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Sandvik Wins Mero Steel Tube Umbilical Order

Mar 03, 2020

Sandvik reports it has won the first large-scale stainless steel umbilical tube order in Brazil’s pre-salt Mero oilfield.Mero is an expansive pre-salt oilfield in the Santos Basin offshore Rio de Janeiro with immense oil production potential…

Brazil to Delay Second Shot at Huge Offshore Oil Auction?

Mar 03, 2020

Brazil's government is unlikely to auction the remaining production rights to the 'transfer-of-rights' (TOR) offshore oil zone until 2021, Economy Ministry Subsecretary Waldery Rodrigues told Reuters on Friday.The TOR area is a prolific oil-producing region off the Brazilian coast…

Brazil: PGS Begins Campos Basin Seismic Shoot

Mar 03, 2020

Norwegian marine seismic acquisition company PGS has begun a multiclient 3D seismic survey in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.The company started the survey on February 25, using its Ramform Titan vessel. According to PGS, Te Campos Deepwater GeoStreamer X project will deliver high-quality…

Ampelmann Wins Contract from SBM in Guyana

Mar 02, 2020

Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann said it has added Guyana as a new market to its global portfolio following a contract award from compatriot floating production and mooring systems firm SBM Offshore.Ampelmann  said it assisted the hook-up and commissioning of the SBM floating production…

Total Aims to Grow Brazilian Oil Production

Mar 02, 2020

French oil company Total plans to invest between $600 million and $700 million per year in Brazil for oil exploration and production through 2024, newspaper Valor Economic reported on Monday.Total's global chief for oil and exploration, Arnaud Breuillac…

FPSOs: The New Business Model

Feb 29, 2020

As New Year 2020 unfolds, there are 21 floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO) on order, and unlike a year ago, these — and not floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) — are the unheralded story. Driven by a decent price for oil…

Exxon Taps Ocean Infinity to Survey the Stabroek Block

Feb 28, 2020

Subsea marine robotics company Ocean Infinity said it has been awarded a contract with ExxonMobil, for high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical and geotechnical data acquisition within the promising Stabroek block offshore Guyana…

Operators Could Soon Pay More for FPSOs

Feb 27, 2020

Amid a raft of February orders and near-orders for floating production storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, comes a new report suggesting those shipyards and engineers able to piece them together may soon be feeling the strain.'The strong pace of recent orders has a downside…

Guyana Seeking Partner to Market Its Oil

Feb 26, 2020

Guyana's government on Wednesday launched a search for a company to market its share of crude produced at the offshore Liza well, where an Exxon Mobil Corp-led consortium began producing oil in December.The government is entitled to a share of the oil produced…

Petrobras Expects Dip in Oil Exports on Offshore Maintenance Works

Feb 21, 2020

Oil exports by Brazilian state-run Petrobras should fall slightly in the first quarter, thanks to scheduled maintenance stoppages at offshore platforms, executives said on Thursday.On a conference call to discuss the firm's fourth-quarter results…

EMGS Looking at Options After Pemex Says No More Work to Be Awarded

Feb 20, 2020

Norwegian marine survey company EMGS is looking at options after Mexico's Pemex said it wouldn't award any more work 'in the medium future' under a contract announced in 2019. EMGS expects the decision will have a 'material detrimental effect' on its business…

Petrobras Misses 4Q Estimates, Posts Record Full-Year Profit

Feb 20, 2020

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras missed fourth-quarter expectations, but posted a record profit for 2019, as the firm's strategy of focusing on deepwater production and exiting non-core activities shows signs off paying off.In a securities filing on Wednesday…

Brazil Breaks Oil Output Record in January

Feb 19, 2020

Oil companies produced 3.17 million barrels per day (bpd) on average in Brazil in January, a volume 20.4% larger than seen in the same month a year earlier and an output record for the country, oil regulator ANP said on Wednesday. Natural gas production increased 22% over January 2019 to 138…

Guyana Produced 35,607 bpd in December

Feb 19, 2020

Guyana produced 35,607 barrels per day (bpd) of oil in December, following the inauguration of production in the country by a consortium led by U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp, the finance ministry said in a report.Exxon has discovered more than 8 billion barrels off the coast of Guyana…

Karoon's Marina-1 Well Offshore Peru Disappoints

Feb 17, 2020

Karoon Energy's Marina-1 deepwater exploration well, in the Z-38 license offshore Peru, has come up dry and will be plugged and abandoned.Tullow, Karoon's partner in the project said Monday that the well had reached Total Depth 'and has not encountered significant hydrocarbons…

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