TechnipFMC has secured a “significant” contract with TotalEnergies EP Angola for the supply of flexible pipe and associated hardware for a life extension project. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, and supply of flowlines and connectors for the Girassol Life Extension project (GIRLIFEX) offshore Angola. According to TechnipFMC, the flexible pipes are set to extend the life... Continue Reading →
Karoon first well hits net oil-bearing pay off Brazil, second one gets the go-ahead
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has made a decision to drill the second well within an existing oil discovery offshore Brazil to assess the commerciality of a potential Neon field development, following the confirmation of net oil-bearing pay at the first well in this drilling campaign. Back in April 2021, Karoon hired a rig to perform... Continue Reading →
DEME to Use Special Drilling Tech Again as It Wins Second Major Offshore Wind Deal in France
Offshore installation firm DEME Offshore will need to deploy its special drilling technology again to install offshore wind monopiles at an offshore wind farm in France, due to rough ocean conditions and a rocky seabed. The company recently secured two deals for the transportation and installation contracts for the foundations and the offshore substation for the Yeu... Continue Reading →
Norway and Portugal Team Up for Offshore Wind Development
Norway's METCentre, a floating wind test center, has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Portuguese offshore wind player WavEC. WavEC provides commercial services for wind farm developers and is a shareholder of the Aguçadoura test site, which has been a central testing area in the development of offshore renewable technologies. The MOU was... Continue Reading →
Hydrogen Pipelines: DNV Launches Phase 2 of H2Pipe Project
(OE) DNV said Monday it was launching the second phase of H2Pipe, a joint industry project (JIP) aiming to develop a new code for the design, re-qualification, construction, and operation of offshore pipelines to transport hydrogen—either pure or blended with natural gas. DNV’s Hydrogen Forecast to 2050 anticipates that over 50% of hydrogen pipelines globally... Continue Reading →
Galp withdraws from E&P offshore Angola
Galp has agreed to sell its upstream assets offshore Angola to Somoil -Sociedade Petrolífera Angolana. The transaction, estimated at about $830 million, should complete during the second half of this year. The sale comprises Block 14 (9% Galp): Tombua; Landana; BBLT – Benguela, Belize, Lobito, Tomboco; and Kuito; Block 14K (4.5% Galp): Lianzi; Block 32 (5% Galp): Kaombo... Continue Reading →
Report: Offshore wind energy plans in the Gulf likely delayed until summer
(OM) President Joe Biden’s administration is tapping the brakes on offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico to make way for a new fast-tracked effort to open more federal waters to oil and gas drilling. The move, as reported by New Orleans-based NOLA.com, will delay the first-ever auction of wind energy lease areas in the Gulf by at... Continue Reading →
Guyana Aims to Reclaim 20% of Stabroek Block from ExxonMobil
(Reuters) Guyana Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters the country plans to take back 20% of the giant Stabroek oil block that has been responsible for a series of massive discoveries from a consortium led by Exxon Mobil Corp., and remarket it by next year. More than 11 billion barrels of oil and gas found... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on nominations for the Executive Board
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A - Petrobras informs that its CEO Jean Paul Terra Prates has indicated 2 new members for the composition of the Executive Board: Chief Institutional Relations and Sustainability Officer, Mrs. Clarice Coppetti; Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, Mr. Sergio Caetano Leite. The nominations will be submitted to the internal procedures of... Continue Reading →
U.S. charges Connecticut trader with bribery related to Brazil’s Petrobras
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday unveiled corruption charges against a Connecticut oil and gas trader and a second man over their alleged roles in a bribery scheme to win business from Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA). The Department of Justice said that between 2010 and 2018, Glenn Oztemel, 64, of Westport, Connecticut, and Eduardo... Continue Reading →