(PetroleoHoje) PetroRio defined the contracting of the drilling service for the Frade and Wahoo projects, in the Campos Basin. The start of the campaign is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Instead of the original proposal to close a single package, the oil company opted to split the process into three different businesses, hiring... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas company Eni has started production from the Cabaça North development project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, via the Armada Olombendo FPSO. The Cabaça North development, with an expected peak production rate in the range of 15 kbopd, will increase and sustain the plateau of the Armada Olombendo. The... Continue Reading →
Following the spud in August 2021, the Kawa-1 exploration well, located offshore Guyana, is on track to reach total depth in the first half of December 2021. So far, the well results are consistent with pre-drill geological and geophysical expectations. The Kawa-1 well is located on the Corentyne Block where CGX Energy is the operator... Continue Reading →
(Portos e Navios) Wilson Sons signed a contract with TotalEnergies EP Brasil for logistical support for the drilling campaign in Block C-M-541, located in the Campos Basin. The project will be served by Base Rio, the Company's offshore support base, located in the port region of Rio de Janeiro, in Guanabara Bay. TotalEnergies expanded its... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the transfer of 100% of the Petrobras stake in the Miranga cluster in Bahia, to PetroReconcavo. The regulatory agency also gave the green light for the full sale of Polo Peroa, in the shallow waters of Espírito Santo, to 3R Petroleum. As a reminder, the sale of the... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has secured a US$635 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Almirante Tamandaré. The facility was secured by the special purpose company which will own FPSO Almirante Tamandaré. Currently, SBM Offshore is the sole owner of this special purpose company. Discussions around... Continue Reading →
Vessel utilization in the offshore oil and gas seismic data acquisition sector has reached pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2021, Rystad Energy has found. Rystad, a Norway-based energy industry intelligence firm, said that, after several devastating quarters caused by the pandemic, the seismic fleet’s hibernation is now over, with around 68% of the fleet... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore may acquire another asset in Petrobras' divestment program. Industry sources confirmed to PetroleoHoje that the Norwegian oil company was recently selected as the preferred bider for the Golfinho cluster, a deep-water package in the Espírito Santo Basin. Although BW Offshore does not comment on the subject, the company's proposal would have been around... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Petrobras hopes to make progress soon with preparations for the start of production of the FPSO P-71 in the Itapu field, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The state-owned company recently asked the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) for a license to operate the platform vessel – which should start operating in... Continue Reading →
Karoon Energy sees strong growth prospects in Brazil, where it started producing oil last year, working to more than double output by 2023 and considering two options to develop another field by mid-decade, its chief executive said on Monday. Karoon produced an average of just over 13,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the eight months... Continue Reading →
