After announcing the postponement of the Parque das Baleias Integrated Project for about a year, Petrobras will begin this Monday afternoon the new bidding process for contracting the enterprise's FPSO. The start of delivery of proposals for construction and chartering of the vessel will begin today at 14:00 hours. The calendar foresees that the opening... Continue Reading →
Entry and permanence of foreigners on vessels and platforms has changed rules
The National Immigration Council published a text that updates Normative Resolution 6, aimed at regulating seafarers and other foreigners on vessels. The rules have not changed since the Migration Law came into force in 2017. “These are significant changes that amplify and clarify common doubts of companies that work with vessels and offshore platforms. In... Continue Reading →
Petrobras delays Parque das Baleias project to 2024
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has postponed the Parque das Baleias integrated project in the Campos basin by about one year. Petrobras said last Friday that it also cancelled the FPSO charter bidding, granting the start of a new bidding process. The operator, citing the economic context of COVID-19 in its decision, now expects first oil... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on platform bidding
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, given the economic context of the COVID-19 scenario, it postponed the Integrated Project of Parque das Baleias by about one year, with the start of operation and first oil to 2024, but preserving the scope of the project that foresees the relocation of wells between platforms in operation... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts binding phase of E&P assets in Alagoas
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on July 29, 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions (Alagoas Cluster) located in the state of Alagoas. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to resume exploratory campaign in deep water Potiguar Basin in 2023
Petrobras is studying resuming the exploration campaign in the deep waters of the Potiguar Basin in 2023, with the drilling of a new well to delimit the discovery of Pitu - one of the few assets that is not being sold by the company in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. - The discovery... Continue Reading →
Seabed Geosolutions wins more work in Brazil
Seabed Geosolutions has secured a contract for a baseline 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey as well as a future 4D monitor OBN survey in Brazil. The project will take place in water depths greater than 2,200 metres. The baseline survey should commence in the second quarter of 2021. According to the company, the total... Continue Reading →
GeoPark Announces Third Quarter 2020 Operational Update
(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, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, today announced its operational update for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020 (“3Q2020”). All figures are expressed in US Dollars.... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS REQUESTS OPERATING LICENSE FOR FPSO CARIOCA TO BE INSTALLED IN SEPIA
While Modec finalizes the construction works of the FPSO Carioca, Petrobras is advancing in licensing the project. The state-owned company has requested Ibama in the last few days for the operating license of the platform vessel, which it will produce in the Sépia field, in the Santos basin. The FPSO will be installed approximately 250... Continue Reading →
Don’t Go Chasing (Deep) Waterfalls: The Future of Drillship Financing
The oil majors’ retreat from frontier plays limits future drillship demand with deepwater, investment looks limited to Brazil and Guyana, writes Gregory Brown, Maritime Strategies International. The future of offshore deepwater investment is under the microscope. In a world where oil demand may have peaked and Opec and its allies have at least 7 Mn... Continue Reading →