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Month: July 2021

Fuelsave signs advanced combustion tech contract with Seadrill

July 14, 2021
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Germany-based “cleantech” provider FUELSAVE has signed a contract with offshore drilling company Seadrill to deploy its advanced combustion conditioning technology on Seadrill’s drillship. The technology promises to reduce primary fuel oil consumption and cut Co2 and GHG emissions from the rig. Seadrill’s 6th generation West Saturn drillship will be fitted with FUELSAVE’s solution FS MARINE+, which, according to FUELSAVE

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Frontera and CGX eye Q3 spud in offshore Guyana with Maersk Discoverer

July 13, 2021
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Frontera Energy, the majority shareholder of CGX Energy and joint venture partner in the Petroleum Prospecting Licenses for the Corentyne and Demerara blocks offshore Guyana, has announced an update on the activities related to the Corentyne block. Exploration: The Kawa-1 well, the Joint Venture's commitment well on the Corentyne block, is expected to be spud between August 1-15 and reach total depth in approx.

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Brazils Ocyan continues with fully booked fleet

July 13, 2021
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Norbe IX, one of Ocyan’s five deepwater drilling rigs, was rehired by Petrobras for a period of 1095 days. The new charter and services contract is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022, a few months after the end of the current contract between Norbe IX and Petrobras, which lasted for ten years. The entire Ocyan fleet,

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Chevron eyes permanent shutdown of Pasadena, Texas FCC refinery

July 13, 2021
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Chevron Corp is considering permanently closing the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 112,229 barrel-per-day (bpd) Pasadena, Texas refinery as part of a possible reconfiguration of the plant, said sources familiar with the company’s deliberations. Idling the shut 52,000-bpd FCC would be part of converting the refinery on the Houston Ship Channel to a simpler hydroskimming configuration, the

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Guyana re-launches search for company to market government’s crude

July 13, 2021
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Guyana is re-launching a search for a company to market the government’s share of crude oil produced off the South American country’s coast to make the tender process “simpler and more competitive,” the natural resources minister said on Monday. According to the notice published late last week, companies will have until Aug. 3 to submit their bids to

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ReconAfrica and NAMCOR granted seismic permit for Namibias Kavango basin

July 12, 2021
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Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) announced that the Republic of Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has issued the Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for the initial 2D seismic program to be conducted in the Petroleum Exploration License No 73 in the Kavango East and West regions of NE Namibia. ReconAfrica will commence logging and coring operations designed to

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Woodside completes acquisition of FAR’s interest in Sangomar offshore Senegal

July 12, 2021
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Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy has completed the acquisition of the entire participating interest of oil company FAR in the offshore area in Senegal containing the Woodside-operated Sangomar development. The purchase price for FAR’s stake in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture was $45 million, plus a working capital

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Aker Carbon Capture Launches Carbon Capture as a Service

July 12, 2021
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Aker Carbon Capture has launched Carbon Capture as a Service; Carbon capture made easy, an integrated offering that covers everything a customer needs to reduce emissions by CCS. 'Now is the time to bring the full value chain together to enable source-to -storage decarbonization. With our offering, customers will simply pay per tonne captured CO2. We will handle the

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Western Gas awards Valaris MS 1 drilling contract offshore Australia

July 12, 2021
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Western Gas has awarded Valaris a one well contract for the Valaris MS-1 mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU). The MS-1 is a 6th generation deepwater semisubmersible MODU currently operating in waters off the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Drilling will commence at the earliest in mid-February 2022, subject to approvals, with an estimated total campaign duration of 25

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Woodside awards Valaris with 16 well contract

July 12, 2021
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Valaris Limited announced today that it has been awarded a 16-well contract with Woodside offshore Australia for semisubmersible, VALARIS DPS-1. The contract is expected to commence late in the first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2022 with an estimated duration of 300 days. Source: Valaris Join our mailing list here

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