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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 […]
Solstad strikes new contract
Normand Titus 2014 built DP2 PSV from Solstad has been awarded a one year firm plus one year option contract by Trident Energy do Brasil. Commencement date is expected for early fourth quarter 2022. The vessel will support London based Trident activities at Pampo and Enchova fields in Campos Basin, which acquired from Petrobras in […]
New FPSO
FPSO Almirante Barroso (MV32) was delivered yesterday at BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis after being cleared at customs. The unit will undergo final commissioning stages at the yard before it can be towed again to location. The MODEC unit will comprise the 5th module of Petrobras’ production system in Búzios field, Santos Basin. Current […]
Rio Oil and Gas
During this past week, it was held in Rio de Janeiro the Rio Oil & Gas conference. An event destined for all companies involved in this sector to discuss perspectives for the future. Multiple oil majors used their space to present their innovative solutions for challenges they have faced along the way. The 20th edition […]
FPSO Anna Nery arrives in Brazil
FPSO Anna Nery has safely arrived in Brazilian waters. The FPSO was being towed from China by ALP Striker and ALPKeeper ocean tugs since July this year. Anna Nery is the first of three units that will be delivered by Yinson to projectsin Brazil, and is yet to complete its final commissioning steps in BrasFELS […]
Trident Energy
Trident Energy expects to launch in the next weeks a teaser for the sale of part of its interests in the Badejoand Linguado oilfields. Both are part of the 10 oil concessions it acquired from Petrobras in 2020 and withinthe Pampo and Enchova hubs. The London based company has hired Brazilian bank Itau BBA to […]
Maersk Drilling and Shell Brasil
Maersk Drilling has been awarded by Shell Brasil an estimated 90 days contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Developer. The rig will drill one exploration well and perform subsea well intervention at the BC- 10 field. Commencement of operations is expected for March 2023 in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract with Karoon Energy. […]
Grupo CBO and hybrid vessels
Wärtsilä and Grupo CBO have signed an “Agreement for Decarbonization Modelling” aiming to support and accelerate the decarbonization of CBO’s offshore supply fleet. The scope of the agreement includes a detailed analysis of the potential benefits to CBO of short and long-term solutions. These include digitization, energy efficiency and energy saving devices, hybridization and future […]
Petrobras about to take delivery of PSVs dry bulk carriers
Petrobras will shortly take delivery of two PSV dry-bulk carriers, Asso Ventisei and Saveiros Fragata chartered in one of the Oil Major’s opportunities for DWT 3000 PSVs issued last year. Both vessels are going through final preparations for onhire and shall soon engage in operations. After a long wait of over 4 years for a […]
Enauta resumes production at Atlanta field
Enauta informed this Wednesday that it has resumed production in the 7-ATL-2HP-RJS well in the Atlanta field. Production had previously been interrupted due to a preventive maintenance late last month. The Brazilian oil company expects to have another 2 wells producing in this field by the end of September. During the maintenance period Enauta made […]