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(Reuters) Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is set to reopen a closed oil well in its large offshore Roncador field in a bid to quickly obtain natural gas, the company's chief said on Thursday. The well, located off the Brazilian coast northeast of Rio de Janeiro, could start producing as early as next year and would... Continue Reading →
September 27, 2024 - PRIO S.A. hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has signed today a Sale and Purchase Agreement with SPEP Energy Hong Kong Limited and Sinochem International Oil (Hong Kong) Company Limited (“Sinochem”) for the acquisition of Sinochem Petroleum Netherlands Coöperatief U.A., which indirectly holds a 40% interest in... Continue Reading →
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA”) pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby, and following the material fact issued on March 21st, 2024 hereby informs its investors and the market in general that after fulfillment of all the precedent conditions, and authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”), the closing of the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The main focus of Brazil state-run oil firm Petrobras remains in its home country, its director of exploration and production said on Thursday, adding that Brazil was a priority even as it intends to expand into Africa. Petrobras has been publicly showing interest in expanding its oil fields in Africa as it seeks to... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has signed today with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. a non-binding memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) aimed at assessing cooperation opportunities in the areas of hydrocarbon exploration and production, carbon capture, new energy sources, contingency response planning, among others. Cooperation with Staatsolie could also result in better sustainable oil... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that today it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with YPF of Argentina to analyze the joint development of business in the E&P segment. The agreement is non-binding and will be in force for three years. The document also provides for technological cooperation between the companies in the Exploration... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ocean Power Technologies Signs (OPT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s SENAI to advance autonomous ocean developments. OPT and SENAI, short for Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI Innovation Institute for Virtual Production Systems from Firjan) in Brazil, will jointly explore blue economy opportunities including deployment of WAM-V autonomous and unmanned... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) DNV has completed the first-ever verification of a stage 3 floating LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) unit in Latin America assessing the deployment and performance of Fugro’s advanced equipment. Over a period of 55 days, DNV conducted rigorous tests on the Fugro SEAWATCH® buoy, equipped with a Zephir ZX300M LiDAR unit. The floating LiDAR... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian oil company Prio is in talks with China's oil and chemicals firm Sinochem (SASADA.UL) for the potential purchase of a stake in the Peregrino oil field, it said in a securities filing on Wednesday. No binding agreement has been reached so far, Prio added, after newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported earlier in the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Constellation has secured two new contracts with Petrobras, worth $1 billion, for the deployment of two ultra-deepwater drillships - Laguna Star, part of Constellation’s fleet, and Tidal Action, a newbuild rig, owned by Hanwha Drilling – at the Roncador field in the Campos Basin. The contracts are set to enhance local... Continue Reading →
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