FES International delivered nine diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) to the Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, operated by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP). The DBSCs, a part of a multi-million dollar contract between FES and QGEP…
Petrobras has relaunched the bid process for its Libra Pilot floating production and storage offloading vessel (FPSO), following the cancelation of the previous bid process due to “an abnormally high price.” Image of Libra field operations…
CGG has started a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deep water Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Santos VII (Saturno) is the third phase in CGG’s most ambitious pre-salt project to date, collectively known as the Santos Basin Trilogy…
Jerry Lee speaks with Seadrill to discover how the firm prepared for drilling operations on the giant Libra field offshore Brazil. RGH (riser gas handling system) riser joint in the moonpool during running…
Karoon Gas Australia entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement for Pacific E&P Corp.’s 35% equity interest in the jointly held Santos Basin exploration blocks S‐M‐1037, S‐M‐1101, S‐M‐1102, S‐M‐1165 and S‐M‐1166, offshore Brazil…
Quest Offshore, recently acquired by Wood Mackenzie in August, outlines the highlights of the global deepwater drilling market, region by region. Melissa Sustaita sets out the details. Top…
Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) is once again decreasing its capex by 25%, the company revealed as part of its 2017-2021 business and management plan today (20 September). Libra operations. Image from Petrobras…
Petrobras’ daily oil and natural gas production for the month of August totaled 2.84 MMboe, 2.72 MMboe of which was produced in Brazil and 0.12 MMboe was produced abroad. Brazil registered record oil and gas monthly production in August…
Shell has awarded the duo of Sulzer and FMC Technologies a subsea multiphase boosting pump contract to upgrade one of the pumping modules in the supermajor’s Parque das Conchas, a deepwater oil field off the coast of Brazil. Image from Sulzer…
Sonardyne has delivered an acoustic positioning simulator for dynamically positioned (DP) rigs and ships to GE Power Conversion, a vessel control and automation company, for their new training school in Macaé, Brazil. The Sonardyne Marksman…
Brazilian prosecutors have rejected the leniency agreement reached between SBM Offshore and Brazilian authorities in mid-July that could lead to a loss of US$12.7 billion. Image from SBM Offshore…
Diamond Offshore Drilling has said it is going to defend a move by Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to terminate its contract on the Ocean Valor semisubmersible early. The Ocean Valiant…
Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petroleo, extended its contract with MODEC for operations and maintenance of the FPSO Fluminense, effective from August 2016 to December 2020. The FPSO has been operating in the Bijupirá and…
The market for floating production systems may have stalled, but FPSs will still be a key part of the offshore technology tool kit, outlines Douglas-Westwood’s Ben Wilby. The FPSO Cidade de Saquarema…
A number of key contracts were awarded in 1H 2016 in Brazil, pointing to a recovery of the local oil and gas sector. The Polvo FPSO (right) while docked at Keppel FELS shipyard. Photo from Keppel…
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