Italian energy industry services provider Saipem is set to complete the acquisition of the French Naval Energies' floating wind business. The two companies first announced the agreement on June 4, and now all the necessary conditions for the completion of the deal have been fulfilled. Saipem acquired from Naval Energies the activities in the floating... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Extends Another Drillship Contract – Etesco
(PetroleoHoje) After extending the charter period for the Petrobras 10.000 drillship, Petrobras extended the contract for the drillship Etesco Takatsugu J with Etesco for another three years. The deadline, which would expire in April 2022, was extended until April 2025. The rig's daily rate during this extension period will be reduced to around US$ 230,000.... Continue Reading →
Report: At Least Three Firms Vying for Petrobras’ Albacora Fields
(Reuters) Petrobras' Albacora oilfields in Brazil are likely to attract at least three buyers despite a roughly one-month delay to let interested parties finalize their bids, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as Petrobras is formally known, has been selling off dozens of assets ranging from refineries to pipelines in a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras clarifies about the sale of Gaspetro
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news published in the media concerning the divestiture of Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), clarifies that the information that the company Sobek Energia is in the dispute for the asset is untrue. Gaspetro's divestment project is under the binding phase, as disclosed to the market on 07/10/2020,... Continue Reading →
Karoon examining options for Neon project offshore Brazil
(OM) Karoon Energy has received notification that Brazil’s ANP has approved its integrated development plan for the Neon and Goiá fields (formerly Echidna and Kangaroo) in the Santos basin offshore Brazil. The plan had been submitted in December 2019, although Karoon is now performing additional engineering studies for Neon in order to optimize the development plan. This... Continue Reading →
Ocyan wins bid and re-contracts Norbe IX rig to Petrobras
(TNPetroleo) The rig is the second to renew its contract this year. The entire company fleet continues with active contracts. Norbe IX, one of Ocyan's five deepwater drilling rigs, was rehired by Petrobras for a period of 1095 days. The new charter and services contract is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022, a few... Continue Reading →
Guyana Relaunches Search for Company to Market Its Crude
(Reuters) Guyana is re-launching a search for a company to market the government's share of crude oil produced off the South American country's coast to make the tender process "simpler and more competitive," the natural resources minister said on Monday. According to the notice published late last week, companies will have until Aug. 3 to submit their... Continue Reading →
Suriname, the Next Offshore Oil Hot Spot?
Offshore drilling in Guyana, mainly by ExxonMobil, has in the past years unearthed more than 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, making Guyana a place to be when it comes to deepwater exploration, and as of December 2019, production, with multiple FPSOs planned for deployment in the coming years. Explorers in nearby Suriname have been hoping... Continue Reading →
SBM’s new Fast4Ward FPSO hull launched in Chinese yard
Chinese shipyard Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has launched a hull of the latest FPSO of a Fast4Ward design being built for Dutch provider SBM Offshore. On 10 July, the third H1498 ship of the Fast4Ward offshore floating production and storage vessel (FPSO) series built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, was... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs Itapu Coparticipation Agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed with Pré-sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) the Itapu Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Contract (ToR) and the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Suplus of the Transfer of Rights for the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The... Continue Reading →