Jul 15, 2020 The Búzios field is the highlight of the news this Wednesday (15). The novelty now is that the second phase of the asset should begin in 2024, according to Petrobras president Roberto Castello Branco. The executive also confirmed that, in this new stage, FPSOs with a greater production capacity than those used... Continue Reading →
Petrobras onshore fields divestments arouse the interest of 40 small and medium-sized companies
Jul 14, 2020 Altogether, 40 small and medium-sized companies, 30 of which are Brazilian, are in the dispute to buy onshore mature oil fields from Petrobras, reveals Roberto Ardenghy, director of Institutional Relations at the state-owned company. With the pandemic, the company postponed for 12 months the conclusion of the sale of its 157 onshore... Continue Reading →
Portuguese company in the subsea works for Parque das Baleias
July 14, 2020 Petrobras accepted only one proposal to adapt the gas submarine network of the project in the Campos Basin Mota Engil Engenharia was the only company to have a proposal accepted by Petrobras in the bid for the acquisition of goods and services to adapt the underwater gas network of Parque das Baleias.... Continue Reading →
BUZIOS FIELD WILL START RACE FOR WET CHRISTMAS TREES UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR
Jul 15, 2020 The wet Christmas and tree suppliers are looking forward to it. Petrobras' supply teams are finalizing all the details to place on the market the bid for the purchase of 38 trees for the phases that will come in Campo de Buzios, in the Santos Basin. The winning company or the winning... Continue Reading →
Keppel to Deliver Components for Two MODEC FPSOs
Singapore's Keppel O&M has received orders from Japan's FPSO leasing company MODEC to deliver components for two FPSO units. The orders are worth S$73 million (USD52,5 million) in total. In Singapore, Keppel Shipyard will fabricate, complete, and integrate the topside modules and mooring support structure for a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO). Continue... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on production record in Búzios
July 14, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that the platforms installed in the Búzios field (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77), in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new production records yesterday, of 674,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 844,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The Búzios field, discovered in 2010,... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s economy swings back to modest growth in May
Economic activity in Brazil began to grow again in monthly terms in May, after two sharp consecutive declines in March and April, as businesses slowly began to open up in the wake of coronavirus-related quarantining measures. The central bank’s IBC-Br index, a leading indicator of gross domestic product, rose 1.31% in May from April. That... Continue Reading →
Perenco plans an FSO for the Polo Nordeste
Jul 14, 2020 Perenco is finalizing the development plan for the Polo Nordeste, a complex that integrates the Pargo, Carapeba and Vermelho fields, in shallow waters of the Campos basin. The document will be forwarded to the ANP for evaluation until Friday (17 ), requesting the extension of the concession period for the three assets... Continue Reading →
Petrobras may receive new investments from Norway
Jul 14, 2020 With a 'significantly reduced' risk of corruption, Petrobras is once again eligible to receive investments from KLP, Norway's largest pension fund, with a total equity of R$ 430 billion. In a statement, the fund noted that the company has significantly strengthened its governance in recent years, so that the risk of corruption... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes renewable diesel tests
July 14, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, on July 11th, it successfully concluded tests on an industrial scale for the production of renewable diesel. The tests were conducted at the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (Repar), in Araucária, Paraná, where 2 million liters of soybean oil were processed, which resulted in the production... Continue Reading →