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June 24, 2024
Guyana has been urging the Exxon-led consortium to develop its offshore natural gas reserves. Exxon plans to complete an appraisal of the natural gas findings by early next year and explore commercialization options.
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June 24, 2024
ATP will pay 100% of the work program, which initially consists of drilling and completing the AND-4 and AND-5 wells in the Andorinha field and a workover in the CR-2 well located in the POT-T-281 block.
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June 23, 2024
ExxonMobil has started appraisal drilling at its Lau-Lau 2 well site in the prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, where it had previously discovered over 300 ft of oil at the Lau-Lau 1 well. The Maritime Administration Department announced that this appraisal, conducted by the drillship MODU Noble Sam Croft, will run from June 16 to July 31, 2024.
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June 23, 2024
The arbitration process to determine whether ExxonMobil can block the $53 billion sale of Hess Corp to Chevron is stalled due to the incomplete appointment of a third arbitrator, according to people familiar with the matter.
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June 23, 2024
Daily crude production kicked off the year at 3.73 MMbpd, then plummeted nearly 25% following offshore maintenance. Now, more than one-third of the deficit has been restored, offering far-reaching implications for Latin America’s largest economy and worldwide energy markets.
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June 20, 2024
The FPSO will operate in the Jubarte field in the Campos basin's pre-salt layer, off Espírito Santo's coast. The unit has a production capacity of 100,000 bpd and can process 5 MMcmgd.
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June 19, 2024
The Helideck Operations Initial Training (Americas) and Helideck Operations Emergency Response and Aviation Fuel Management Awareness standards were designed and updated specifically to reflect legislation and operational differences in the region and are now being rolled out after a successful pilot.
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June 18, 2024
Using Sonardyne’s proprietary optical and acoustic communications technologies, and drawing on its extensive experience of seabed monitoring, OD OBN expects to provide a versatile, lower cost, more resilient solution for time-lapse seismic and subsidence monitoring of producing reservoirs with better data and the capacity to be placed on the ocean floor for up to five years without human intervention.
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June 17, 2024
Vallourec low-carbon high performance OCTG solutions will contribute to the development of the Bacalhau and Raia fields operated in the pre-salt, as well as the Peregrino field in the post-salt, while contributing to Equinor's Energy Transition Plan to reach net zero by 2050.
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June 14, 2024
The Vaca Muerta, Spanish for dead cow, is an oil and gas field in western Argentina, which is said to have natural gas reserves that rival the Permian basin. Its shale oil production, currently at about 300,000 bpd, is expected to grow to more than 1 MMbpd by 2030.
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June 13, 2024
The sophisticated system is designed to protect floating production storage and offloading platforms (FPSOs) and other high-value assets against a wide range of marine risks, even in the most challenging marine environments.
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June 13, 2024
Trendsetter Engineering, a provider of subsea oil and gas equipment and services, has been awarded a significant contract by Trident Energy do Brasil to deliver two six-slot production subsea manifolds for the Bonito and Bicudo Fields offshore Brazil. 
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June 11, 2024
Oceaneering is contracted to supply up to 362 km, or approximately 225 miles, of steel tube and thermoplastic electro-hydraulic umbilicals and associated subsea distribution hardware for use in projects offshore Brazil.
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June 11, 2024
The addition will mean Vista has two fracking crews and related equipment in operation. The company is aiming to raise production 55% to the equivalent of 85,000 bpd by the fourth quarter, and start production on 138 new oil wells by 2026 in an effort to reach 100,000 bpd.
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June 10, 2024
Three development wells are planned to be drilled, completed and put on production over the next months. Production is then planned to be evacuated via a 24-inch subsea multiphase line to the existing Vega Pléyade platform 35 km from Fénix, and from there to the Rio Cullen facilities at shore.
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June 10, 2024
Baker Hughes’ integrated approach will deploy wireline, coiled tubing, cementing, tubular running, wellbore intervention, fishing, and geosciences services in all of Petrobras’ offshore fields. The agreement also includes Baker Hughes remedial tools, completion fluids and production chemicals.
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June 06, 2024
SBM Offshore announced that a Fast4Ward hull for the Block 58 development project offshore Suriname has been reserved by TotalEnergies. The announcement is in line with the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) studies for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the development project.
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June 05, 2024
Engineering studies (FEED) are progressing for the development of the Sapakara and Krabdagu fields, with combined recoverable resources estimated above 700 MMbbl, thanks to the integration of Water Alternating Gas (WAG) injection technology to maximize recovery.
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May 30, 2024
The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and pre-commissioning of 102 km of rigid risers and flowlines for the steel lazy wave production system.
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May 28, 2024
The transaction still needs to get past the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as well as the ongoing arbitration case brought by Exxon over control of Hess’ interest in the oil field offshore Guyana. Exxon has said the proceedings may drag into 2025.
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May 27, 2024
TotalEnergies, together with the operator Petrobras and their partners in the Atapu and Sépia consortiums, have taken the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the second development phase of Atapu and Sépia fields, located in the prolific pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.
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