of 2023, up from the previous three months on the back of strong oil and gas trading, but the company's shares fell as it slowed a share buyback programme. BP's results, which beat forecasts, follow a strong showing by rivals including Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) and Chevron last week... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras to keep stake in Colombia’s deepwater block Tayrona
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has abandoned a plan to sell its 44% stake in a promising offshore gas project it shares with Colombia's Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) in the Andean country, a Petrobras executive said at a Houston energy conference on Monday. Petrobras and Ecopetrol last year announced a natural gas discovery at the Uchuva-1 deepwater well... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore signed a 10-year Operations and Maintenance Enabling Agreement for its Guyana FPSO fleet with ExxonMobil Guyana
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has signed a 10-year Operations and Maintenance Enabling Agreement with Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd (aka “ExxonMobil Guyana”) for the Operations and Maintenance of FPSOs Liza Destiny, Liza Unity, Prosperity and ONE GUYANA. This framework agreement establishes the new terms related to the operations of the Guyana... Continue Reading →
MODEC raising finance for expanding FPSO sector
MODEC plans to raise funds to support future FPSO activities by issuing new shares to MITSUI and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), and forming a business alliance with MOL. The company has special-purpose entities providing lease, operation and charters of floating production systems. Projects have been growing in scope and funds required for charter arrangements are... Continue Reading →
Foz do Amazonas: understand what is at stake in the new oil exploration frontier
(epbr) The equatorial margin, the region where the promising Foz do Amazonas Basin is located, has already been called the "new pre-salt layer" by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira (PSD), and is an important part of Petrobras' exploratory strategy in the coming years. years. But, due to lack of environmental licensing, no... Continue Reading →
Brazil agency recommends barring Petrobras from drilling in Amazon’s mouth
Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agency Ibama has recommended the rejection of state-run oil firm Petrobras' (PETR4.SA) request to drill a well in the mouth of the Amazon River Basin, documents seen by Reuters showed on Friday. Signed last week by several environmental analysts from Ibama, the report also recommended the agency stop processing environmental licenses for the... Continue Reading →