(OE) Deepwater drilling contractor Transocean shared Thursday its quarterly offshore rig fleet status report, in which it said it had secured $745 million worth of drilling contracts. During the period, the company secured contracts for three drillships: Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1, Deepwater Aquila, and Deepwater Invictus. First, the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 drillship was awarded a 60-day extension in... Continue Reading →
ANP 2nd Cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer will have five blocks available
(TN) Five blocks will be on offer in the public session of the 2nd Cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP): Cruzeiro do Sul, Esmeralda, Jade, Tupinambá and Turmalina. The public session will take place on 12/13. The blocks on offer in the 2nd Cycle of the OPP were by the Special Bidding Committee... Continue Reading →
Petrobras breaks the record for processing pre-salt natural gas
(TN) The Caraguatatuba (UTGCA) and Cabiúnas (UTGCAB) natural gas processing units, belonging to Petrobras, broke a gas processing record from the Santos Basin Pre-Salt, in September. During the period, the mark of 28.96 million m³/d of gas was reached, surpassing the previous record of 27.27 million m³/d reached in March 2022. Currently, gas from the... Continue Reading →
Excelerate locks away FSRU to Petrobras on 10-year deal
New York-listed floating regasification specialist Excelerate Energy has secured a 10-year charter deal from Brazil’s Petrobras for the FSRU Sequoia. The agreement, effective January 1, 2024, will see the Texas-headquartered Excelerate continue to deploy the 2020-built unit to provide regasification services in Brazil at the Bahia regasification terminal in Salvador. Excelerate has provided regasification services in... Continue Reading →
ANP publishes summary of the development areas of Raia Manta and Raia Pintada
ANP published the executive summary of the new development areas of Raia Manta and Raia Pintada, originating from recent declarations of commerciality for block C-M-539, in the Campos Basin. The block is operated by the company Equinor Energy do Brasil Ltda., which sent the commerciality declarations to the ANP on 9/20. Block C-M-539, arising from... Continue Reading →
Petrobras picks Ocyan to revitalize gas pipeline network
(OET) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded compatriot offshore oil and gas services provider Ocyan with a contract to carry out the revitalization of a network of gas pipelines in the Campos Basin. The contract, valued at approximately $317.49 million, is expected to last four and a half years and will revamp the... Continue Reading →
(Correction)Petrobras breaks monthly and quarterly records for operated oil and gas production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it broke its quarterly record for operated oil and gas production in the third quarter of this year, with 3.98 MMboed (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), 7.8% above the second quarter. It also achieved a monthly record for operated production in September, with a volume of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras breaks monthly and quarterly records for operated oil and gas production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it broke its quarterly record for operated oil and gas production in the third quarter of this year, with 3.98 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), 7.8% above the second quarter. It also achieved a monthly record for operated production in September, with a volume of 4.1 million... Continue Reading →
4th Cycle of the ANP Permanent Concession Offer will have 33 block sectors and one area in the Marginal Accumulation
(TN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) released the list of 33 sectors with exploratory blocks and an area with marginal accumulation that will be in the auction of the 4th Cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer, which is scheduled for December 13th. The auction will have blocks offered in the following basins: Amazonas, Espírito Santo,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to drill near Amazon mouth in 2024, says CEO
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) expects to do exploratory drilling next year near the mouth of the Amazon River, along the coast of the state of Amapa, Chief Executive Jean Paul Prates said. The region is part of Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an area that Petrobras considers its most promising new frontier for oil and... Continue Reading →