Shell announced on Friday it has applied for a license from Brazil's environmental agency Ibama to generate offshore wind power in six areas in the country.The six projects are located in the Brazilian states of Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. The total installed capacity of the projects will be 17 gigawatts.The studies on the areas are set to begin early this year…
Oceaneering International on Wednesday announced its Subsea Robotics segment has been awarded a service contract supporting Petrobras projects off the coast of Brazil. The contract is for four years plus options to extend.The Houston-based engineering…
Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore said it has secured contract extensions for two of its platform supply vessels (PSV) working for TotalEnergies offshore Brazil.Total E&P do Brazil has declared the first of two options for the PSVs Siem Atlas and Siem Giant…
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has awarded the drilling contractor Valaris a 540-day drilling contract for the Valaris DS-17 drillship. The offshore drilling contract is for operations in Brazil and is scheduled to start in 2023.Under…
French oil and gas seismic data firm CGG said Thursday it had secured a four-year contract extension for its dedicated reservoir services center for Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.'[CGG's] in-house team of reservoir characterization specialists…
Brazil's government on Wednesday tapped Jose Mauro Coelho, a high-ranking technocrat with expertise in the nation's oil and gas sector, as the next chief executive of state-run oil company Petrobras.The appointment comes amid a hectic several days for Petroleo Brasileiro SA…
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has won a contract with the seismic survey company PXGEO under the master time charter agreement for the Subsea Viking vessel. Ediesvik said that the contract would start 'ultimo April 2022,' in direct continuation of the existing stand-by contract…
Brazilian oil company Enauta said Friday that it had exercised the option for the Alpha Star drilling rig to drill two wells for Atlanta’s Full Development System, in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.As previously reported, Enauta said earlier…
Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future.But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil giant has yet to make a major oil discovery as an operator…
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Suriname will give Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras priority in the exploration of oil and gas reserves recently discovered off-shore.Bolsonaro spoke by webcast to supporters in Brazil from Paramaribo…
The heads of state of Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname this week will take the first steps toward forging an infrastructure that would better share the neighboring South American countries' energy and natural resources.Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro…
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has awarded Solstad Offshore new long-term charters for two platform supply vessels in Brazil.Solstad said Monday that Equinor had awarded it new deals for the Far Scotsman and the Sea Brazil platform suppliers…
Brazil has no plans to join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for now, although it is working with the producer group, its energy minister said on Wednesday.Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said in 2019 he wanted his country to join OPEC…
Malaysian FPSO supplier Yinson has signed two letters of intent with Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the charter, operations, and maintenance of Integrado Parque das Baleias (“IPB FPSO”), a floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel in the North Campos Basin…
Oslo-listed oil and gas company BW Energy, responding to press speculation, said Monday it had not made any formal decision to buy any of Brazil-based Petrobras' assets.BW Energy said it had noted the press speculation regarding the possibility of BW Energy acquiring the Golfinho field in Brazil…
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