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Petrobras Eyes Global Expansion as Brazil Hopes Fade, Sources Say

Jun 01, 2023

Brazil's Petrobras may look abroad for future growth, two sources with knowledge of the state-run firm's plans told Reuters, after environmental regulators dashed its hopes of exploring near the Amazon River where it had aimed to make its first major domestic oil discovery in over a decade…

Valeura Extends FPSO Charter and Maintenance Services Contract for Jasmine Oil Field

Jun 01, 2023

Valeura Energy said Thursday it had signed two key contracts relating to its Jasmine oil field offshore Thailand.Namely, Valeura’s charter of the field’s FPF-003 floating production storage and offloading vessel (“FPSO”), and a contract for…

Canada: Equinor Delays Bay du Nord Offshore Oil Project Up to 3 Years

Jun 01, 2023

Norway's Equinor said on Wednesday that it will postpone its Bay du Nord Canadian offshore oil project for up to three years, due to rising costs.The decision sets back one of Canada's biggest oil projects in years, and one which has the rare support of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government…

Eidesvik Offshore to Sell Three Laid Up Seismic Vessels

Jun 01, 2023

Eidesvik Offshore has entered into agreements to sell its three remaining seismic vessels, Veritas Viking, Vantage, and Viking Vision, to two separate buyers. All the vessels are in lay-up and treated as held for sale in the company accounts…

Almirante Barroso FPSO Starts Production at Búzios Offshore Field

Jun 01, 2023

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has started production from Almirante Barroso FPSO in the Búzios field, offshore Brazil.The FPSO has the capacity to produce up to 150 thousand barrels of oil and 6 million m³ of gas per day.FPSO Almirante Barroso…

Career Moves: US Offshore Wind Powering Up

May 31, 2023

In addition to wind, offshore wind demands human energy, individuals with knowledge and skills first to build and then operate and maintain the dozens of projects required to meet President Biden’s 2030 goal of 30 GW of offshore generation.…

Petrobras, TotalEnergies, Shell, Others, Pen Production Sharing Contracts for Blocks Offshore Brazil

May 31, 2023

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras on Wednesday signed Production Sharing Contracts for offshore blocks, awarded in the Open Acreage under Production Sharing Regime – 1st Cycle held by Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) in December 2022.Petrobras…

TenneT Takes Charge of Hollandse Kust (Noord) Offshore Substation

May 31, 2023

The Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind substation has been officially taken over by the Dutch grid operator TenneT following the installation and hook-up offshore the Netherlands. In March 2020, TenneT awarded the joint venture EQUANS-Smulders the contract for the engineering…

Crowley Invests in Tugdock's Floating Dry Dock Platform to Boost U.S. Floating Offshore Wind

May 31, 2023

U.S.-based maritime logistics and offshore services firm Crowley on Wednesday announced a new investment in Tugdock. Tugdock has developed 'the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock' known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP)…

Tanzania to Review Approval of $42B LNG Project in June

May 31, 2023

Tanzania's government said on Wednesday it had completed negotiations with the investors of its $42 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, with the agreements set to be reviewed for approval next month. Energy minister January Makamba…

Petrobras Confirms Filing Request for License to Drill in Amazon Mouth River, Denies Reports on Expected Timeline

May 31, 2023

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras denied media reports claiming that the oil company expected to obtain the environmental license to drill a well in the FZA-M-059 block, offshore Brazil, in up to six months.As previously reported, Brazil's environmental…

Europe's Biggest Gas Supplier Says All Clear from Offshore Pipeline Security Checks

May 31, 2023

Inspections of Norway's offshore gas pipelines after the Nord Stream blasts found nothing suspicious, an executive at energy major Equinor told Reuters, in the first official word on the security sweep.However, risks remain after last year's…

French EDF Joins Two Irish Floating Wind Projects

May 31, 2023

French power giant EDF has entered into a joint venture partnership with Irish developer Simply Blue Group to develop two wind farm projects off the Irish coast, the groups said in a press release on Wednesday. The projects are the Western Star…

Rem Offshore Chooses Vard Electro's SeaQ Integrated Bridge for New CSOV Vessel

May 31, 2023

Vard Electro’s SeaQ Integrated Bridge solution is being implemented in the offshore wind sector for the first time, following installation on Rem Offshore’s newbuild construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Rem Power to assist in optimizing environmental performance…

Iraq Approves $416.9M to Build Third Offshore Export Pipeline. Dutch Firm Selected for the Job

May 31, 2023

The Iraqi cabinet approved on Tuesday $416.9 million for the construction of a third offshore export pipeline, it said in a statement.Iraq's state-run Basra Oil Company has contracted Dutch company Royal Boskalis to construct the pipeline, which…

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