Brazilian oil company Enauta has brought back online oil production from the Atlanta field, following a planned downtime. Enauta had said earlier this month that the gradual output resumption would take place by mid-August when a new water treatment and equipment unit that underwent maintenance in the period would be commissioned and complementary services carried... Continue Reading →
Marlim Sul new pre-salt well comes into operation
In early August, Petrobras put well MLS-233 into operation in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin. Preliminary analyzes indicate that the new well, connected to the P-40, at Ativo Marlim Sul, has a production potential of 15,000 barrels of oil per day, exceeding the company's initial estimates. The MLS-233 symbolizes the beginning of pre-salt... Continue Reading →
The Gulf of Mexico Has a Pirate Problem
(Rigzone) Dryad Global’s latest Maritime Security Threat Advisory (MSTA) has outlined that the Gulf of Mexico is in the midst of a pirate problem. According to the MSTA, on August 7, pirates onboard two speedboats boarded and robbed a manned semi-submersible drilling rig in the Bay of Campeche approximately 28nm north of Paraiso. The MSTA... Continue Reading →
Analysis: Oil prices turn more volatile as investors exit the market
(Reuters) - Traders and fund managers have left crude oil markets in recent months, dropping activity to a seven-year low amid the worst global energy crisis in decades as investors become unwilling to deal with persistently high volatility. The exodus of participants, especially hedge funds and speculators, has made daily price swings far greater than... Continue Reading →
Report: August shaping up as big month for floating rig contracts
(OM) Halfway through the month of August, contracts for floating rigs are significantly outpacing contacts for jackups, according to Evercore ISI’s latest Offshore Rig Market Snapshot. Of the 17 rig contracts announced so far this month, floater contracts outnumber jackup almost 2-to-1 with the average term more than six times longer at 1.2 years versus... Continue Reading →
FEED Contract Awarded for Ulsan Gray Whale 3 Floating Wind Farm in S. Korea
Technip Energies, in consortium with Subsea 7 and Samkang M&T, has been selected by Corio Generation and TotalEnergies to perform a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for their Ulsan Gray Whale 3 Offshore Windfarm project, located offshore the East Coast of South Korea. The FEED contract covers engineering for floater, mooring, and inter-array cable (IAC) in collaboration with a wind turbine supplier. The design of the floating foundation will include Technip Energies’ in-house floater technology INO15. With a capacity of 15 megawatts, INO15 technology is a three columns semi-submersible floater suited for large series production. The... Continue Reading →
Magseis Fairfield Wins OBN Survey Work with ExxonMobil in Guyana
(OE) Oslo-listed marine seismic survey firm Magseis Fairfield has signed a contract with ExxonMobil for a large Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) project offshore Guyana, where ExxonMobil has so far discovered 11 billion barrels of oil. The project is expected to be conducted using our ZXPLR technology and last for a minimum of 14 months. “We... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of exploration assets in the Potiguar Basin
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of 40% of its interest in the BM-POT-17 exploratory concessions, in which the Discovery Assessment Plan for the Pitu well is being developed (Blocks POT-M-853 and POT-M-855), and the POT-M-762_R15 concession (Block POT-M-762), located in deep... Continue Reading →
ODITC Becomes Guyana’s First Firm for Oil & Gas Training with OPITO Certification
ODITC, a joint venture (JV) between Guyana’s Orinduik Development Incorporated, Windsor Technologies, and 3t EnerMech, has become the first organization in the country to be approved to deliver OPITO accredited training to oil and gas workers. The 3t EnerMech Guyana Training Centre of Excellence, developed by ODITC, has been established to support the region’s growing need... Continue Reading →
Mainstream and Aker Offshore Wind Merger Completed
The transaction to combine Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind to form a renewable company with a 27 GW portfolio has closed. The deal was first announced on July 12. Aker Horizons entered into an agreement with Aker Mainstream Renewables, a holding company co-owned by Aker Horizons, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Irish minority shareholders,... Continue Reading →