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Fifth FPSO for Petrobras’ Mero Field Reaches Brazil

Mar 06, 2025

Alexandre de Gusmão floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has entered Brazilian waters, and is heading to Petrobras’ Mero field in Santos Basin for commissioning works before being put into production later in 2025.Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO departed China…

BP Finds Gas in Final Well of West Nile Delta Drilling Campaign off Egypt

Mar 06, 2025

BP has completed drilling operations at the El Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Offshore Concession, marking the final well in its four-slot drilling campaign in the West Nile Delta.Drilled using the Valaris DS-12 drillship…

Tampnet to Help Enable Remote Ops at Woodside’s Trion FPU

Mar 04, 2025

Tampnet, a Norway-based provider of offshore connectivity services, has secured a fibre optic project and long-term service contract for fibre connectivity at Woodside’s Trion deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico.The fibre-based connectivity to shore for Trion will enable remote operations…

EnerMech Gets ONE Guyana FPSO Pre-Commissioning Job

Mar 03, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been selected to carry out pre-commissioning work on the ONE Guyana FPSO for Guyana Deepwater Operations, SBM Offshore’s subsidiary in Guyana.The FPSO is currently on its way to Guyana, having departed Singapore in February…

First Offshore Wind Management Plan Approved for Parkwind’s Blue Mackerel

Feb 28, 2025

The Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR) has approved the feasibility stage management plan of Blue Mackerel North Pty Ltd  for the Blue Mackerel offshore wind project off the coast of Gippsland in Victoria.The approval allows Blue Mackerel to begin feasibility activities…

A New Thriller About an Amazing Rescue

Feb 27, 2025

In the early days of dynamic positioning, the 1960s and 70s, commercial deepsea divers soon learned how good their support vessel’s DP footprint was. Their lives depended on it. If a vessel slowly, or worse still, rapidly, moved off position…

Aker BP Employs DrillDocs’ AI-Enabled Solution to Enhance Wellbore Stability

Feb 26, 2025

Digital shale shaker surveillance technology DrillDocs, working with Aker BP, has employed its AI-enabled computer vision technology to automatically detect cavings on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) for the first time.DrillDocs’ CleanSight…

Petronas Inks Two More PSCs for Bid Round 2024, Launches Round 2025

Feb 21, 2025

Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has concluded the Malaysia Bid Round 2024 (MBR 2024) with the signing of two Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs), located off the coast of Sabah. The state-owned energy giant has also launched MBR 2025…

ExxonMobil, Guyana Plan Large-Scale Gas Scheme

Feb 20, 2025

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil plans to boost natural gas output and supply in Guyana through a large-scale project announced on Wednesday, following the government's call for more gas to fuel onshore power and petrochemical projects.The 'Wales Gas Vision'…

SBM Offshore's 2024 Revenue Soars 35% to Record High

Feb 20, 2025

Dutch oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore's annual revenue jumped 35% to a record high in 2024, driven by the sale of its floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) in Suriname and Guyana, the company said on Thursday.SBM Offshore's shares rose 9…

ONE Guyana FPSO En Route to ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Field

Feb 19, 2025

The fourth floating production facility to be operated by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana has departed from Singapore on its route to the South American country's waters, according to a company executive and LSEG vessel tracking data seen on Tuesday…

SBM Offshore, Petrobras to Assess Application of Carbon Capture Tech on FPSOs

Feb 17, 2025

SBM Offshore and Petrobras have signed an agreement to study the application of carbon capture modules on floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units.The module design is based on an engineering and design study between SBM Offshore and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)…

Petrobras Starts Production at Largest FPSO to Operate Offshore Brazil

Feb 17, 2025

The floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit Almirante Tamandaré, built by SBM Offshore, has started production at Petrobras’ Búzios field, offshore Brazil.This is the first high-capacity unit to be installed in the field, with the potential to produce up to 225…

Source Galileo, Portland Port to Progress Offshore Wind in English Channel

Feb 10, 2025

Renewable energy company Source Galileo has signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Portland Port, a commercial port on the South Coast of England, to jointly advance offshore wind development off Dorset coast in English Channel…

BP Makes New Oil and Gas Discovery Off Egypt

Feb 06, 2025

Oil major BP has made a new oil and gas discovery in Egypt's King Mariout Block in the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday in a televised press conference.Further details about the discovery will be announced soon…

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