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Solstad Offshore Bags $45,8M Worth of Deals for CSV Quartet

Feb 04, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has secured several contracts for its construction support vessels.The contracts, for deployment in the North Sea, Brazil and West Africa, will have a combined total length of 640 days, with additional extension options available upon expiration…

First of Four FPSOs Deployed at Petrobras' Mero Field

Feb 02, 2022

The Guanabara FPSO has arrived at the Mero field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has informed.The FPSO, also known as Mero 1, will be the first 'definitive' oil production system at the Mero field…

Repsol's Offshore Oil Unloading Ops Banned in Peru after Oil Spill

Feb 01, 2022

Peru Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez said on Monday the government will temporarily suspend Repsol's offshore oil unloading operations following a spill of over 10,000 barrels that has caused widespread environmental damage.Ramirez said the…

CGX Energy Reports Oil and Gas Find Offshore Guyana

Feb 01, 2022

Canada's CGX Energy on Monday reaffirmed it and parent Frontera Energy discovered an oil and gas reservoir off the coast of Guyana and said drilling on a second well could begin later this year.Its Kawa-1 well found approximately 177 feet (54…

Peru Prosecutors Seek Travel Ban for Repsol Execs amid Offshore Oil Leak Probe

Jan 28, 2022

Peruvian prosecutors requested on Thursday that the president and three other executives of Spanish oil firm Repsol SA's local refinery be barred from leaving Peru for 18 months while a probe into an oil leak is under way.Repsol's La Pampilla refinery…

Peru Investigating Possibility of Second Repsol Offshore Oil Spill

Jan 26, 2022

Peru's environmental regulatory agency said on Wednesday it was investigating the possibility that Spanish energy company Repsol SA was responsible for a second oil spill in as many weeks off the country's central Pacific coast.The suspected…

Brazil's Petrobras, India's ONGC Set to Develop Budião Gas Field

Jan 26, 2022

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary of Indian national oil firm ONGC, has said it has entered a development stage for a deepwater gas project in Brazil.The company had registered a major gas discovery in 2019 in its deep offshore block BM-SEAL-4…

Brazil's Enauta May Sell Stake in Atlanta Offshore Field

Jan 26, 2022

Brazilian oil firm Enauta has cut investment in the Santos basin's Atlanta field, as it decides whether to involve new partners in the asset, the company's president, Décio Oddone, told Reuters.After a review of the project's concept, based on lessons learned…

Hess Corp Sees Higher Capital Spending, Output in 2022. Focus on Guyana and Bakken

Jan 25, 2022

Hess Corp said on Tuesday it expects its 2022 capital budget for production to rise 37% as the oil company looks to focus on its operations in Guyana and the U.S. Bakken shale basin.A more than 50% rise in global crude prices in the past year…

Mitsubishi, NYK Buy Into SBM Offshore's Brazil-bound Almirante Tamandaré FPSO

Jan 25, 2022

Dutch FPSO leasing company SBM Offshore has agreed to sell down a 45% stake in the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, one of the world's largest FPSOs, being built for Brazil's Petrobras.'SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into a…

Enauta Buys FPSO OSX-2 for Deployment at Atlanta Field

Jan 24, 2022

Brazilian oil company Enauta has agreed to buy FPSO OSX-2 for the Definitive System (DS) of the Atlanta oil field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The completion of the acquisition is contingent on compliance with the agreed contractual…

Guyana, Suriname, Brazil Energy Alliance Talks Postponed as Bolsonaro's Mother Dies

Jan 21, 2022

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cut short his first official visit to neighboring Guyana on Friday after his mother died, meaning talks on a planned South American energy alliance would be postponed.Bolsonaro said his mother Olinda Bonturi…

Suriname Will Give Brazil's Petrobras Priority in Oil Exploration - Bolsonaro

Jan 21, 2022

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Suriname will give Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras priority in the exploration of oil and gas reserves recently discovered off-shore.Bolsonaro spoke by webcast to supporters in Brazil from Paramaribo…

Covid Outbreak Hits Enauta FPSO. Production Line Fixed, Output to Resume Next Week

Jan 20, 2022

Brazilian oil company Enauta has completed repairs of a production line of the FPSO Petrojarl I FPSO at the Atlanta heavy crude oil field in Brazil, following last week's preventive shutdown of production, however, the company informed on Thursday of a COVID-10 outbreak aboard the floater…

Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname In Energy Alliance Push

Jan 20, 2022

The heads of state of Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname this week will take the first steps toward forging an infrastructure that would better share the neighboring South American countries' energy and natural resources.Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro…

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