OGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation.

Petrobras has detected a production string rupture at the FPWSO Dynamic Producer.

Eni 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. 

Rockhopper Exploration says it is one well away from completing appraisal of its Sea Lion field in the offshore North Falkland basin.

Petrobras has awarded Technip a five-year frame agreement to supply 1,400 km (870 mi) flexible pipes.

Working in Waimea field offshore Brazil in the Campos basin, Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. has completed its first offshore pile installation using its StabFrame.

Petrobras 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.

Dolphin Geophysical will start a 2D multi-client seismic survey for Spectrum ASA over blocks in the northern equatorial margin offshore Brazil.

Saipem has been awarded offshore construction and installation contracts off China and Brazil valued at more than $1 billion.

Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co. is working on projects with a combined value of $9 billion.

OGX Petróleo e Gás has announced first oil with the beginning of the extended well test (EWT) in the Waimea accumulation.

Petrobras’ CENPES Research and Development Center has concluded qualification testing of the world’s first modular small-scale GTL facility, according to supplier CompactGTL.

Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech) and ConocoPhillips are jointly designing a jackup capable of drilling in Arctic Sea ice regions.

Talisman Energy has contracted North Star Shipping to build two new platform supply vessels to support the company’s North Sea operations.