Petrobras concluded the drilling of the pioneer oil exploratory well in block ES-M-669, in the pre-salt of the Espírito Santo Basin. Named Monai, the project broke the record for the deepest well ever drilled in Brazil, at around 7,700 meters. Just by way of comparison, this distance is equivalent to 1.3 times the height of... Continue Reading →
Constellation Signs Contract with Petrobras
(PetroleoHoje) Drillship Amaralina Star will operate dedicated to the Roncador field, from the end of 2022. Constellation and Petrobras signed a charter contract for the unit for a period of two years, with possibility of extension for another 365 days. Constellation presented the best daily rate in Petrobras' bid to contract a rig for the... Continue Reading →
Porto Central signs MOU with Votu Winds and targets offshore wind and green hydrogen
Porto Central signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Votu Winds, a company that plans to install a complex of offshore wind farms in the southern coastal region of the State of Espírito Santo. The port terminal is a project being built in the south of Espírito Santo, on the border with the State of Rio... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum – Renegotiation of Gas Contracts in the Potiguar Basin
RENEGOTIATION OF GAS CONTRACTS IN THE POTIGUAR BASIN 3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) informs its investors and the market in general that, through its subsidiaries 3R Macau S.A. (“3R Macau”) and 3R Pescada S.A.[1] (“3R Pescada”), signed on December 8, 2021 amendments to the purchase and sale agreements of pre-processed natural... Continue Reading →
Brazil Energy Council Puts 11 Pre-salt Blocks on Permanent Offer
Brazil's energy policy council CNPE authorized oil regulator ANP to put 11 pre-salt blocks in the Campos and Santos basins up for sale permanently, with a total signing fee estimated at 1.3 billion reais ($233 million), the government said on Thursday. That system until now had been used for areas with less potential and did... Continue Reading →
Excelerate Energy FSRU Starts Operations in Brazil
(OE) Excelerate Energy has started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil. Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173,400 cubic meters, is providing regasification services at TR-BA. The terminal has a regasification capacity of... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Lands Three Flexible Pipe Frame Deals with Petrobras
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has signed three flexible pipe frame agreements with Brazil's Petrobras. "Altogether, the frame agreements form a large contract for TechnipFMC," the company said. For TechnipFMC, a “large” contract is between $500 million and $1 billion. The contracts were awarded as part of Petrobras’s drive to increase oil recovery in its brownfield... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of the BM-S-8 block – Bacalhau
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 11/22/2016 and 03/21/2018, informs that it will receive from Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda. (Equinor) the last contingent installment in the amount of US$ 950 million related to the sale of its stake in the exploratory block BM-S-8, where the Bacalhau field (former Carcará... Continue Reading →
Green Light for the Individualization of the Bacalhau Production Agreement
The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the Production Individualization Agreement (PIA) for the shared Bacalhau deposit, located in the Santos Basin. As a reminder, the PIA is an instrument used when reservoirs or deposits extend over more than one exploratory block or when they cover a non-contracted area. In 2014, Equinor had... Continue Reading →
Brazil central bank makes 150 bps interest rate hike, signals another
(Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Wednesday raised interest rates by 150 basis points and signaled another such hike in February, waging one of the world's most aggressive battles with inflation even as Latin America's largest economy has tipped into recession. The bank's rate-setting committee, known as Copom, decided unanimously to raise its benchmark interest... Continue Reading →