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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 to […]
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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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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 […]
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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 ALP Keeper ocean tugs since July this year. Anna Nery is the first of three units that will be delivered by Yinson to projects in Brazil, and is yet to complete its final commissioning steps […]
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Trident Energy
Trident Energy expects to launch in the next weeks a teaser for the sale of part of its interests in the Badejo and Linguado oilfields. Both are part of the 10 oil concessions it acquired from Petrobras in 2020 and within the Pampo and Enchova hubs. The London based company has hired Brazilian bank Itau […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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