Managed pressure drilling aids Brazil wellsAGR has completed its first operation offshore Brazil using its EC-Drill technology. |
Offshore Guyana exploration well targets Turonian playThe jackup Atwood Beacon has spudded Repsol’s Jaguar-1 on the Georgetown Petroleum Prospecting License offshore Guyana. |
Petrobras approves 26 offshore drilling rig contractsPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has approved contracting of 21 offline rigs with Sete Brasil and five dual-activity rigs with Ocean Rig. |
Petrobras awaits bids on production modules for eight FPSOsPetrobras expects as much as $7 billion in bids to complete eight offshore platforms for use in the Santos basin, according to reports from Brazil. |
Eni, Repsol sign gas sales agreement for Perla gas development offshore VenezuelaEni and Repsol have signed a gas sales agreement with PDVSA and the Minister of Petroleum and Mines of Venezuela to develop the Perla gas field. |
FPSO remains preferred production option for Falklands oil findRockhopper Exploration says it is one well away from completing appraisal of its Sea Lion field in the offshore North Falkland basin. |
Petrobras secures subsea pipe suppliesPetrobras has awarded Technip a five-year frame agreement to supply 1,400 km (870 mi) flexible pipes. |
New pile installation method succeeds offshore BrazilWorking in Waimea field offshore Brazil in the Campos basin, Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. has completed its first offshore pile installation using its StabFrame. |
Buoyancy modules aid ROV deployments off BrazilSMD has contracted Trelleborg Offshore for syntactic foam buoyancy modules for 20 new work-class ROVs. |
Desire starts Falkland prospect reviewDesire Petroleum has received the final processed 3D seismic volume covering North Falkland basin licenses PL003, PL004 and the majority of PL005. |
BC-10 deepwater oil field offshore Brazil to get life-of-field seismic monitoringOYO Geospace has contracted to supply $14.9 million in deepwater seabed seismic reservoir monitoring for the BC-10 field offshore Brazil. |
Innovation and investment propel Petrobras toward deeper watersPetrobras estimates that Brazil's presalt reserves contain about 50 Bboe – enough to turn the country into one of the world's top oil producers in this coming decade. |
Technip commissions Trinidad gasline coatingsTechnip USA has contracted Bredero for concrete weight coatings, anode installation, and associated services for a Latin American offshore gasline project. |
Saipem lands Latin America pipelay jobsSaipem has won two offshore engineering contracts in South America with a total value of around $600 million. |
Husky contracts Saipem for deepwater Liwan pipelaySaipem has been awarded offshore construction and installation contracts off China and Brazil valued at more than $1 billion. |
BG records major improvements in deepwater Lula field drilling offshore Brazil
BG Group (BRGYY.PK:OCQX) says the first permanent FPSO on the Lula field in the Santos basin off Brazil has to date produced 15 MMboe in total from three wells, with a fourth due to be added in 2012.
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First production flows from Waimea offshore Brazil for OGXOGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation. |
Offshore GTL plant authorized for use by PetrobrasPetrobras’ CENPES Research and Development Center has concluded qualification testing of the world’s first modular small-scale GTL facility, according to supplier CompactGTL. |
BP Norge retains rig at ValhallBP Norge has exercised options to extend use of the accommodation support rig Safe Scandinavia at the Valhall complex in the Norwegian North Sea. |
Helix to build semisubmersible well intervention vesselHelix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (NYSE: HLX) will proceed with a newbuild semisubmersible well intervention vessel. |
Regalia stays at Norway field locationTalisman Energy has extended the contract for the accommodation support rig Regalia at the Yme field in the Norwegian North Sea. |
Desire starts Falkland prospect reviewDesire Petroleum has received the final processed 3D seismic volume covering North Falkland basin licenses PL003, PL004 and the majority of PL005. |
Managed pressure drilling aids Brazil wellsAGR has completed its first operation offshore Brazil using its EC-Drill technology. |
Technip commissions Trinidad gasline coatingsTechnip USA has contracted Bredero for concrete weight coatings, anode installation, and associated services for a Latin American offshore gasline project. |
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