Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater Geoservices has started the second acquisition season for the Pelotas Basin multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Brazil. This new acquisition, conducted in partnership with Searcher Seismic, will be the sixth multi-client 3D project for the...
https://splash247.com/shearwater-starts-off-new-seismic-acquisition-in-brazils-pelotas-basin/
Brazil’s Transpetro has selected builders for four handysize product tankers as part of a fleet renewal and expansion program that foresees the construction of 25 vessels for the Petrobras subsidiary. A deal worth $278m in total for 15,000 dwt – 18,000 dwt newbuilds is set to be signed with a...
https://splash247.com/transpetro-in-for-four-tanker-newbuilds-at-local-yards/
A Brazilian court has informed Italian offshore engineering and construction giant Saipem that it can resume normal operations in Brazil. Saipem was suspended from signing new contracts with the Brazilian public administration for two years following a probe into alleged irregularities surrounding...
Oslo-listed Brazil-focused drilling contractor Ventura Offshore has secured employment for its ultra-deepwater drillship Carolina with Petrobras. The 2011-built unit has been fixed for 910 days under a deal worth around $363m for work on the Sepia and Atapu fields in the Santos basin offshore...
https://splash247.com/ventura-offshore-seals-petrobras-drillship-deal/
Offshore rig owner Seadrill has landed two drillship contracts worth nearly $1bn with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas major Petrobras. The New York-listed company has secured fresh employment for the ultra-deepwater units, West Tellus and West Jupiter, each set to deliver about $498m. The...
https://splash247.com/seadrill-bags-1bn-for-drillship-duo-in-brazil/
Anemoi Marine Technologies has completed the installation of five rotor sails onboard the 400,000 dwt VLOC Sohar Max making it the largest vessel to receive wind propulsion technology to date. Sohar Max is a first-generation Valemax, built in 2012 in China’s Rongsheng shipyard, and owned by Omani...
https://splash247.com/giant-400000-dwt-vloc-sets-new-wind-installation-record/
Brazilian state-owned giant Petrobras has signed contracts worth R$16.5bn ($2.75bn) for the construction and chartering of 12 platform supply vessels (PSVs). The contracts, which include a period of up to four years for mobilization and 12 years of operation, were signed with Bram Offshore and...
https://splash247.com/petrobras-splashes-2-8bn-for-12-platform-suppliers/
SLB’s OneSubsea has won a contract for two subsea raw seawater injection (RWI) systems to increase recovery from Petrobras’ prolific Búzios field The systems will help to increase the production of FPSO vessels, which are currently bottlenecked in their water injection capacities. Once operational,...
https://splash247.com/petrobras-hires-onesubsea-to-boost-recovery-from-two-fpsos/
Houston-based oilfield service giant SLB has won a contract from Petrobras for integrated services across all the operator’s offshore fields in Brazil. Under the contract, estimated at about $800m, SLB will oversee the construction of more than 100 deepwater wells, utilising advanced drilling,...
https://splash247.com/slb-lands-contract-for-all-petrobras-offshore-fields-in-brazil/
Brazilian port authority Portos do Paraná has signed a letter of intent with representatives of one of the largest global container terminal operators, China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort), a shareholder in the Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP), which is now set for sizeable expansion. “Paraná...
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