(offshoreWIND.biz) Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into law the bill recently passed by the Brazilian Senate that establishes regulations on allocating and permitting offshore wind development areas. The Brazilian president has vetoed provisions related to fossil fuels in the final version of the legislation which were added while the bill was... Continue Reading →
Yinson Production confirms first oil from its third FPSO in Brazil
(offshore-energy.biz) Malaysia’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson Holdings, has highlighted that its third floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit in Brazilian waters, which recently achieved first oil, will feature a carbon management process plant to decarbonize the FPSO operations in line with the firm’s sustainability goals. The... Continue Reading →
Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus Accommodation Rig to Stay Offshore Brazil
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The original 650-day firm period was due to complete in February 2025, but has been extended by 954 days, bringing in $109.7 million to Prosafe. The extension... Continue Reading →
Port of Açu and Yamna announce agreement to reserve an area for the development of a green ammonia plant
(TN) Port of Açu and Yamna, an English company specialized in the production of green hydrogen and its derivatives, have signed an agreement to reserve an area in the low-carbon hub of Port of Açu, located in the North of Rio de Janeiro, for the implementation of a green ammonia plant. The port complex is... Continue Reading →
Guyana oil exports jump, gain Europe market share in 2024
(Reuters) - Guyana's oil exports rose 54% last year to some 582,000 barrels per day (bpd), fueled by European refiners' demand for easy-to-process sweet crudes to replace some Middle Eastern grades, according to traders and shipping data from financial firm LSEG. Since it started exporting oil in early 2020, the burgeoning oil nation has emerged as the... Continue Reading →
PRIO operational data Dec. 2024
- PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of December. Key: (1) In the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo cluster, production was affected by the shutdown of wells TBMT-10H and TBMT-4H due to the failure of the Submerged Centrifugal... Continue Reading →
Seacrest Petroleo hits Petrobras with arbitration proceeding over subsea pipeline repair failures
Seacrest Petroleo, an independent oil & gas production company with an integrated portfolio of onshore producing oil fields and export infrastructure onshore in Brazil’s Espírito Santo, has filed an arbitration request against Brazil’s state-owned oil & gas giant Petrobras over alleged subsea pipeline repair failures. Namely, a court in Rio de Janeiro announced on December 27,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras drills new wells in the Campos and Santos Basins
(PN) New exploratory activity by Petrobras with different objectives. In recent days, the company began drilling two wells in different fields in the Campos and Santos Basins, in the Marlim Sul and Aram areas, respectively. The information is available on the website of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). In Marlim Sul, drilling is taking place... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia: Clarification on news published in the media
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or "Company") (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, in relation to the news published in the media on January 6, 2025, in the “Economic Radar” column of “Veja Negócios” entitled “Brava Energia doubles production with surprise in the Atlanta Field”, clarifies to its investors and the market in general... Continue Reading →
Shearwater Kicks Off Second Round of Pelotas Basin Surveys
(OE) Shearwater Geoservices has started the second season of acquisition for the Pelotas Basin multi-client 3D seismic survey in Brazil, conducted in partnership with Searcher Seismic. The new acquisition will be the sixth multi-client 3D project for the joint venture and will utilize the SW Empress, one of the world’s most advanced seismic vessels, to... Continue Reading →