Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/27/2022, informs that it has started today the binding phase concerning the sale of all its equity interest, corresponding to 34.54% of the total capital, in the company METANOR S/A - Metanol do Nordeste (Metanor), headquartered in Camaçari, in the state of Bahia.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the closing of the offering of Real Estate Receivables Certificates
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Company), continuing the notices released on October 31, 2022, and November 16, 2022, hereby informs that the public offering of real estate receivables certificates (CRI), in three (3) series, comprising the first (1st), second (2nd) and third (3rd) series of the (sixty-seventh) (67th) issuance of Opea Securitizadora S.A., backed by... Continue Reading →
TGS, PGS in 3D Seismic Survey Project Offshore Brazil
Marine seismic data specialists TGS and PGS have jointly secured pre-funding for the Santos Sul Multi-client 3D project in the southwest Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The TGS/PGS collaboration combines the operational and technical strengths of both companies to provide high-quality multi-client data and timely delivery, which are critical to the exploration efforts in this area. The... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s transition team sees no need for emergency move at Petrobras
(Reuters) - The transition team for Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sees no need for any emergency move at state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), sources said on Monday, after a meeting between Lula's team and the firm's top management. The state-run oil company briefed Lula's transition team on fuel pricing policy, according to the... Continue Reading →
Maha Energy, DBO Sign Merger Term Sheet
Sweden-based Maha Energy has signed a binding term sheet regarding a business combination with DBO 2.0 S.A. (“DBO”) for a consideration of 36,775,410 new shares in Maha. According to Maha, DBO is a private upstream oil and gas company focusing on mature offshore fields in Brazil formed in 2017. The company says that DBO has... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to relaunch tender to contract P-81 FPSO (Sergipe-Alagoas), this time in a charter mode
The director of production development at Petrobras, João Henrique Rittershaussen, declared that the tender for contracting the P-81, foreseen for the Sergipe Aguas Profundas project (SEAP 1), will be launched in the coming months. This time, the bidding will gain a new format compared to the previous process and will be carried out under the... Continue Reading →
Brazil: ANP announced October oil production at 4.180 million boe/d, a record for the period
Total production for October was 4.180 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), of which 3.245 million barrels of oil per day (bbl/d) and 148.747 million cubic meters of natural gas per day (m3/d ). In oil, there was an increase of 3.1% compared to the previous month and 16.8% compared to October 2021.... Continue Reading →
New assignments for DOF vessels
Thanks to the award of an integrated field support vessel (FSV) contract, Norway’s DOF Group has secured multiple new jobs in the Atlantic region with an undisclosed operator in West Africa. DOF disclosed on Monday that the duration of this contract is 365 days. However, the deal also entails optional 365 days. Under the terms of... Continue Reading →
Karoon: Brazilian field on track for first oil in 1Q 2023
(OET) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has completed the drilling of two wells at a field, located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The first oil from this field, which will be developed as a subsea tie-back, is slated for the first quarter of 2022. Karoon hired a rig in April 2021 to perform well... Continue Reading →
WoodMac: Deepwater oil & gas production on the rise steered by small number of players
As deepwater oil and gas production is set to increase by 60 per cent by the end of the decade, Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group, has outlined in its global upstream report the drivers of deepwater’s rapid growth, along with the challenges and opportunities the sector offers and faces. Wood Mackenzie disclosed last week that... Continue Reading →