Offshore drilling company Valaris said Thursday it had secured new drilling rig contracts and contract extensions, worth $149 million in total. The contract backlog excludes lump sum payments such as mobilization fees and capital reimbursements, Valaris said. In Mexico, Valaris has won a three-well contract with Eni for the semi-submersible drilling rig VALARIS DPS-5. The contract is... Continue Reading →
Fugro to work on first Mediterranean floating offshore wind project
Fugro has won a contract with Renexia to carry out surveys at the 2.8 GW Med Wind project, the first floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean. Fugro will perform marine geophysical and environmental surveys to acquire comprehensive geo-data at the proposed wind farm location in water depths of 300 to 900 meters and along the... Continue Reading →
All foundations, subsea cables installed at Formosa 2
All 47 wind turbine jacket foundations and all subsea cables are now in place at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The wind farm also has more than half of its wind turbines installed so far. The final jacket foundation was installed on 26 August, with the subsea cable works reaching completion on... Continue Reading →
M&A: UK CMA Accepts Noble, Maersk Drilling Plan to Sell 5 Rigs to Alleviate Competitions Concerns
(OE) The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling's plan to sell certain rigs operating in the North Sea in order to alleviate competition concerns arising from the two drillers' planned merger. The two offshore drilling firms said in November 2021 announced a proposed business combination. However, the CMA... Continue Reading →
Petrogal wins direct sale process for Sepia oil
(TN) Petrogal Brasil was the winner of the direct sales process carried out by Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) this August 31st, to market the first oil cargo, of 500 thousand barrels, arising from the oil sharing production contract of Sepia and which will be available for loading in the last quarter of the year. Ten companies... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on payment of remuneration to shareholders
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/28/2022, informs that it is carrying out today the payment of the 1st installment of the remuneration to shareholders approved by its Board of Directors in a meeting held on that date. The gross amount distributed today corresponds to dividends and interest on... Continue Reading →
New Jersey firm to back Petrobras’ oil and gas fiber network project
New Jersey-headquartered Pioneer Consulting has been appointed to assist with the deployment of Petrobras’ Malha Óptica system in Brazil which will comprise a 1,200-kilometer oil and gas fiber network. Under the contract signed with the Zemax-Planova Consortium, Pioneer Consulting will provide support for route engineering, quality and documentation, contractor and supplier management, and survey and... Continue Reading →
People Could Abandon Gas Over ‘Insane’ Prices, says Wintershall Dea CEO
(Reuters) Wholesale gas prices have scaled "insane" levels that will ultimately hurt demand, although the lack of Russian gas means Europe's supply will be tight for several years, the chief executive of German oil firm Wintershall Dea said on Tuesday. The benchmark European gas contract TRNLTTFMc1 has risen by more than 300% in a year and on... Continue Reading →
Revitalization project at Marlim intends to reduce emissions by 60%
As part of the project to revitalize the Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin, Petrobras intends to reduce carbon emissions associated with the production of the areas by 60%. As a reminder, the revitalization of the Marlim cluster provides for the replacement of nine proprietary platforms by two new FPSOs equipped with technologies... Continue Reading →
This decade’s oil boom is moving offshore – way offshore
(Reuters) - Global oil companies are pumping billions of dollars into offshore drilling, reversing a long decline in spending on the decades-long projects including some in the remote iceberg waters far off Canada's Atlantic coast. Surging oil prices are encouraging the investments, along with Europe's mounting energy demand as the Ukraine-Russia war drags on. Offshore... Continue Reading →