Tag: offshore

The Norwegian oil company Equinor awarded earlier last week a 7 day spot contract to PSV
4500 Starnav Andromeda. She will perform cargo runs to FPSO Peregrino. The 2014 built
vessel is Brazilian flag and has 921 sqm of free deck area.

Last day 24 april, Petrobras released the official qualification notice for their latest
AHTS tender. After disqualifying the first two contenders from CBO, AH Liguria and AH
Valletta, for not considering the installation of battery packs – a mandatory requirement of the
tender which intended to hire up to two vessels with hybrid-propulsion – Petrobras officialises
the technical and commercial qualification of Bram Offshore’s Mr. Chafic.

If no claims/appeals are made by the competing bidders, thus resulting in an award for the vessel, owners
Bram Offshore will be granted by Petrobras a 12-month period after beginning of operations
for the vessel to be fully compliant with the battery pack requirements. Will this be the
first ever vessel to display a hybrid propulsion configuration in Brazil? Or maybe someone
else will beat Petrobras to it? Regardless of who achieves it first, when it happens it will be
a milestone that will undoubtedly provoke great changes in our offshore market.

The Mexican flagged vessel Puerto Real, from owners Marinsa, arrived in Rio de Janeiro
earlier this week. The vessel will be operated by Zemax Log for a contract of engineering and
optical fibre system supply with Petrobras. The offshore vessel was in Panama and made a 47-day voyage to come to Brazil. The vessel is only two years old, has a length of 85 meters, a width of 20.4 meters and a DWT of 3.233 tons.

Petrobras issued a new tender for the contracting of a WSSV (Well Stimulation
Support Vessel). The contract period is of four years firm with commencement expected
for 365 days upon contract execution. The tender will accept Brazilian (or REB) and
foreign tonnage, although the later will only be considered in case no Brazilian flagged vessel
is offered.

All vessels currently working for Petrobras under this scope are foreign flagged. This type of tender foresees three different types of contracts with the awarded company: charter party agreement, well stimulation services and supply of chemical products. Bidders have until May 22nd to present an
offer.

PSV 3500 CBO Ana Luisa has been fixed by PRIO for 9 months firm plus an optional period
of 3 months with commencement expected for July, 2023. The award was given in connection
to the tendering process for contracting of a small fluid carrier vessel. She will support the
upcoming drilling activities of PRIO in some of their offshore assets. She has previously
operated in the integrated logistics contract between CBO and Petrobras.

The Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven AS has signed a retrofit project with the Brazilian
shipowner Oceânica. This is the fourth contract signed between them. The AHTS is now named
Oceanicasub X. The vessel will be rebuilt for operations off the Brazilian coast. The new
contract follows the deliveries of Oceanicasub VIII and Oceanicasub IX last month, both
vessels recently arrived in Brazilian waters

Karoon Energy announced last week that it has completed the drilling program in Santos
Basin, offshore Brazil, with drilling rig Noble Developer from owners NobleCorp. The vessel
mobilised to Brazil in April, 2022 to carry out the Company´s first workover campaign and
field development in Brazil. Interventions were made in the Baúna, Patola and Neon fields.
It is now expected that the drilling unit will be mobilised to Shell.

Enauta resumed production from well 7-ATL2HP-RJS (“2HP”), in Atlanta field having returned after an interruption that began in March, forced by a failure of a surface equipment. The company informed that
production was resumed after the replacement of a pump on the seabed. The production unit Petrojarl I installed at Atlanta field produces around 30,000 barrels of oil per day with storage capacity for 180,000 barrels. The company stated that it will keep the market informed about the matter

Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) shared a new report with relevant information about the production levels on the pre-salt fields of the production sharing agreement. Following the good performance from the beginning of 2023, the combined production of the 7 assets operated under this regime reached 868 thousand bpd in February, 3% upward from January and an impressive 86% increase when compared to the same period from 2022. Búzios field alone accounts for almost 52% of the total production registered in February with 447 thousand bpd. The podium is completed by Mero with 215 thousand bpd and Sépia with 101 thousand bpd.

The Finnish company Wärtsilä has been awarded with a contract to supply the energy generation package for 3R´s FPSO P-63. The contract also foresees the optimized maintenance of the system for 5 years to guarantee desired performance and reliability. Operated by 3R Petroleum, FPSO P-63 is in operation at the Papa-terra field, in Campos Basin, offshore Brazil.

Fendercare Marine announced its rebranding to James Fisher Fendercare, to simplify and streamline its identity for customers and the global markets it serves, by further aligning with its parent company James Fisher and Sons plc. As a world-leader in ship-to-ship operations and a major global supplier of marine products, the rebrand to James Fisher Fendercare showcases how this long-standing expertise is underpinned by the strength and stability of James Fisher and Sons plc, an innovative organisation with a 175-year heritage. The rebrand is effective immediately and has no effect on the legal status of the company, or its trading divisions.

Karoon announced that production from its Bauna oilfield and the recently on-stream Patola field offshore Brazil will remain suspended into May. Karoon and the fields’ FPSO operator Altera & Ocyan are undertaking both essential and proactive work with the focus on the ongoing detailed inspection of the Cidade de Itajai floater’s production system. Karoon will provide another update on the timing to resume production in its first quarter report which is expected to be issued on April 27th.