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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of 50% of its stakes in the concessions of Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste and Marlim Sul, together called the Marlim Cluster, located in deep waters in the Campos Basin. Petrobras will remain the operator of the... Continue Reading →
Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Dalian has completed the construction of the Carioca MV30 FPSO for Japan's Modec. The 332 meters long Carioca FPSO - converted from Flandre VLCC - will be deployed at the Sépia field operated by Petrobras, located in the “pre-salt” region of the Santos Basin some 250 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro,... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) Petrobras expects oil exports in December to be between 40% and 50% below the year average. Brazil is expected to halve oil exports in December in light of easing restrictions against the coronavirus with the arrival of summer, which tends to increase fuel consumption in the country. Petrobras (PETR3; PETR4) expects oil exports in... Continue Reading →
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil and Argentina today announced the successful testing of the Indico 2 appraisal well in the CPO-5 block (GeoPark non-operated, 30% WI1) in Colombia. The... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC handed over the unit to Shell. Another six similar ones will be delivered to the Anglo-Dutch company by January 2022, and, like the first, will be manufactured at Rio Manufacturing Hub, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). How the equipment will be used in the Appomattox field, located in deep waters in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had secured just under 1.2 million pounds ($1.6 million) from a Brazilian national implicated in Brazil's "Operation Car Wash", the country's biggest bribery investigation that began in 2014. The SFO said it opened a civil recovery investigation into Julio Faerman in 2015 after the former... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum intends to expand its operations in the revitalization of mature fields to other countries in Latin America. The information was provided by the company's CEO, Ricardo Savini, during the company's IPO ceremony at B3, which moved R$ 690 million, which will be used in the development of projects and in new acquisitions .... Continue Reading →
Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) celebrates seven years of activities today, reaching a value of R$ 2.59 billion in revenue for the Union. The amount considers the sale of oil and gas from the Union since November 2017 - start of production of the NW of Libra evaluation area, in a long-term test - until September 2020,... Continue Reading →
Marine and engineering consulting firm LOC Group has been awarded new contracts with SBM Offshore to act as Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) on two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) projects. These SBM Offshore’s FPSOs will be deployed offshore Brazil and Guyana, LOC said in a statement on Thursday. LOC will provide MWS services for... Continue Reading →
Energy Platform (EnP) announced the acquisition of a 50% stake in Petro-Victory Energy in the fields of the Lagoa Parda Cluster, recently divested by Petrobras, and in the exploratory blocks ES-T-354 , 373, 441, 477 and 487, all on the Espírito Santo onshore and concluded in the 14th ANP round. The transaction marks EnP's entry... Continue Reading →
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