Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that, in accordance with the contracts in effect, it will adjust, as of August 1, 2021, the natural gas sale prices for distributors. The variation results from the application of the supply contract formulas, which link the price to the oil price and the exchange rate. The contract prices... Continue Reading →
Enauta shuts down two wells on Atlanta field due to pump failure
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has stopped production at two of its three wells in the Atlanta field, located in Block BS-4 offshore Brazil. Enauta said on Monday that production from its Atlanta field offshore Brazil was affected by a failure in the pumping system at two wells. According to the information provided by... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on seismic acquisition for Parque das Baleias
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that in the first half of July it will begin the first seismic acquisition with Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN) technology and new multiphysics surveys (magnetometric and gravimetric) of the 3D Nodes project of Parque das Baleias, also known as the Whale Park, in Campos Basin. The contract signed with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract for the sale of E&P assets in Alagoas
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on June 30, 2021, informs that it signed today with the company Petromais Global Exploração e Produção S.A. (Petro+) the agreement for the sale of the totality of its stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions denominated Alagoas Cluster, located... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS EXTENDS TRANSOCEAN CONTRACT
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras will extend the term of the charter contract for the Petrobras 10.000 drillship, operated by Transocean. The two companies closed an agreement for another two years. The information was confirmed by sources from PetroleoHoje. According to an investigation, the value of the drilling unit's charter rate was kept unchanged, at around US$300,000/day. The... Continue Reading →
FPSO Carioca sets sail for Petrobras’ Sépia field. Production start in August
The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Carioca MV30 has set sail from the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis towards Petrobras’ Sépia field in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The vessel will be the largest FPSO-type unit to operate in Brazil, with a daily capacity to process 180,000 barrels of oil (bpd) and 6... Continue Reading →
Colombia anticipates new offshore oil exploration to reverse crude output decline
(Bloomberg) --Oil majors are gearing up to explore off the coast of Colombia, offering hope to a country struggling to reverse declines in reserves and output of its biggest export. Royal Dutch Shell Plc is planning to drill this year in the Caribbean, while Exxon Mobil Corp., Repsol SA and state-controlled Ecopetrol SA will follow... Continue Reading →
Petrobras releases teaser of E&P in Paraná Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) for the sale of its total stakes in the exploratory blocks belonging to the PAR-T-175_R14, PAR-T-198_R12, and PAR-T-218_R12 Concessions, located onshore in the Paraná Basin. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria... Continue Reading →
Brazil eyes immediate, bolder corporate profit tax cut of 10 percentage points
(Reuters) - Brazil's government is weighing an immediate cut in taxes on company profits by 5 percentage points, and may double that to a 10-percentage-point reduction, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday. That would signal a far more aggressive stance from the government's tax reform bill delivered to Congress only last week, which envisages... Continue Reading →
JURONG SHIPYARD WILL MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND INTEGRATION TO THE P-71 PLATFORM IN A US$175 MILLION ADDITION
(PetroNoticias) Sembcorp Marine, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), won an Addendum to the Tupi BV Contract valued at approximately US$ 175 million for modification works to be completed on FPSO P-71. Originally designed for the Tupi field, the FPSO P-71 will undergo modifications and integration for deployment in the Itapu field. The... Continue Reading →