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Oceanica new vessels
The Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven AS has signed a retrofit project with the Brazilianshipowner Oceânica. This is the fourth contract signed between them. The AHTS is now namedOceanicasub X. The vessel will be rebuilt for operations off the Brazilian coast. The newcontract follows the deliveries of Oceanicasub VIII and Oceanicasub IX last month, bothvessels […]
Karoon done with rig
Karoon Energy announced last week that it has completed the drilling program in SantosBasin, offshore Brazil, with drilling rig Noble Developer from owners NobleCorp. The vesselmobilised to Brazil in April, 2022 to carry out the Company´s first workover campaign andfield development in Brazil. Interventions were made in the Baúna, Patola and Neon fields.It is now […]
Enauta resumes production
Enauta resumed production from well 7-ATL2HP-RJS (“2HP”), in Atlanta field having returned after an interruption that began in March, forced by a failure of a surface equipment. The company informed thatproduction was resumed after the replacement of a pump on the seabed. The production unit Petrojarl I installed at Atlanta field produces around 30,000 barrels […]
Pre-salt Production
Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) shared a new report with relevant information about the production levels on the pre-salt fields of the production sharing agreement. Following the good performance from the beginning of 2023, the combined production of the 7 assets operated under this regime reached 868 thousand bpd in February, 3% upward from January and […]
Wartsila closes deal with 3R
The Finnish company Wärtsilä has been awarded with a contract to supply the energy generation package for 3R´s FPSO P-63. The contract also foresees the optimized maintenance of the system for 5 years to guarantee desired performance and reliability. Operated by 3R Petroleum, FPSO P-63 is in operation at the Papa-terra field, in Campos Basin, […]
Fendercare Marine rebrands
Fendercare Marine announced its rebranding to James Fisher Fendercare, to simplify and streamline its identity for customers and the global markets it serves, by further aligning with its parent company James Fisher and Sons plc. As a world-leader in ship-to-ship operations and a major global supplier of marine products, the rebrand to James Fisher Fendercare […]
Production on hold
Karoon announced that production from its Bauna oilfield and the recently on-stream Patola field offshore Brazil will remain suspended into May. Karoon and the fields’ FPSO operator Altera & Ocyan are undertaking both essential and proactive work with the focus on the ongoing detailed inspection of the Cidade de Itajai floater’s production system. Karoon will […]
Petrobras to order FPSOs
Petrobras released this week the tenders to charter two production units for the Sergipe Águas Profundas (SEAP) project. The SEAP-I and SEAP-II units will be deployed in deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, with an expected kick-off in production by 2027, according to the National Oil Company’s latest strategic plan. The design of these units […]
New record in oil production
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) reported that production in the pre-salt totalled 3.268 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, an increase of 2,3% compared to January. This volume surpasses the previous record of 3.142 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, recorded in October 2022. Furthermore, the total Brazilian oil production including pre-salt, post […]
Karoon suspends production
The Australian oil company has shut down Baúna´s field production due to a containment incident associated with the high-pressure flare on FPSO Cidade de Itajaí. According to the company, production stoppage happened on March 28th, 2023 in a safe and controlled manner. Altera&Ocyan, the FPSO operators, investigated the source of the leak and made the […]
Cooperation in offshore wind
Last Monday, Petrobras and Equinor have signed a LOI to further extend their cooperation in offshore wind power in Brazil. This cooperation aims to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of seven different projects on the Brazilian coast. The combined power generation of the projects is estimated at 14,5GW. The offshore wind segment is seen […]
Tidewater takes over
Tidewater and Solstad have jointly announced a S&P agreement for 37 PSVs from Solstad’s global fleet. The agreement will see Solstad’s exit from the segment, shifting the company’s focus to high-end AHTS and subsea vessels which can service not only the oil and gas industry but the offshore renewables segment as well. As for Tidewater, […]
Maersk awarded with 3 contracts
The Danish origin company has been awarded with 3 new contracts for its L-types AHTS’s in Brazil. The term contracts are for 3 years firm period. The scope of work involved in the contract is a broad variety of anchor handling activities and drilling rig movements. Maersk Leader, Maersk Lancer and Maersk Launcher are the […]
Shell active on the spot
Royal-Dutch Shell has been active in the spot market these past couple of weeks. The IOC who was already out in the market for a prompt AHTS to support FPSO Espírito Santo in BC-10 field, also released a requirement for a PSV this Wednesday. The demand expects to see the PSV chartered for a firm […]
Papa terra production back on
3R Petroleum said that it is ready to resume production at the Papa-terra cluster after a stoppage due to an issue caused by the energy generation system of the Tension Leg Wellhead Platform (TLWP) 3R-2. Before the stoppage, Papa-terra was operated with 4 production wells and an average production of 17,000 barrels per day.
More awards from Petrobras
Tuesday this week, Petrobras released a third partial result notification to their public PSV tender, originally intended to hire up to 20 vessels. In the new notice, Petrobras qualified one more vessel, reaching a total of 14 vessels awarded out of the 34 originally presented in the opportunity. Petrobras have also officially disqualified a total […]
SBM moving ahead with FPSOs
Dutch SBM Offshore announced the construction of the 3 FPSOs to be chartered by Petrobras is proceeding. The production units, all being built in China, have been impacted by the frequent restrictions placed in the country to contain expected periodical surges of COVID-19 cases. SBM will deliver two units for Mero field, namely FPSO Sepetiba […]
Petrojarl I producing once again
Brazilian independent oil company Enauta has announced that FPSO Petrojarl I has started producing once again after a preventive maintenance on its water-cooling system. The company declared that the production unit has been producing in 98% uptime over the last three months after recertification process has been concluded. Petrojarl I has a production capacity of […]
Shell on the hunt for an AHTS
Shell have returned to their quest of finding an AHTS vessel to assist in the heading control of FPSO Espírito Santo and likely other internal demands from their producing fields as well. The Dutch company had already issued a spot requirement before the Carnival holidays but, due to an extremely high utilization of AHTS vessels […]
DOF gets SURF contract
DOF Subsea Brasil has secured a contract for a SURF (Subsea Umbilical Riser and Flowline) project in Brazil. The Norwegian base offshore support company will mobilize RSV Geoholm for the contract. Mobilization is set to start in March 2023. The term contract is for 180 firm days with extension options to be agreed. The Charterer […]
Petrojarl I under maintenance
Enauta’s FPSO Petrojarl I has entered preventive maintenance which should be concluded by the beginning of next week. The company explained that this type of activity is part of the operational routine of floating production units that normally operate with an efficiency uptime close to 90%. According to Enauta, Petrojarl I had an operation rate of […]
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 […]