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Libra Consortium Reaches FID for Mero Field’s Innovative Subsea Tech

Jan 08, 2024

Libra Consortium has taken the final investment decision (FID) to develop an innovative natural gas and CO2 separation and reinjection facility for the Mero 3 project in the Brazilian deep offshore pre-salt.The pilot unit, using a pioneer high pressure subsea separation technology (HISEP)…

CO2 Capture Technology Ready for New Offshore Frontiers

Jan 02, 2024

If the industry has been capturing CO2 for decades, why all the innovation now?CO2 capture technology has been used for around a century in natural gas processing plants to separate out the commercially valuable methane. In the 1970s, that CO2 found purpose in advanced oil recovery…

DOF Secures $60M Contract for Work on Gas Field Offshore Philippines

Jan 02, 2024

Prime Energy has extended the contract for DOF’s multipurpose supply vessel (MPSV) Skandi Hawk for work on the Malampaya gas field offshore Philippines.The contract has been extended to the end of 2027, according to Norwegian vessel owner DOF…

Foreign Shareholders Suspend Participation in Russia's Arctic LNG 2 Project

Dec 25, 2023

Foreign shareholders suspended participation in the Arctic LNG 2 project due to sanctions, renouncing their responsibilities for financing and for offtake contracts for the new Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the daily Kommersant reported on Monday…

Esgian: New Contracts, Drilling Activities and Rig Moves Across the World

Dec 29, 2023

Esgian's last roundup of the year for the Week 52 puts spotlight on new developments for Dolphin Drilling semisub, Seadrill drillships, as well as Shell’s plans for Australia and ONGC’s new tender for jackups in India.ContractsDolphin Drilling…

Shell and Deltic Greenlight Pensacola Appraisal Well

Dec 18, 2023

Oil major Shell and its partner Deltic Energy have approved the work program and budget for drilling the Pensacola appraisal well in late 2024.The Pensacola discovery, located in the UK North Sea, is estimated to contain gross P50 initially…

Russian Arctic LNG 2 Project Hit by US sanctions

Dec 26, 2023

Japan's Mitsui and Co has decided to pull its employees out of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing several sources, in yet another blow for the project.Fearing the backlash from the sanctions…

Shell Takes 100% Working Interest in GoM Kaikias Field

Dec 14, 2023

Supermajor Shell reports it now has 100% working interest in the Kaikias field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after acquiring a 20% stake from Mitsui's MOEX North America.The field Kaikias, located in the prolific Mars-Ursa basin, approximately 130 miles from the Louisiana coast…

Petrobras Says Sepetiba FPSO Starts Production

Dec 31, 2023

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras' Sepetiba floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit started production on Sunday, the oil giant said in a securities filing.Sepetiba, which has been chartered from SBM and installed at the Mero oilfield in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin…

Ecowende Orders 52 Vestas Turbines for Offshore Wind Farm in Netherlands

Dec 22, 2023

The Dutch wind farm developer Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has placed an order for 52 offshore wind turbines from Vestas, each rated at 15MW, for its Hollandse Kust (west) site VI.Once installed, Vestas will service the…

TechnipFMC Bags $1B Contract with Petrobras

Jan 04, 2024

TechnipFMC has been awarded 'major' integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract by Petrobras to deliver the Mero 3 HISEP project, which uses subsea processing to capture carbon dioxide-rich dense gases and then inject them into the reservoir…

Valaris Nets Over $1B in Rig Contract Awards and Extensions

Jan 10, 2024

Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured approximately $1.14 billion in new contracts and contract extensions for its drillships and jack-up rigs across the Americas, Europe and Australia.The $1.14 billion worth contracts were awarded in the last two months of 2023…

Cenosco Acquires Shell’s IMS Software

Dec 19, 2023

Cenosco, a provider of asset integrity software, have acquired complete ownership of the intellectual property (IP) rights of the jointly developed IMS, Integrity Management System. IMS is an Asset Integrity Management software suite, which…

Venezuela Prods Majors to Revive Offshore Gas Project

Dec 11, 2023

Venezuela has begun contacting energy firms involved in an long-idled offshore gas project to push them to begin new exploration and operations near its maritime border with Guyana, five people close to the talks said.The request to act on blocks…

Enauta Acquires Stake in Campos Basin Oil Fields

Dec 25, 2023

Brazilian oil company Enauta said on Monday it acquired the entire 23% stake held by QatarEnergy Brasil Ltda in some oil fields in the Campos Basin for a total value of $150 million.In a securities filing, the company said that the transaction to acquire a stake in the Abalone…

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