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Jul 2, 2020 WEG and TechnipFMC (TFMC), have developed a solution that they believe is capable of reducing up to 60% of the total production cost in brownfield projects (term applied when the product of the project is realized to add to something that already exists. Generally it refers expansion of the projects) and eliminate... Continue Reading →
MAN Energy Solutions will deliver six compressor trains for Yinson's FPSO being built for deployment in Brazil. For the FPSO named Anna Nery, MAN Energy Solutions will deliver four RB-type centrifugal-compressor trains for gas production and export, as well as two screw-compressor trains, which will be put into operation as vapor-recovery units. The FPSO will... Continue Reading →
Jul 1, 2020 A much leaner company. This is the goal of the president of Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, who this Wednesday stated that the company should reduce the number of employees from the current 46,600 to 30,000. The executive also revealed that the Voluntary Dismissal Plans (PDVs) underway at the state-owned company had the... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2020 Modec will contract a new maintenance and security unit (UMS) to operate on the Brazilian coast. The vessel will support the FPSOs Cidade de Niterói, in Marlim Leste, Campos Basin; Cidade de Santos, in Uruguá-Tambaú, and Cidade de São Paulo, in Sapinhoá, Santos Basin, and the FSO Cidade de Macaé - all... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2020 Petrobras found more hydrocarbons in the well that confirmed good quality oil in the field in May, in a water depth of 2,108 m, According to ANP, Petrobras found new evidence of oil in well 9-BUZ-39DA-RJS, in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin, in a water depth of 2,104 thousand m.... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2020 Petrobras receives proposals for the supply of wet Christmas trees (ANMs) for the Mero 3 field, in the Libra area, Santos Basin pre-salt. The tender calls for the acquisition of 11 pieces of equipment, along the same lines as the first two phases of the Mero field development. Source: PetroleoHoje
July 1, 2020 The Secretary of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, José Mauro Coelho, estimated that, in the next 10 years, Brazil will be among the five largest oil producers and exporters in the world. "Although the oil industry has suffered (with the crisis), we already see an... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that it is suporting the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), an initiative by the Financial Stability Board of the G20 group, which is comprised by 19 leading global economies and the European Union, with the mission of developing recommendations for the disclosure of financial... Continue Reading →
Norwegian seismic survey company Shearwater GeoServices has received an award by the French seismic data company CGG for the Brazil Nebula survey extension. "We are pleased to see this award by CGG and look forward to continuing the work by Shearwater crews in Brazil,” said Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater GeoServices. Continue reading
July 1, 2020 SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the closure of a US$600 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Sepetiba. The facility was secured by the special purpose company owning FPSO Sepetiba and was agreed with a consortium of four international banks. SBM Offshore is majority owner of... Continue Reading →
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