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(OP) For nearly two decades, South America’s largest economy Brazil has been reaping a tremendous economic windfall from a massive oil boom that kicked off with the first offshore ultra deep-water pre-salt discovery in 2006. The boom nearly collapsed as corruption, mismanagement and malfeasance saw national oil company Petrobras laden with so much debt it was almost... Continue Reading →
(OET) Total E&P do Brazil, a subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies, has exercised a contract extension with Norway’s shipping company Siem Offshore for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) carrying out operations off Brazil. According to Siem Offshore, a 12-month option has been exercised for PSVs Siem Atlas and Siem Giant for continued operations offshore Brazil. This enables both... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press releases published on 03/01/2023 and 04/27/2023, informs that it will pay, on Friday, 06/16/2023, the second installment of the complementary dividends referred to the 2022 fiscal year, based on shareholding position as of 04/27/2023, in connection to the Material Fact released on that date. The... Continue Reading →
The drillship DS-17, owned by Valaris, arrived off the coast of Rio de Janeiro to begin its exploratory campaign in the Bacalhau field, in the Santos Basin. This will be the second exploratory rig in operation in the field – the first of which, West Saturn, began activities in November last year. The DS-17 is... Continue Reading →
Active floating drilling rig utilization has rebounded from a low of 65% in 2018 to over 85% in 2023, energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie said Monday, adding that the growth in demand and rates could even spur construction of new offshore rigs. "According to Woodmac, the number of contracted ultra-deepwater (UDW) benign rigs has returned... Continue Reading →
Unipar informed that the negotiations with Novonor and with its creditor banks holding mortgages on the potential operation involving the control of Braskem have evolved. The company sent a non-binding proposal to Novonor, which contemplates the partial payment of creditor banks, as well as new conditions for the remaining debt balance, and the possibility of... Continue Reading →
(OET) Brazilian offshore oil and gas industry services provider Ocyan has confirmed the completion of its restructuring process, which enabled it to separate its drilling business into a new company, temporarily being called DrillCo. The business side covering offshore production, subsea construction and decommissioning, maintenance, and offshore services remains fully at Ocyan, according to the... Continue Reading →
Dril-Quip has installed an 18 ¾-inch BigBore IIe, its newest subsea wellhead system, for the Petrobras Exploratory project in the Aram Block in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Water depth is 2,002 m. According to Dril-Quip, the system’s sealing technology is qualified to the latest Petrobras standards. It is designed to reduce costs through dispensing... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras' refineries operated at 95% of their total operating capacity in May. This is the company's best monthly result since July 2015. On some days, in the second half of the month, the level even exceeded 99%. The historic result was achieved even with scheduled maintenance stoppages at RPBC (Cubatão, SP), Refap (Canoas, RS),... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in addition to the Material Fact of May 19, 2023, informs its investors and the market in general that, on June 7, 2023, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”) approved the transfer of the entire stake (100%) of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.... Continue Reading →
