Golar LNG has informed that all conditions for the 20-year charter of its 3.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) MK II Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit to Southern Energy S.A. (SESA) in Argentina have been satisfied.The announcement confirms…
Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured contract extensions for two of its subsea vessels, both operating in Guyana.The contract extensions are for Skandi Nomad and Skandi Constructor, which will remain on duty for one more year each…
Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras and Norway's Equinor were the big winners in a Wednesday auction for areas in Brazil's offshore pre-salt region, acquiring one oil block each and partnering to develop a third.Australia's Karoon Energy also acquired one block…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras' could start oil and gas production in the Foz do Amazonas basin within seven years if large reserves are confirmed, the company's Chief Executive Magda Chambriard told Reuters on Tuesday.Brazil's environmental…
Petrobras has received the environmental license from Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059, located in deep waters off Amapá, near the mouth of the Amazon river.The well is located in 500 km from the mouth of the Amazon river and 175 km from the coast…
ST Engineering’s Marine business and Siemens Energy have been awarded a second contract by Transcontinental Capital Corporation (Bermuda), a subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation, to deliver Estrella del Mar IV, a barge-mounted power plant to Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic…
Colombia received a bid from a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), to develop a project in the South American country's first offshore wind energy round, the head of its hydrocarbons agency said on Thursday.Orlando Velandia…
Colombia's Sirius project, developed off its Caribbean coast by state oil firm Ecopetrol and Brazil's Petrobras, has completed nearly half of consultations with local communities that could be affected by the development, Petrobras' Colombia chief Alcindo Moritz said on Thursday…
U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton has secured multiple contracts from Petrobras to provide completion and stimulation services for its deepwater fields offshore Brazil.The contracts entail vessel stimulation, intelligent completions…
Equinor and its partners has started production from the large Bacalhau field in Brazil, whose recoverable reserves exceed 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).Bacalhau is located in the pre-salt region of Brazil's Santos Basin in ultra-deep water of over 2…
Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured long-term contracts for two of its vessels with Petrobras for work offshore Brazil.The contracts, with a combined value of approximately $200 million, are for Skandi Chieftain high…
Oil production by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana rose to 770,000 barrels per day (bpd) following the start-up of the group's fourth floating output facility, the company's chief for the South American country said on Monday.Average production by The Exxon group…
Chevron Suriname Exploration, a subsidiary of U.S. oil major Chevron, is about to start drilling the Korikori-1 exploration well in Block 5, offshore Suriname.The drilling operation, planned to start later in October, will be conducted with Noble Corporation’s Noble Regina Allen jack-up rig…
The U.S. government has granted an authorization for energy major Shell and Trinidad and Tobago to develop an offshore gas field in Venezuela close to the maritime border, Trinidad's attorney general said on Thursday.The prominent project, aimed to supply Trinidad with Venezuelan gas…
Oil and gas company Sintana Energy has agreed to acquire Challenger Energy, which holds interest in two blocks offshore Uruguay as well as other assets in broader region.The all-share transaction, valued at about $60 million, will create a combined…