A setback in the courts for Dommo Energia (formerly OGX). The company announced that the court of the International Chamber of Commerce rejected its claim for damages against the Malaysian company Petronas. With the defeat, Dommo will likely be forced to bear the costs related to the arbitration process. This is a dispute that has... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Supreme Court annuls billion-dollar labor dispute against Petrobras
(Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court annulled on Monday a previous court decision that would have required state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) to pay billions of dollar in a labor dispute involving additional wages for employees. The majority Supreme Court vote confirms a previous ruling made last year by Justice Alexandre de Moraes to annul the dispute, the... Continue Reading →
Galp seeks new investment opportunities in Brazil’s solar and wind, CEO says
(Reuters) - Portuguese oil & gas company Galp Energia (GALP.LS) finds Brazil an attractive country to pursue its bet on solar and wind energy, its CEO Andy Brown said on Monday, adding the company is looking for investment opportunities there. Galp had agreed in October to acquire and develop two solar projects in Brazil with a combined... Continue Reading →
TGS offers offshore Brazil well data
(OM) TGS says it can now provide access to derivative standardized well data from ~6,500 wells in Brazil’s offshore basins. TGS-enhanced data such as standardized digital logs (LAS, LAS+, Mud LAS, Lith LAS), validated well headers, quality-controlled directional surveys and other available derivatives will be licensed and delivered to customers through its cloud-based R360 Platform. This data... Continue Reading →
Petrobras picks Solstad vessel for accommodation services
Amid the improving market conditions and increasing demand, the Norwegian offshore vessel owner, Solstad Offshore, has inked a new deal for one of its subsea construction support vessels (CSVs) with the Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras, which will allow the vessel to operate offshore Brazil. Solstad Offshore announced the contract award for the CSV Normand Valiant with... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore Records Impairment on 6 FPSOs Book Value as Prospects Bleak for Extensions, Redeployment
(OE) FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has decided to record an impairment to the book value of the FPSOs BW Athena, Espoir Ivoirien, Sendje Berge, Petróleo Nautipa and Umuroa amounting to $66.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as well as $23.8 million for the loss on the sale of the Joko Tole FPSO.... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Brazil has oil. Exxon can’t seem to find it – Long read
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future. But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil giant has yet to make a major oil discovery as an operator in Brazil's waters and has let opportunities... Continue Reading →
ANP approves postponement of Jupiter’s Commerciality declaration until 2026
(PN) The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the postponement for five years of the declaration of commerciality of the Jupiter discovery, in block BM-S-24, in the Santos Basin. This is the second time the deadline is extended – the first time was in 2016. The new deadline will be November 2026. The... Continue Reading →
Brazilian operator gets brand-new fleet addition and fresh deal with Karoon
Brazilian shipping company Grupo CBO has added a new platform supply vessel (PSV) to its fleet and signed its second contract for one of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels with the Brazilian subsidiary of Australia’s Karoon Energy. Brazil’s offshore vessel operator CBO informed on Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of the PSV CBO... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Production to grow 2% this year with impulse from the Mero, Sepia and Atapu fileds
(PN) The entry into operation of the first definitive system in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin, will help to jumpstart the global production of French company TotalEnergies. The European oil company announced in its report of the financial and operating results for 2021, that it expects a 2% growth in its hydrocarbon production,... Continue Reading →