( Offshore-energy.biz) Offshore do Brasil, a subsidiary of Norway’s shipping player Siem Offshore, has won a four-year assignment in Brazil with an undisclosed company for one of its oil spill recovery vessels (OSRV). The new contract award for the OSRV Siem Marataizes is slated to begin in the second quarter of 2024. This vessel has been designed... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum signs MOU with Enauta and Maha Offshore
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), under the terms of art. 157, § 4, of Law No. 6,404 and CVM Resolution No. 44, communicates to its investors and the market in general, following the material fact disclosed on April 1, 2024, that has signed, on this date, Memorandum of Understanding... Continue Reading →
Petrobras reports oil discovery in ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, informs that it has discovered an accumulation of oil in ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar Basin, in the Anhangá exploratory well, of Concession POT-M-762_R15. The 1-BRSA-1390-RNS (Anhangá) well is located on the coast between Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, about 190 km from Fortaleza and 250 km from Natal, at... Continue Reading →
Brazil Installs Largest Offshore Wind Resource Measurement Network in Equatorial Margin Region
(offshoreWindbiz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) installed a LiDAR in the Paracuru municipality in the state of Ceará on 3 April, the last piece of equipment of what is said to be the largest offshore wind resource monitoring network in Brazil. Through an agreement with the Ministry of Science, Technology and... Continue Reading →
Brazil Could Soon Approve SENAI’s 22 MW Pilot Offshore Wind Project in Rio Grande do Norte
(offshoreWind.biz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) expects to receive a licence for a pilot offshore wind project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the second half of this year. ISI-ER filed an application with the country’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) at the beginning of... Continue Reading →
Brazil to Impose Visas on Citizens of US, Australia & Canada as of April 10, 2024
KEY TAKEAWAYS Starting April 10, citizens of Australia, Canada, and the US will need visas to enter Brazil. Travelers can receive their eVisas upon arrival, valid for up to 90 days, with the option to extend for another 90 days, but not exceeding 180 days within a year. Brazil has reinstated visa requirements, overturning previous... Continue Reading →
Enauta recorded production of more than 2.3 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarte of 2024
(PN) Enauta recorded total production of 745 thousand barrels of oil equivalent in March 2024 and more than 2.3 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarter of this year. The company's average production between January and March was 25,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day, an increase of approximately 70% compared to the... Continue Reading →
Pro-coal amendment in Congress delays the arrival of offshore wind farms in Brazil
(Bloomberg) A battle in the National Congress to extend contracts for coal-fired thermal plants is blocking the arrival of the long-awaited offshore wind industry in Latin America's largest economy. A bill to regulate the sector is currently stalled in the Federal Senate, after a group of deputies presented a series of amendments, including one to... Continue Reading →
Yinson Holds Naming Ceremony for Brazil-Bound ‘Greener’ FPSO
(OE) Yinson Production has held the naming ceremony for FPSO Maria Quitéria which will deployed in at Petrobras’ Jubarte field offshore Brazil. The naming ceremony for the FPSO Maria Quitéria was held at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) Shipyard in China on April 3, 2024. FPSO Maria Quitéria is a conversion project with a production... Continue Reading →
OceanPact wins R$650 million contract to charter three Emergency Response vessels to Petrobras
(PN) OceanPact, one of the leading companies in responding to offshore emergencies in the country, signed new contracts with Petrobras for a period of four years to charter three OSRVs (Oil Spill Response Vessel) worth a total of R$650 million. The vessels Fernando de Noronha, Jim O’Brien and Macaé will be at the service of... Continue Reading →