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Seaway nets Perla job offshore Venezuala

Apr 08, 2015

Seaway Heavy Lifting entered into a contract with Cardon IV in Venezuela for transportation and installation of the Perla project gas production platforms complete with tie-in of the subsea infrastructure.  The Perla development consists…

McDermott, GE get Brazilian SURF

Apr 07, 2015

Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP) awarded the McDermott International and GE Oil & Gas consortium a SURF contract to provide subsea equipment for the early production system (EPS) on the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil. Map from QGEP…

Falklands success for Premier Oil

Apr 02, 2015

Premier Oil’s first exploration well in its 2.1 billion bbl 2015 Falkland’s drilling campaign has confirmed the extension of the giant Sea Lion discovery.  The 14/15b-5 Zebedee exploration well, using the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig…

Buoy supported riser installed at Guara-Lula

Apr 01, 2015

Automation systems provider Cougar Automation has developed and commissioned a control system for Balltec to use on the first buoy supported riser (BSR) system installed on Brazil’s Guara-Lula project. Buoy supported riser tether adjustment…

Big spending needs investment

Apr 01, 2015

Brazil has big plans as it sets its sight on increasing oil exports – but it will need investment in technology as it moves into ever deeper waters. Elaine Maslin reports from Subsea Expo. Various vessels await deployment in Guanabara Bay near Niterói…

RWLI makes its mark

Apr 01, 2015

Ask about subsea well intervention and most assume it’s riserless light well intervention you want to talk about – for good reason. Elaine Maslin reports. Subsea light well intervention visualized by FMC Technologies…

Karoon spuds third Santos well

Apr 01, 2015

Karoon Gas Australia spudded its third well in the Santos basin drilling campaign, offshore Brazil. Map of the Santos basin, from Karoon.   The Echidna-1 exploration well is located in exploration block S-M-1102…

BW Offshore gets Polvo extension

Apr 01, 2015

BW Offshore signed an agreement with Petrorio for a one-year extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo. The firm period has been extended to 3Q 2016 (from 3Q 2015), with options until 3Q 2022.  BW Offshore is operating the FPSO offshore Brazil…

Spotlight on Latin America

Apr 01, 2015

Heather Saucier examines the effect of regional energy policies on Latin America’s rich untapped resources, estimated to be some 126 billion bo and 679 Tcf of natural gas, a large majority of which is offshore. Piñon…

GlobalData: Rosneft focuses on Russian gas

Mar 31, 2015

Despite the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Rosneft and Golar LNG, the former’s current gas strategy is narrowly focused on developing domestic reserves and initiating liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Russia, according…

Oil price on the rise towards 2020

Mar 31, 2015

Oil prices are set to rise on average US$10/bbl annually towards 2020, with global liquids supply and demand balancing out in around two years, according to Oslo-headquartered oil and gas consulting and business intelligence firm Rystad Energy…

Petrobras announces new board member

Mar 27, 2015

Petrobras appointed Luciano Galvao Coutinho as chairman of the board after receiving Guido Mantega’s resignation on 26 March. Image of Petrobras headquarters. From OE Staff.   Coutinho…

Lloyd's expands capabilities in T&T

Mar 26, 2015

To meet the growing demands by operators for greater operational efficiency and public confidence in the integrity of offshore and onshore oil and gas structures, Lloyd’s Register Energy is increasing its structural engineering capabilities…

Wood Mackenzie: 2016 drilling activity set to recover

Mar 26, 2015

The oil and gas industry is responding to the low oil price environment with exploration budget cuts in 2015 which will average 30%, leading to suggestions that exploration activity could be significantly curtailed. However in an effort to drive value…

Wärtsilä inaugurates new Brazil assembly plant

Mar 25, 2015

Wärtsilä inaugurated its first unit at Porto do Açu in São João da Barra (RJ), Brazil. This is the first assembly plant and production unit for generator sets and azimuth thrusters in Brazil for Wärtsilä. Covering 4000sq m of floor space…

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