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(Reuters) - Brazilian chemical maker Unigel said on Wednesday it will invest up to $1.5 billion in its complex in the state of Bahia to produce so-called green hydrogen, the first in the country to do so on an industrial scale. The plant, located in the city of Camaçari, should have the first of three... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, in 2022, it exceeded the oil and natural gas production target, disclosed to the market in a material fact on November 24, 2021 and revised on January 14, 2022, within the considered margin of 4% for more or for less. Total oil and gas production was 2.684 million... Continue Reading →
Shell gave up selling the Parque das Conchas Cluster, in the Espírito Santo part of the Campos Basin. After receiving proposals, it opted to keep the asset in its portfolio. Shell received proposals from Enauta, PRIO and Karoon. The decommissioning of Parque das Conchas is scheduled for the end of the decade. Shell continues with... Continue Reading →
Japanese FPSO operator MODEC has confirmed that a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel arrived in Brazil to get ready for work in the pre-salt Santos Basin for the country’s state-owned energy giant, Petrobras. In a recent social media post, MODEC reported that the FPSO Anita Garibaldi MV33, its newest production vessel, arrived in Brazil, where its... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it received the devolution of about R$ 456 million, recovered through a leniency agreement with UOP LLC - a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. - signed with the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) and the Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU), an instrument that is part of a... Continue Reading →
Australian operator Karoon Energy has advanced in preparations for the start of production in the Patola field, in the Santos Basin. The company expects to start production in the area at the end of the first quarter of this year. The drilling rig Noble Developer completed drilling and completion activities in the field. Installation of... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions has secured a contract with French energy giant TotalEnergies for the delivery of the subsea production system, tools and related EPCI interfaces for the Lapa South West field construction offshore Brazil. The development concept located in the pre-salt Santos Basin is a subsea tie-back to the Cidade de Caraguatatuba FPSO, using existing facilities... Continue Reading →
French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has approved a final investment decision (FID) for an oil development project located in the Santos Basin, 300 km off the coast of Brazil. TotalEnergies announced the FID for the Lapa South-West oil development project on Monday, 16 January 2023. The French player operates this project with a 45 per cent interest, in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Guanabara platform vessel, installed in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached its maximum production capacity, with the mark of 180 thousand barrels of oil per day (bpd), about eight months after the unit started operating. Of the FPSO (floating production, storage, and oil transfer... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana's oil exports jumped 164% last year, boosted by growing output and demand for the newest Latin American oil producer's light sweet crudes, particularly in Europe, where thirsty refiners ramped up imports to replace Russian supplies. Since a consortium led by Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) began pumping in late 2019, Guyana's shipments have soared, bringing the... Continue Reading →
