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(OM) BW Energy plans to take FID later this year on two new infill wells at the Golfinho Field in the Espirito Santos Basin offshore Brazil, the company said in a results statement. The GLF-51 oil well and the GLF-50 gas well should double production from the field in 2027. BW Energy reported first-quarter 2024 stable production... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Petrobras' new chief executive said a basin in Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an environmentally sensitive offshore prospect seen as the country's most promising frontier for oil exploration, was a matter of "national interest." Magda Chambriard, who took over as the state-controlled oil company's chief executive after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired its former... Continue Reading →
The platform ship Marechal Duque de Caxias arrived in Brazil today, 05/27, from China, heading for the Mero field in the pre-salt Santos Basin. The platform of the FPSO type (floating production, storage, and transfer unit) can produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas, all... Continue Reading →
(OilPrice.com) Guyana would welcome U.S. firm Chevron joining the major oil projects that its peer Exxon is currently developing offshore the South American country, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has told the Financial Times. Chevron has proposed a multi-billion all-stock transaction to buy U.S. firm Hess, which is a minority partner of Exxon in Guyana’s prolific Stabroek... Continue Reading →
(OE) Petrobras, together with its partners, has made 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. The Atapu field has been producing since 2020 through the P-70 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, with a production capacity of... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that, today, it signed contracts with Seatrium O&G Americas Limited to acquire the P-84 and P-85 vessel platforms. Both units will be self-owned and installed in the Atapu and Sépia fields, respectively, in ultra-deep waters of the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, with first oil date between 2029 and... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following up on the release published on 05/22/2024, informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, appointed Magda Chambriard as a member of the Board of Directors and elected her as the company's new CEO. Magda Chambriard took office in both positions on this date and joined... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The oil firm to be created from the merger of Brazil's 3R Petroleum and Enauta wants to explore the Foz do Amazonas' basin if state-run firm Petrobras finds oil there, its future CEO Decio Oddone told Reuters. Enauta has rights over an oil block in Foz do Amazonas, considered the most promising area in Brazil's so-called... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's government expects Petrobras will pay out all of its extraordinary dividends, according to a revenue projection for this year, even though the state oil company has yet to make a decision on that. "We consider the distribution of 100% of Petrobras' extraordinary dividends as the probable scenario," Treasury Secretary Rogerio Ceron said on... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Facts disclosed on May 14 and 15, 2024, informs that the People Committee of its Board of Directors, functioning as the Eligibility Committee (CELEG), concluded, on this date, the analysis of Mrs. Magda Chambriard for the positions of Member of the Board of Directors and... Continue Reading →
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