In September, pre-salt oil and natural gas production totaled 2.85 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), representing 74.10% of the national total (3.84 million boe/d) . It was the biggest historical record of monthly production in the Pre-salt, both in absolute terms and in percentage of participation in the country's total production. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras – Highlights on production and sales in 3Q21
Petrobras - In 3Q21, we continued to operate safely and with a solid performance, still with a differentiated regime and special protocols due to the pandemic scenario, but with a gradual increase in the number of people on board. The average production of oil, LGN and natural gas reached 2.83 MMboed, 1.2% above 2Q21, mainly... Continue Reading →
‘We don’t have water’: South American dam faces energy crunch as river ebbs
(Reuters) - The giant Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, wedged between Paraguay and Brazil on the Parana River, is facing an energy crunch amid record low river and rainfall levels that experts say could last into next year. The Itaipu dam, which supplies around 10% of the energy consumed in Brazil and 86% of that used... Continue Reading →
Big fossil fuel producers’ plans far exceed climate targets, U.N. says
(Reuters) - Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday. The U.N. Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference... Continue Reading →
Guyana seeks a 135-mile subsea gas pipeline to extend its energy win streak
(WO/Bloomberg) --Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy. Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Hires Valaris DS-4 Drillship
Offshore drilling company Valaris has won a drilling rig contract with the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras offshore Brazil. The contract is for the drillship Valaris DS-4, for operations offshore Brazil. The contract is for a minimum term of 548 days. The drillship is currently preservation stacked in the UK and will transit to the Canary... Continue Reading →
Brazilian fuel distributors fear shortages as Petrobras set to miss demand
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) confirmed it will not be able to meet "atypical demand" from fuel distributors in November that has surpassed its production capacity, raising fears of supply shortages in the country. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, said in a securities filing late on Monday that it has... Continue Reading →
Brazil central bank intervenes in FX market rattled by new spending
(Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Tuesday made its first intervention in the spot currency market since March in support of the real after it almost touched a six-month low due to fresh concerns about looser government spending ahead of next year's election. The government is preparing an expanded welfare program next year, a person... Continue Reading →
TECHNIPFMC PRESENTS BEST PROPOSAL FOR BUZIOS 7 SURF
(PetroleoHoje) TechnipFMC may be close to winning yet another SURF (underwater collection system) contract with Petrobras. The group presented the best proposal in the Brazilian oil company's bid for the 7th module in Buzios, in the Santos cluster, with a value of R$ 5.7 billion. TechnipFMC's offer was ahead of proposals by Saipem, with a... Continue Reading →
TOTALENERGIES IS STILL ATTRACTED BY BRAZILIAN OIL AND GAS MARKET
(Valor) TotalEnergies (formerly Total) promises to intensify investments in renewables, but, at the same time, it is looking closely at the Brazilian oil and gas market. The French oil company, which changed its name to symbolize its migration towards the energy transition, sees Brazil as a strategic player in the search for projects with increasingly... Continue Reading →
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