Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has completed the transfer of half of the crude from the floating storage tanker, after the vessel started to list in October last year. PDVSA started offloading crude from the FSO, anchored in the Gulf of Paria near Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, in December...
https://splash247.com/half-the-oil-taken-off-stricken-venezuelan-fso/
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired two semi-submersible drilling rigs from offshore driller Valaris, with plans to convert them into floating launch pads for its Starship rocket, CNBC has reported. Valaris sold the 2008-built Valaris 8500 and 2009-built Valaris 8501 to Lone Star Mineral Development,...
https://splash247.com/elon-musks-spacex-buys-valaris-rigs-to-build-floating-launchpads/
Teekay has awarded a contract to Modern American Recycling Services (M.A.R.S.) Europe for the dismantling and recycling of its 1997-built FPSO. The FPSO, which ceased operation in the North Sea last year, is expected to arrive at M.A.R.S. Europe’s facility in the Port of Frederikshavn, Denmark...
Transport Canada has issued a notice that it intends to finally enforce the Maritime Labour Convention provisions on duration of contract and repatriation. This means that if a seafarer has completed 11 months onboard, he or she has the right to get off and be repatriated at the owner’s cost....
https://splash247.com/canada-joins-australia-in-committing-to-get-overworked-crews-home/
Offshore driller Pacific Drilling has been awarded a new contract in Mexico by Petronas for 2013-built drillship . The contract is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of this year, and is for one firm well at $192,000 per day. The rate is inclusive of the lump-sum mobilisation fee amortised...
https://splash247.com/pacific-drilling-seals-new-drillship-contract-with-petronas/
Brazilian miner Vale has informed that an incident occurred on one of its ship loaders at the Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal, in São Luís, Maranhão northeast Brazil. The fire brigade were activated and the fire contained without any victims or environmental damage, according to the company....
https://splash247.com/fire-hits-vale-ponta-da-madeira-terminal/
Nasdaq-listed New Fortress Energy (NFE) has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Hygo Energy Transition and Golar LNG Partners for $5bn in total. Hygo Energy Transition is a 50-50 joint venture between Golar LNG and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. With the acquisition of Hygo, NFE will...
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada has approved three offshore projects following environmental assessments. The BHP Canada Exploration Drilling Project, Central Ridge Exploration Drilling Project and West Flemish Pass Exploration Drilling Project have been allowed to proceed....
https://splash247.com/canada-greenlights-three-offshore-drilling-projects/
UK-based North Sea E&P company Neptune Energy has awarded an integrity management and fabric maintenance contract for its operated gas production platform Cygnus to Oceaneering and Stork. The contracts will see Oceaneering supply integrity management services covering pressure systems, structural,...
https://splash247.com/neptune-energy-awards-gygnus-contract-to-oceaneering/
Brazilian offshore service provider Ocyan has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for drillship operations in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The contract was awarded to the 2011-built for a duration of 425 days starting from July 2021, following the expiration of the ship’s current ten-year...
https://splash247.com/ocyan-awarded-drillship-contract-by-petrobras/