Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has started its intervention campaign on the Baúna field, located offshore Brazil, using a Maersk Drilling-owned semi-submersible rig. After this campaign, the rig is scheduled for work on two more fields for Karoon. Karoon reported on Monday that its contract with Maersk Drilling for the Baúna intervention campaign... Continue Reading →
Equinor, Exxon Agree to Expand Brazil Offshore Oil Ops
(Reuters) Equinor and Exxon Mobil Corp have taken the first steps to expand an $8 billion oil development off Brazil's coast, the Norwegian oil producer told Reuters. The firms want to boost future production from the Bacalhau oil field, Equinor's largest project outside of Norway with more than 1 billion barrels of oil, the company said. A... Continue Reading →
Shell Joins Exxon With $1 Billion Brazil Exploration Setback
(Bloomberg) -- Expensive offshore exploration setbacks for international oil majors including Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. are throwing cold water on their plans to turn Brazil into a profit center. In the past three years, Shell has drilled three exploration wells without finding any commercial volumes, said Marcelo de Assis, the head of Latin... Continue Reading →
Bolsonaro Hints at Change in Petrobras’ Profit Distribution
(Reuters) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested on Monday he may tinker with state-run company Petrobras' profit policy, cutting the percentage distributed to shareholders, as he looks to curb fuel price hikes ahead of the country's October elections. In a speech during an event in Sao Paulo, Bolsonaro said that all the oil companies in the... Continue Reading →
DOF Wins $260M in AHTS, ROV Deals with Petrobras in Brazil
Oslo-listed offshore vessel operator DOF has, through its Brazilian subsidiaries, won new long-term charter and service contracts with Petrobras for four AHTS vessels and ROVs. The vessels, Skandi Angra, Skandi Paraty, Skandi Urca, and Skandi Fluminense, (AHTS 18000 class), currently operating for Petrobras and equipped with DOF Subsea's work class ROVs, have been contracted for... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on divestment in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/20/2018, informs that it has decided to conclude the current competitive process, which was in the binding phase, for the partial sale of four concessions located in deep waters in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin (BM- SEAL-4, 4-A, 10 and 11), without transferring the operation.... Continue Reading →
Guyana could earn over US$130 billion in the next 20 years, says Rystad Energy
(ON) As commercial discoveries continue to increase offshore Guyana, more projects will come online, generating an unprecedented inflow of revenue to the new oil producing South American country, which Norway-based Rystad Energy said could top US$130 billion. “If all discoveries were to be developed, you`re looking at, in the next 20 years, over $130 billion... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies reports indications of oil and gas in block in the Campos Basin
(PN)French company TotalEnergies notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) that it found evidence of oil and gas in block C-M-541, in well 1-TOT-2-RJS, in a water depth of 3,000 meters, in the Campos Basin. The drilling of the well Marolo-1 began at the end of last year. The activity was carried out by the Valaris... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s antitrust regulator approves sale of Petrobras refinery
(Reuters) - Brazil's antitrust watchdog CADE said on Friday that the sale of state-run oil company Petrobras' (PETR4.SA) Reman refinery to fuel distributor Atem was approved with no restrictions. Brazil's antitrust watchdog CADE has approved the sale of state-run oil company Petrobras' (PETR4.SA) Reman refinery to Atem, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Petroleo Brasileiro SA,... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore First Quarter 2022 Update
Highlights Year-to-date Directional1 revenue of US$970 million, in line with expectationFull year 2022 Revenue and EBITDA guidance maintainedCash dividend of US$1 per ordinary share paid, 13% year-on-year increase and representing c. 7% yield2FPSO Liza Unity delivered on time and on budgetFPSO ONE GUYANA award confirmed, to be added to the backlog Financial Overview YTD Directional in... Continue Reading →