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Nov. 21 (OE) Swiss-based equipment supplier Sulzer has secured an order to supply multiple water injection packages to Seatrium for Petrobras’ next generation P-84 and P-85 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. To support the construction of both vessels, Sulzer will deliver fully integrated pump skids designed to provide maximum efficiency in a compact... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (oilnow.gy) Japan-based floating production specialist MODEC Inc. has reported strong results for the first nine months of 2025, driven by a new contract with ExxonMobil Guyana Limited for the Hammerhead development in the Stabroek Block. The company said orders received totaled US$8.4 billion for the period ending September 30, up 1,327% from the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana is considering buying the ONE GUYANA floating production, storage and offloading vessel in early 2026, ahead of the unit’s maximum lease end in August 2027. SBM Offshore disclosed the update in its recently released third-quarter trading report, which stated that the company is “contemplating the exercise of its contractual purchase option.” The... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted has completed the 2025 foundation installation campaign at the Sunrise Wind offshore project site in the US and is now commencing cable installation works on both its projects under construction in the Northeast US, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind. According to the latest Notice to Mariners from the developer, Bokalift 2 and Bokalift 1 have... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (Oilprice.com) Renewable energy has encountered a strange crossroads – it is more successful, and also more divisive, than ever before. Wind and solar have become so successful that they’re not really alternative anymore – they’ve fully entered the mainstream. Not only have renewables outgrown subsidies and become independently successful, they’ve become so cheap... Continue Reading →
Nov 19 (Reuters) Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron are front-runners in the auction for a 40% operating stake in Galp's Mopane field in Namibia, four sources told Reuters. Mopane has estimated resources of at least 10 billion barrels, and Galp has said it would announce a winner by year-end. International oil companies have flocked to Namibia, which has no hydrocarbon... Continue Reading →
Nov 19 (OE) BW Energy has completed drilling operations on the Kharas-1 appraisal well in the Kudu license area, offshore Namibia, confirming the presence of hydrocarbons. The well, drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed Deepsea Mira rig, reached a total depth of 5,100 m and intersected multiple reservoir intervals. The well will now be plugged, and abandoned... Continue Reading →
Nov. 19,(offshoreWIND.biz) Ocean Winds has secured the third floating offshore wind site in the Celtic Sea, offered through the Crown Estate’s Round 5 auction earlier this year. The developer is joining Equinor and the Gwynt Glas joint venture, which were awarded rights for two of the three sites offered in Round 5 in June. On... Continue Reading →
Nov. 19 - Petrobras has extended the charter of the Transocean Deepwater Mykonos rig. The charter period, previously scheduled to end in October of this year, has been extended by 60 days, until December, with an option for another 120 days, until April 2026 Built at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 18 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil’s Payara project continues to hold the record for the fastest production ramp-up among all oil developments in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block. Production from the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel began in November 2022 and hit 220,000 barrels per day (b/d) just two months later, three months ahead of schedule. That... Continue Reading →
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