Alexandre Vilela
CEO · Westhon
Opinion and market reading from the Westhon desk. Tenders, fleets, shipyards and the decisions that reshape offshore Brazil.
Reports · 106 articles
Subsea7 awarded extension
Subsea7´s PLSV Seven Cruzeiro has been awarded a contract extension by Petrobras. With the new agreement, she is firm with the Brazilian oil company until November 2023.
Parque das Conchas
After receiving non-binding proposals from Karoon, Enauta and PRIO for the sale of Parque das Conchas field in Campos basin, Shell decided to withdraw the sale of the asset. The field currently produces through FPSO Espirito Santo. In parallel, the company is reviewing the proposals received for the decommissioning of Bijupira and Salema fields, also […]
Total Approves FID for Lapa field
A Final Investment Decision for Lapa field was made by Total Energies earlier this week. The French oil major is the operator of the field with 45% interest. Shell and Repsol Sinopec are partners with 30% and 25% respectively. It has been decided that Lapa Southwest region will be developed by FPSO Lapa, currently located […]
Guanabara at full capacity
Petrobras has announced that FPSO Guanabara has recently reached its full production capacity. Installed in Mero field, pre-salt of Santos basin, the unit produced 180,000 barrels of oil in one day 8 months after its operation has started. Mero field also counts with FPSO Pioneiro de Libra producing 50,000 bopd. Petrobras is the operator of […]
FSO Pargo
Perenco’s floating storage and offloading unit, FSO Pargo departed Dubai and is on its way to Brazil. The vessel spent almost one and a half years in a yard, working to extend its life spaN as well as necessary adaptations to comply with Brazilian regulations and project specifics. The FSO is expected to be moored […]
Those floating hulls
By Alexandre Vilela Also read in our magazine One.Energy A junk yard of 100 + units The situation is alarming. This last quarter two cases involving vessels have caught the public eye relative to the ageing tonnage ol the shipping industry in Brazil. In one hand the incident involving the M/V São Luiz, an out-of-service […]
Welcome back Hos Brass Ring
After departing to Guyana in October last year to perform core sampling activities as noticed by WSB, the HOS Brass Ring has made it safely back to Guanabara Bay anchorage. The vessel is being refitted and will soon be trading in Brazilian waters.
SS Pantanal auction
ICBC Leasing, the Chinese financial institution, has announced the sale of the deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig SS Pantanal. The unit was built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard, delivered in November 2010 and, upon completing final preparations and mobilisation, operated in Brazil from 2012 to 2014. The rig was laid up in Porto do Açu since […]
Hybrid AHTS tender
Last Friday, Petrobras received offers for the AHTS tender with hybrid propulsion (battery packs). The opportunity aims the hire of up to 2 vessels for a 4-year firm contract period with mobilization expected between July and September this year or 120 days after contract signature, whichever occurs latest. There was some concern over the battery […]
3D research to be made in Foz do Amzonas basin
Companies CGG and TGS announced this week the second phase of the multiclient 3D research for the Foz do Amazonas basin, located in the equatorial margin off the north coast of Brazil. The data supplying companies shall provide high quality 3D coverage of 11.425 square kilometres that are going to be essential for the explorations […]
Petrobras PSV tender
At the end of last week, Petrobras received the offers for 3 of the 4 issued PSV tenders. The public opportunity for up to 20 PSVs had a total of 34 vessels (PSVs 3000, 4000 and 4500 DWT amongst them) presented in 17 of the 20 batches available for bidders’ choice. The most competitive offers […]
Petrobras OSRV tender
Petrobras’ tender for the contracting of up to four OSRVs closed yesterday with the offers delivered. Owners are granted 120 days to mobilize the vessel with commencement scheduled for October 2023. Contract period is of 1460 days firm. Bram Offshore stroke the first four positions (C-Ambassador, C-Admiral, C-Sailor, C-Aclaim) at USD 18.222,00 followed by Marlin […]
Decommissioning activity (P&A)
Helix Energy Solutions recently announced a new deepwater well decommissioning (P&A) contract with Shell Brasil. The project is expected to start in 2024 with a 1-year firm contract period for the Bijupirá&Salema fields, located in Campos Basin. Helix will employ the riser-based well intervention vessel Q7000 for this project. The DP3 equipped vessel can perform […]
Equinor drilling in Bacalhau
Equinor started drilling in Bacalhau field with drillship West Saturn. The Norwegian oil company is the first international operator to develop a pre-salt field in Brazil. Equinor counts with three large PSVs 4500 to support the campaign: CBO Wiser, Rem Mistral and Siddis Sailor all under Grupo CBO operation. West Saturn is chartered in for […]
New contract for Maersk Vega
PSV 4500 Maersk Vega has been awarded a long-term contract with Trident Energy in Brazil. The Brazilian built DP2 vessel is being mobilized in Guanabara Bay. As reported in our previous Weekly Market Update, Trident recently chartered PSV 4500 Normand Titus from Solstad for one year firm. Maersk Vega and Normand Titus join PSV 3000 […]
Extend or re-bid?
As the market tights up, Petrobras sets the foot on the throttle to extend a pack of contracts expiring in 2022. However, that doesn’t mean less competition in currently open tenders. The extended contracts feature clauses where owners can bid on tenders, and in case of a delivery date (of the tender) falling within the […]
Petrobras AHTS tender results
Last Friday Petrobras disclosed the partial results for lots A and B of the Multiple AHTS 18.000 tender. The opportunity, originally opened to offers over one year ago, had one winning proposal on for each of the two lots. AHTS Theseus Z was qualified by Petrobras in Lot A with a renegotiated day rate of […]
Contract extension for DOF
Petrobras has awarded DOF a contract extension for AHTS Skandi Amazonas. The Norwegian vessel owner announced that the vessel shall remain in operation for the Brazilian national oil company until March 2023. The 21000bhp AHTS, built 2011, is currently flying Brazilian flag and has a 324 ton bollard pull capacity.
OSRV Market
This week Equinor reached out to the market seeking an OSRV to cover the dry-docking of a vessel from its own offshore support fleet. In case of interest, owners must provide a DP2 vessel with 1050m3 oil recovery capacity, ORO class notation and valid OVID. Commencement is prompt. Also this week Petrobras issued a tender […]
New Petrobras Tender
Petrobras released this week a tender for the chartering of up to two 150 tons AHTS TS/TO type for four years firm. The units will be engaged on both towing and pull back operation in addition to offloading systems maintenance. Among the technical specification one item draws our attention: “Battery (Safety) – DNVGL” or “Electric […]
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