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Yinson, Enauta Pen LoI for Atlanta Field FPSO

Dec 20, 2021

Malaysian FPSO contractor Yinson has signed a Letter of Intent with the Brazilian oil company Enauta Energia for the provision, operation, and maintenance of an FPSO at Enauta's Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.Enauta has been…

SBM Offshore Secures $620M Loan for Brazil-bound FPSO

Dec 20, 2021

Dutch floating oil and gas production firm SBM Offshore has secured a $620 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, to be deployed in Brazil for Petrobras.The FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão will…

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy, Petronas Win Sépia Field Rights (Brazil)

Dec 17, 2021

Malaysian oil firm Petronas said Friday it had with its consortium partners won the rights to the Sépia field, located in the Santos Basin, during Brazil’s Second Transfer of Rights Surplus Volume Bidding Round held in Rio de Janeiro.Sépia is a pre-salt oil field in the Santos Basin…

Production Boost: Enauta to Drill Another Well at Atlanta Field Offshore Brazil

Dec 17, 2021

Brazilian oil company Enauta has approved the drilling of an additional well in the Early Production System (EPS) of the  Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The Atlanta field normally produces oil via three wells linked to the FPSO Petrojarl I…

FPSO for Greater Tortue Gas Project Due in Senegal by end-2022

Dec 17, 2021

BP's floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore West Africa is expected in Senegal waters for commissioning and testing by the end of 2022, a company executive said on Friday…

OMV Exits Barents Sea Oil Field With $320M Sale to Lundin Energy

Dec 17, 2021

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has completed the sale of its stake in the Wisting oil field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, to Lundin Energy.The two companies had signed the sale and purchase agreement in October 2021, and after obtaining the necessary approvals from Norwegian authorities…

Kongsberg Maritime Upgrades Alvheim FPSO's Safety and Automation Systems

Dec 16, 2021

Kongsberg Maritime said Thursday it had successfully upgraded the safety and automation systems on Aker BP's Alvheim FPSO in Norway.Formerly a tanker named Odin, the vessel was converted into an FPSO in 2008 and renamed Alvheim in recognition of the oil field in which it operates…

Viaro Energy Sells Foinaven Field Stake to BP

Dec 16, 2021

Viaro Energy's subsidiary Rockrose UKCS 10 Ltd has struck a deal to sell its 28% non-operated stake in the Foinaven offshore oil field, west of Shetland, to BP.The Foinaven oil field sits 190 kilometers west of Shetland in water depths of between 350 and 520 meters and is operated by BP…

ABS Launches Floating Production Life Extension Guide

Dec 14, 2021

American Bureau of Shipping has further developed its approach to aging offshore assets with the publication of the Guide for Life Extension of Floating Production Installations.ABS said that the guidance supported operators looking to extend…

Exxon Proposing to Build Supply Base for Guyana Project

Dec 13, 2021

Exxon Mobil Corp outlined a major new investment in Guyana amid government calls for delivering economic benefits to residents from deepwater oil and gas discoveries helping turn the South American nation into an oil powerhouse.A coming onshore…

Kanfa to Build New Oil Train for Energean Power FPSO

Dec 13, 2021

Oil and gas company Energean, working to develop the Karish gas field offshore Israel, has signed an EPC contract with process engineering business Kanfa for the supply of a second, 700-tonne oil train for the Energean Power FPSO, which is currently under construction in Singapore…

Excelerate Sequoia FSRU Starts Operations in Brazil

Dec 10, 2021

Excelerate Energy has started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173…

Brazil Energy Council Puts 11 Pre-salt Blocks on Permanent Offer

Dec 09, 2021

Brazil's energy policy council CNPE authorized oil regulator ANP to put 11 pre-salt blocks in the Campos and Santos basins up for sale permanently, with a total signing fee estimated at 1.3 billion reais ($233 million), the government said on Thursday…

Australian LNG Hit by Shell, Chevron Outages at Prelude, Gorgon

Dec 03, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell Plc shut production at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) site and Chevron Corp shut one of three processing units at its Gorgon LNG plant, both off northwestern Australia, the companies said on Friday.The Gorgon…

TotalEnergies Starts Production from CLOV Phase 2, Offshore Angola

Dec 03, 2021

French oil major TotalEnergies said Friday it had started production from the CLOV Phase 2 in Angola, a project connected to the existing CLOV FPSO.Sitting approximately 140 kilometers from the Angolan coast, in water depths from 1,100 to 1…

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