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Petrobras Dials Back Output. Idles Shallow Water Platforms

Mar 26, 2020

Brazilian oil company Petrobras on Thursday said it was dialing back short-term production, delaying a dividend payment and trimming its 2020 investment plan, among other measures aimed at reducing costs in the face of the coronavirus pandemic…

Rockhopper: All Parties Committed to Sea Lion Farm-Out Despite Oil Price Rout

Mar 20, 2020

Rockhopper Exploration, a partner in Premier Oil-operated Sea Lion offshore oil project in the Falkland Islands, is confident it will manage to farm-out a share in the project despite the low oil prices and COVID-10 uncertainty.The two companies…

China's CNOOC to Load First Cargo of Guyanese Oil Soon

Mar 20, 2020

China's state-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd is scheduled to load in the coming days its first cargo of crude from Guyana's offshore Liza oil project, the South American country's Director of Energy Mark Bynoe said.CNOOC has a 25% stake in…

Lankhorst Deepwater Mooring Lines for Liza Unity FPSO

Mar 18, 2020

Lankhorst Offshore reports it has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore to supply the deepwater mooring lines for the Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for ExxonMobil’s Liza oil field offshore Guyana, South America…

Petrobras China-built FPSO Hull Reaches Brazil

Mar 18, 2020

China-built hull of Petrobras P-71 FPSO has reached Brazil where topside integration will take place at the Jurong Aracruz Shipyard (EJA).The 316 meters long, 54 meters wide, hull, built by CIMC Raffles, had set sail from China on December 12…

BW Energy Slashes Gabon Spending Plans

Mar 18, 2020

Oil and gas company BW Energy, with assets in Gabon and Brazil, has decided to cut down its planned Gabon investments by 50 percent, citing coronavirus outbreak, oil price uncertainty, and restriction on international travel.'The impact of international…

Oil Price Collapse Could Slash Offshore Drilling Budgets in Brazil by 20%

Mar 18, 2020

The recent collapse in oil prices could chop $300 million to $600 million off 2020 exploration budgets in Brazil, which has emerged as one of the world's hottest offshore oil plays, specialists at consultancy Wood Mackenzie told Reuters.Before…

Ecopetrol's 2020 Spending Scaled Down by $1.2B

Mar 17, 2020

Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol has cut its planned investment for 2020 by $1.2 billion amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and an increase in global crude supply, the company said Tuesday.The oil and gas company now sees its 2020 investment at between $3…

Petrobras Suspends International Travel Due to Coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has suspended employees' international travel amid the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus, according to a statement on Monday.Petrobras, as the company is known, also said workers older than 65 years of age will have to work remotely…

Sapura Installs Hokchi Satellite Platform in Mexico

Mar 13, 2020

Malaysia’s Sapura Energy has completed the installation of a satellite platform topside offshore Mexico, as part of Hokchi Energy's Hokchi field development.In a post on social media on Friday, Sapura Energy said it successfully lifted and set down the Hokchi Satellite Platform topside…

Guyana Still Searching for Partner to Market Its Oil

Mar 12, 2020

Guyana has extended the initial deadline in its search for an agent to market its share of oil produced by an Exxon Mobil-led consortium to March 24, the Department of Energy said on Wednesday.Guyana has no domestic refining capacity or national…

Guyana's Granger Claims Presidential Election Victory

Mar 06, 2020

Diplomats and foreign observers on Thursday questioned preliminary results of Guyana's presidential election as incumbent David Granger claimed victory and the opposition denounced fraud, setting up a showdown in the oil-rich South American nation…

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…

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