Norwegian offshore support vessel operator Havila Shipping has secured a bareboat charter extension for its Havila Harmony vessel. Brazil's offshore service firm OceanPact has declared the option for one-year extension of the bareboat agreement on the Havila Harmony, currently sailing under the name Parcel Dos Meros. The agreement will keeps the vessel on contract until... Continue Reading →
Yinson to Acquire Atlanta FPSO, Activating 15-year Charter with Enauta
Brazilian oil company Enauta said Friday it had received a letter from the Malaysian FPSO company Yinson, notifying the exercise of an option to acquire FPSO Atlanta, through the purchase of all the shares of AFPS B.V., the platform owner company. Enauta normally produces oil from the Atlanta field offshore Brazil using the early production... Continue Reading →
J&F makes proposal of R$10 billion for Braskem
(epbr) J&F Investimentos, the Batista family holding company, presented a proposal to Novonor for Braskem, the petrochemical company confirmed. The value of the offer, of R$ 10 billion, includes the acquisition of all credits held by Novonor's financial creditors – whose debt with financial institutions is guaranteed by its shares in Braskem. In a note... Continue Reading →
Weatherford Signs 5-year Intervention Services Deal with Brazil’s Petrobras
Texas-based oilfield services company Weatherford has won a five-year contract to provide Intervention Services for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. ("Petrobras") in Brazil. "Weatherford has performed Intervention Services in Brazil for more than 20 years in close cooperation with Petrobras to develop a comprehensive offering to address subsea intervention and commissioning," the company said. Weatherford said it... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on contract with COMGÁS
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that, as a follow-up to the release disclosed on May 29, 2023, it has entered into a new natural gas contract with Companhia de Gás de São Paulo ("Comgás"), effective from January 2024 until December 2034, in the estimated amount of R$ 56 billion. The contract is the result... Continue Reading →
Bacalhau FPSO leaves Chinese shipyard after 32 months
Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has disclosed video footage, showing a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will work on its field offshore Brazil, leaving a Chinese shipyard, following 32 months of work. Equinor’s video shows the FPSO Bacalhau hull leaving the Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) shipyard in China. This comes over a month after... Continue Reading →
Petrobras renews transshipment contract with Vast Infraestrutura (formerly Açu Petróleo)
Vast Infraestrutura (formerly Açu Petróleo) achieved an important contract renewal with Petrobras. The new agreement will last for three years and provides for the provision of oil transshipment services at Porto do Açu. This is the second contract renewal between Petrobras and Vast, which started the partnership in March 2019. “This achievement represents not only... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Braskem
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it requested access to Braskem's virtual data room, on today's date, thus starting the due diligence process, according to the rules provided for in the Braskem Shareholders Agreement signed between Petrobras and Novonor S.A., for the possible exercise of tag along or preemptive rights, in the event of... Continue Reading →
Karoon’s revised resource assessment at oil discovery off Brazil seen as ‘good step forward’
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has updated its contingent resource estimates for a field offshore Brazil. This is expected to facilitate the technical and commercial feasibility studies for a potential development, which are currently underway. Karoon added the Neon oil discovery option in May 2022 to the rig it hired in April 2021. Following the Patola completion activities, the Maersk Developer rig,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ disposal of floating platform opens doors to Brazilian recycling industry
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has concluded the auction for the disposal of a floating offshore platform, as part of its new commitment to sustainable ship recycling. This is believed to be the first recycling project of this sort to be undertaken in Brazil.Petrobras sold the P-32 floating unit, which worked at the Marlim field in the Campos... Continue Reading →