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Petrobras Reports 48.6$ Profit Rise for First Quarter 2025

May 13, 2025

Brazil's Petrobras on Monday posted a net profit of 35.2 billion reais ($6.21 billion) for the first quarter, up 48.6% from a year earlier, boosted by non-recurring events, while also announcing about $2.1billion in dividends.Without one-off events…

US Firm Debuts 20K Intervention Solution at Gulf of America Deepwater Field

May 12, 2025

Texas-based subsea oil and gas equipment supplier Trendsetter Engineering has marked the first deployment of its Trident 20,000 psi (20K) intervention system at Beacon Offshore’s Shenandoah project in the Gulf of America.The Trident 20K intervention…

Brava Cancels Sale of Shallow Water Assets in Brazilian State

May 12, 2025

Brazilian oil and gas firm Brava Energia has decided to terminate the negotiations related to the divestment process onshore and shallow water assets, which were limited to the fields located in Brazil’s Bahia state.This decision comes after…

TWMA Hooks ‘Major Contract’ with BP in North Sea

May 12, 2025

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a contract with BP to provide drilling waste management services in the U.K. North Sea.The three-year agreement, which includes options for renewal, started in October 2024.The scope of work will utilize TWMA’s cutting-edge technologies…

Viaro Energy Appoints Exceed as Well Operator for Over 190 North Sea Wells

May 12, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy has appointed Exceed as well operator for over 190 wells which will comprise Viaro’s One Gas West assets following completion of the acquisition from Shell and ExxonMobil.Exceed will manage all aspects of late life well operations…

ESVAGT, KMC Line to Launch Offshore Wind JV in South Korea

May 12, 2025

Danish vessel owner ESVAGT and South Korean shipping firm KMC Line have signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture KESTO, dedicated to the growing South Korean offshore wind market.Through a joint venture partnership with KMC Line…

Prosafe Takes $204M Petrobras Tender Win

May 12, 2025

Offshore accommodation firm Prosafe has been declared the winner of a bidding process for a four-year contract by Petrobras, for the provision of the Safe Notos semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil.Contract…

Aramco Sees Profit Drop in First Quarter 2025

May 12, 2025

Saudi oil giant Aramco, a longtime cash cow for the kingdom, reported a 4.6% drop in first-quarter profit on Sunday due to lower sales and higher operating costs as economic uncertainty hit crude markets.The world's top oil exporter reported net profit of 97…

Delays in Store for Two Wells at Shell’s Perdido Development

May 12, 2025

Shell, the top U.S. offshore producer, said this week that two of its wells to boost production at the Perdido offshore development were delayed to the end of the year, while one was brought online in March.All three wells, part of Perdido's Great White unit…

Nord Stream 2 Reaches Debt Restructuring Deal

May 12, 2025

A court in Switzerland said on Friday that Nord Stream 2, part of Russian gas company Gazprom, has reached a debt restructuring agreement with its creditors.The court had set a deadline of May 9 for Switzerland-based Nord Stream 2 to both restructure its debts and pay back small-scale creditors…

UK Bumps Up Offshore Wind Incentives Funding to $720M

May 09, 2025

Britain has more than doubled funding available under a scheme seeking to spur investment in offshore wind projects to 544 million pounds ($721.78 million), after higher than expected demand, the government said on Friday.The country has put…

Petrobras Finds Oil in Aram Block Offshore Brazil

May 09, 2025

Petrobras has identified the presence of high-quality oil with no contaminants in the pre-salt of Santos Basin, in an exploratory well in Aram block, offshore Brazil.Well 3-BRSA-1396D-SPS is located 248 km from the city of Santos-SP, at a water depth of 1…

Pemex Considers Reactivating Old Wells to Boost Oil Output

May 09, 2025

Mexican state energy company Pemex plans to reopen old wells in a bid to squeeze more barrels out of them to boost declining oil production, according to two documents and four sources, as it struggles to reach an ambitious government target…

CIP Sells 10% Stake in Fengmiao I Offshore Wind Farm to MOL

May 09, 2025

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has entered into an agreement to divest a 10% stake in the 495MW Fengmiao I offshore wind farm in Taiwan to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).The transaction…

DeepSea Bollsta Set to Spud Two Wildcat Wells in Norwegian Sea

May 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed DeepSea Bollsta semi-submersible rig.The permit is for wellbore 6606/4-1 S and 6606/4-1 A in production license 1194…

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