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Veolia Water Technologies' Seawater Treatment Process Module for One Guyana FPSO

Oct 04, 2022

Veolia Water Technologies has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply a seawater treatment process module for the One Guyana FPSO, that will operate in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block, offshore Guyana.The Yellowtail - SBM Offshore/McDermott…

Valaris Secures Rig Contract Extensions Worth $95M

Oct 04, 2022

Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured new contracts and contract extensions worth $95 million in total.The contracts were awarded subsequent to the issuing of Valaris' most recent contract awards and fleet status update on September 1…

Petrobras Taps Shearwater for Large OBN Survey Offshore Brazil

Oct 03, 2022

Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS said Monday it had won a contract in Brazil for a large deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey.The company will conduct the survey over the Petrobras-operated Grand Iara Project, involving the Berbigão, Sururu…

DOF, Solstad Offshore Win PSV Deals in Norway, Brazil

Oct 03, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owners DOF and Solstad on Monday said they'd secured vessel work in Norway and Brazil, respectively.DOF said that Norway's Equinor Energy AS had exercised its option to extend the firm period of the contract for Skandi Flora platform supply vessel by one year…

Brazil: Manati Field Output Interrupted Due to Low Gas Demand

Sep 30, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Friday that the production at the Manati field offshore Brazil has been interrupted due to the reduction in gas demand.'According to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), field operator and buyer of the gas produced by Manati…

Anna Nery FPSO Arrives in Brazil

Sep 30, 2022

Malaysian FPSO leasing specialist Yinson has informed that the Anna Nery FPSO has arrived in Brazil.The Anna Nery FPSO, built in China by Cosco Qidong shipyard, will be deployed at Petrobras' Marlim offshore field in Brazil. Now that the vessel has arrived in Brazil…

CBO Taps Wärtsilä for Offshore Vessel Fleet Decarbonization

Sep 29, 2022

Finland-based marine enginer maker and maritime technology provider Wärtsilä and Brazil-based offshore vessel owner Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) have signed an agreement for decarbonisation modelling. The objective is to support and…

Petrobras Orders $2.8B FPSO from Keppel O&M

Sep 29, 2022

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a $2.8 billion contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the construction of a large FPSO for deployment at the Buzios field offshore Brazil.Scheduled for delivery in 1H 2027, the P-83 is a repeat order of the P-80 FPSO that Keppel O&M secured in August 2022…

Petro Rio to Buy TotalEnergies' Stake in Itaipu Field

Sep 26, 2022

Brazilian oil company Petro Rio has signed a deal with TotalEnergies for the acquisition of a 40% interest in the BM-C-32 Block (“Itaipu Field” or “Itaipu”).Together with the 60% interest in Itaipu acquired from BP in July 2021, this transaction…

India's BPCL Signs MoU with Petrobras to Diversify Oil Sourcing

Sep 26, 2022

India's state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp said it had signed a preliminary agreement with Brazil's national oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA to help it diversify its crude oil sourcing.Indian state refiners rarely buy Brazilian oil. The Memorandum…

TotalEnergies Extends Suriname Rig Contract

Sep 22, 2022

TotalEnergies E&P Suriname has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to its contract for the Maersk Drilling's Maersk Valiant drillship. The contract extension is expected to start in January 2023…

Exxon Boosts Guyana Oil Output, Undecided on Future Auction Bid - source

Sep 20, 2022

Exxon Mobil Corp is uncertain whether it will bid for new offshore areas Guyana wants to explore, a person close to the matter said, as the oil major ramps up production faster than expected and the South American country wrestles with fixing terms of new oil leases…

Petrobras Extends Helix Well Intervention Vessel

Sep 19, 2022

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced on Monday that it entered into a two-year extension of its well intervention charter and services contracts with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the Siem Helix 2 well intervention vessel offshore Brazil…

TotalEnergies Reaches FID for Fenix Gas Project Off Argentina

Sep 19, 2022

French supermajor TotalEnergies has approved the final investment decision (FID) for the Fenix gas development, located 60 km off the coast of Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina.Through its Total Austral affiliate, TotalEnergies operates the project with a 37…

Petrobras' CEO Diagnosed with Cancer -Local Media

Sep 16, 2022

Brazilian oil company Petrobras' Chief Executive Caio Paes de Andrade has been diagnosed with cancer, local media reported.The executive has started treatment to fight a head and neck carcinoma, according to the reports, citing a Petrobras internal statement…

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