(OEM) Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC and Norway’s Aibel have picked Axess Group, an integrity and engineering solutions provider, for inspection and certification work on a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel bound for an Equinor-operated field off Brazil. Axess Group revealed on Tuesday that it has secured two contracts – one with MODEC and the other one... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on P-82 construction contract
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters for the construction of the P-82 platform, as a result of the advancement of the Búzios field development project, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The P-82 will be of the FPSO type and will have the... Continue Reading →
Valaris Secures Rig Contract Extensions Worth $95M
Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured new contracts and contract extensions worth $95 million in total. The contracts were awarded subsequent to the issuing of Valaris' most recent contract awards and fleet status update on September 1, 2022. The contract backlog excludes lump sum payments such as mobilization fees and capital reimbursements. In Brazil, TotalEnergies... Continue Reading →
OneSubsea to install Christmas trees in Petrobras fields
A new and very important contract for OneSubsea. The company announced that it signed an agreement that contemplates the installation of 12 underwater Christmas trees in fields that are operated by Petrobras. The contract is valued at between $100 million and $150 million. In addition, OneSubsea is very close to signing another major contract with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Taps Shearwater for Large OBN Survey Offshore Brazil
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS said Monday it had won a contract in Brazil for a large deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey. The company will conduct the survey over the Petrobras-operated Grand Iara Project, involving the Berbigão, Sururu, and Shared Reservoir of Atapu, in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The project is scheduled to start... Continue Reading →
Lula and Bolsonaro in the second presidential round, their proposals for the energy sector
(PN) The decision on who will run the country for the next four years will be decided on the 30th. With 99.90% of the votes counted, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) has 48.41% of the valid votes, against 43.22% of his opponent, the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro. The counting of votes showed... Continue Reading →
Bolsonaro’s strong showing in Brazil vote may boost markets, bankers say
(Reuters) - Stronger-than-expected support for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro in the first round of a presidential election may provide a boost for Brazilian financial markets on Monday, said bankers and analysts, as the race went to an Oct. 30 runoff. Bolsonaro's leftist challenger, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, fell short of clinching victory in the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on contracts with NTS
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/22/2021, informs that, as part of the actions taken to open the Brazilian natural gas market, signed, in 09/30/2022, with Nova Transportadora do Sudeste S.A. (NTS) the Flexibility Reduction Agreement to be used by Petrobras (Agreement) and amendments to the Malha Sudeste, Malha... Continue Reading →
PRIO on the share buyback program
Petro Rio S.A. ("PRIO") (B3: PRIO3) informs that the Board of Directors approved the acquisition of up to 5.43% of the total shares issued by PRIO ("Share Buyback Program"). The Share Buyback may occur in one or more operations, and PRIO's Board of Directors will define the volumes in due course, considering the following conditions:... Continue Reading →
PRIO on the signing of the Dommo incorporation protocol
Petro Rio S.A. (PRIO”), following the Material Fact disclosed on the September 1st, 2022, informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on October 1, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved, and the managements of the Company, as consenting intervening party, and of Dommo Energia S.A (“Dommo”) and Petro Rio OPCO Exploração Petrolífera... Continue Reading →