Between 2021 and 2025, Petrobras plans to invest US$ 13 billion in the Campos Basin, mainly for the revitalization of oil fields. Petrobras has reallocated investments through what it calls "active portfolio management", that is, it has bet on assets with the potential to generate more value in the medium and long term and the... Continue Reading →
Floating wind turbines could rise to great heights
But the taller they get, the harder they will be to repair (Economist) On July 16th Royal Dutch Shell, an oil and gas company, and Scottish Power, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, a Spanish electricity utility, made an announcement. They were, they said, jointly submitting proposals to the British authorities to build, off the coast of Scotland,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Petros 3 Plan
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on June 15, 2021, informs that it signed today, together with Fundação Petrobras e Seguridade Social (Petros), a Term of Commitment, regarding its parity interest, for the cash payment of the debt recognized in the migration process of the PPSP-R and PPSP-NR Plans to... Continue Reading →
Borr Drilling Nets Offshore Rig Work in Mexico
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling received a Letter of Award for one of its jack-up rigs from an unnamed international oil company for additional work in Mexico. "The program is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2022 for a duration of approximately 150 days, adding revenues of USD 15.7 million," Borr said in... Continue Reading →
New contracts for two Solstad CSVs
Solstad Offshore has won two medium-term contracts for its construction vessels (CSV) Normand Frontier and Normand Navigator in the second half of 2021. Normand Frontier will support an ultra-deep subsea project in South America for an international contractor. The vessel has already started mobilization activities, the company informed. The contract duration is 100 days firm plus 60 days options excluding... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies and Technip to decarbonise LNG and offshore facilities
French energy major TotalEnergies and energy transition company Technip Energies have teamed up to decarbonise LNG plants and offshore facilities for the energy transition push. The companies signed a technical cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the energy transition. Under the agreement, they will explore new concepts and technologies to cover LNG plants and offshore-type... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes posts 2Q loss despite signs of global economic recovery
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported a loss in the second quarter of the year regardless of the company posting an increase in orders and revenues. In its second quarter of 2021 report on Wednesday, Baker Hughes said that its orders in the quarter were $5.1 billion, up 12 per cent sequentially and up four per... Continue Reading →
More work for Floatel as Equinor books Victory
Offshore accommodation provider Floatel International has secured another contract for one of its units, this time with Norway’s Equinor for operations in Brazilian waters. Floatel informed on Tuesday that Equinor Brasil Energia had awarded a contract to Floatel Victory to provide maintenance and safety unit (MSU) services alongside Peregrino floating production storage and offloading unit... Continue Reading →
Prysmian to deliver subsea umbilicals to Petrobras
Prysmian Group has secured a contract to provide deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals and specialized offshore and logistic services to Petrobras. Italian cabling company is to deliver 350 kilometres of high-end deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals using both steel tube and thermoplastic technology. The umbilicals will be engineered, produced, tested and delivered in the period from 2022 to 2025... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the appointment of Board Members by the Federal Government
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has received an official letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy with the following indications for the composition of the slate of the Federal Government for the company's Board of Directors positions, whose election will take place in the next Extraordinary General Meeting: I - Eduardo... Continue Reading →