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Brazilian oil major Petrobras has launched an opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) for the sale of its 50 per cent in offshore oil fields known as the Marlim Cluster in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. Petrobras said it was looking to sell stakes in the deepwater concessions of Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste, and Marlim Sul fields. The company, which currently owns... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on September 25, 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of all of its stakes in the Albacora and Albacora Leste concessions, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive instructions... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has said that oil and gas exploration activity in 2020 has been resilient, despite concerns that Covid-19 could drive down discovered volumes to their lowest levels in decades. "Found resources already exceed 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and are projected to settle at around 10 billion boe... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Petrobras has launched an initiative that aims to cut costs by 30% related to drilling wells and will concentrate on future operations in the Búzios field, the largest in the world in deep waters and the state's main asset, in the pre-salt layer Santos Basin. The company said that the so-called Well Efficiency... Continue Reading →
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 →
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