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UK-based oilfield services firm Expro and Dutch-based drilling and completions solutions provider Frank’s International have completed the previously announced all-stock merger. The combined company has assumed the Expro Group Holdings name. "This is an exciting day for Expro and Frank’s as we bring our companies together to create a new global leader with the breadth... Continue Reading →
The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels - ANP published today, September 29, 2021, ANP Resolution No. 854, of September 27, 2021, which regulates the procedures for the presentation of financial guarantees and term to ensure the resources for the decommissioning of production facilities in oil and natural gas fields.The presentation of financial... Continue Reading →
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) this week approved a resolution that deals with procedures for presenting guarantees and instruments that ensure the decommissioning of production facilities in oil and gas fields in the country. The presentation of these financial guarantees was already foreseen in the exploration and production contracts. The agency's new resolution brings more... Continue Reading →
(OE) Stronger hurricanes threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast energy hub are elevating the risks of oil spills from damage to area refineries, oil platforms and subsea pipelines, say experts. On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it was investigating nearly 350 reports of spills in and along the Gulf after Hurricane Ida hit. Federal and state agencies... Continue Reading →
Norway-based subsea and marine services provider DOF Subsea has secured a six-month extension to a contract in Africa. During the extension period, the company will continue to use Skandi Seven to deliver integrated field support vessel (FSV) services. The scope of work also includes project management, engineering, procurement and logistical services within deep-water construction and maintenance of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras is preparing to dispose of the remaining subsea structures of the FPSOs Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade de Rio das Ostras and Piranema, which have already been demobilized from projects in the Campos and Sergipe-Alagoas basins, respectively. The oil company launched a tender to contract engineering, preparation, removal and disposal services (EPRD –... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) The ANP board approved the guarantee instrument presented by Total for the deactivation and abandonment of the Lapa field, in the Santos Basin. Thus, the French company is able to sign the amendment to the concession contract, assuming 45% of the field, in consortium with Shell (30%) and Repsol Sinopec (25%). In May 2020,... Continue Reading →
(Offshore Energy) Oil and gas company Enauta has revealed that the Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has approved the constitution of guarantees for the company to take over a 100 per cent stake in the Atlanta field off Brazil, doubling its oil production. Enauta said on Friday that the ANP has approved the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 03/16/2021, informs that the negotiation with the company Proquigel Química S.A. for the leasing of the TermoCamaçari Thermoelectric Plant (UTE TermoCamaçari), located in the state of Bahia, has ended unsuccessfully. Thus, the company will begin the decommissioning process of UTE TermoCamaçari, whose concession... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Petrobrás is to restart today a mega bidding process that aims to contract maintenance and repair services on several offshore platforms in the Campos Basin. The tender was be concluded at the end of last year, but the state-owned company had to make adjustments to the bidding documentation and the process was republished. In... Continue Reading →
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