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Industries are adapting to an increasingly digitalized landscape. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) industry is no different. As concerted efforts are made to improve project economics Matt Tremblay, ABS Senior Vice President, Global Offshore, discusses how digitalization can increase safety, reduce costs, and build robust technical and operational capabilities. No one could have... Continue Reading →
New information regarding seismic and reservoirs revealed a possible increase in the attractiveness of the blocks that should be included in the Round. The information was announced this week by the director of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Dirceu Amorelli during the collegiate board meeting of the agency. As is known, the auction was suspended... Continue Reading →
Petrobras and Diamond signed a charter contract for the semi-submersible Ocean Courage. Equipped with MPD, the rig will operate exclusively in production sharing partnership projects, running campaigns in the Dois Irmãos, Entorno de Sapinhoá and Três Marias areas, located in the Campos and Santos basins. Source: PetroleoHoje
Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy said Friday that the Brazilian national oil regulator ANP had approved, with conditions, Karoon's acquisition of the Bauna offshore field from Petrobras. The field is located in shallow waters in the Santos Basin in concession BM-S-40, 50-60km from Karoon’s Neon and Goiá discoveries, and 50km from Karoon’s Clorita... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of a set of eleven onshore production field concessions, with integrated facilities, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, in different cities in the state of Sergipe, jointly called the Carmópolis Cluster. The teaser, which includes key information... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil’s central bank will leave its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 2.0% next week as it waits to see how a nascent economic recovery evolves, although most economists polled by Reuters now see rate risks skewed to the upside. The bank’s rate-setting committee, known as Copom, is set to... Continue Reading →
Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC has contracted GranEnergia for the provision of its UMS Venus, a semi-submersible accommodation unit also known as flotel, to support its offshore maintenance campaigns in Brazil. GranEnergia said on Thursday that the UMS Venus will provide MODEC with a safe and stable platform, to execute its offshore maintenance campaigns scheduled for... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that yesterday it concluded the offering of its 5.60% Global Notes due January 2031 in the international capital market in the amount of US$ 1 billion (CUSIP No. 71647NBH1/ ISIN No. US71647NBH17), by means of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF). Pricing of the notes occurred on... Continue Reading →
The still challenging scenario imposed by the coronavirus pandemic continues to spill into Petrobras' plans. The state-owned company announced this week that it decided to postpone, to 2021, part of its scheduled platform stops, initially planned for the fourth quarter. The measure is a response to the contingency scenario of Covid-19, which continues to limit... Continue Reading →
Spanish green energy company Iberdrola reported 4.7% net profit growth for the first nine months on Wednesday and said it still expected that metric to rise at a mid to high-single digit rate this year. Boasting more than 32GW of renewable generation capacity in markets including Spain, the United States, Brazil and Britain, Iberdrola is capitalizing on... Continue Reading →
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