Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured a 1,080-day contract for one of its high-specification seventh-generation, ultra-deepwater drillships in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Mexico. The contract will contribute approximately $518 million in backlog, excluding revenue for mobilization and demobilization, and is expected to start between the fourth quarter of 2025 and the second quarter of 2026. Under... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Petrobras eyes steady investments in new five-year business plan, CEO says
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras (PETR4.SA), will keep total investments in its upcoming 2024-2028 business plan similar to the $78 billion foreseen in its latest five-year plan, CEO Jean Paul Prates told Reuters on Monday. Petrobras is preparing to preview updates to its business plan next month, he said, including a greater focus on... Continue Reading →
PRIO on ODP5 Well start of production
PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), informs its shareholders and the market in general of the start of production of the ODP5 (“F23P3”) well, in the Frade Field (“Field” or “Frade”), with stabilized initial production of approximately 8,000 barrels of oil per day. Thus, PRIO has exceeded the milestone of 100,000 barrels per day... Continue Reading →
Brazil raked in US$12.9 billion in signing bonuses for 15 pre-salt blocks – Report
(ON) Brazil was able to cop a total of US$12.882 billion in signing bonuses from 15 block awards in its pre-salt area since the state-owned Petrobras made the first discovery back in 2006. This is according to the recent Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report. The pre-salt is a sequence of... Continue Reading →
China to boost Brazil oil imports in Q3, replacing some Saudi supply – sources
(Reuters) - Chinese oil refineries, led by heavyweight Sinopec (600028.SS), are set to boost Brazilian crude imports in the third quarter to replace some of the Saudi Arabian supply it cut after the kingdom hiked prices, industry sources said. China, the world's top crude importer, has booked nearly 1 million barrels per day of Brazilian crude... Continue Reading →
Ghana: Tullow Oil’s Jubilee Offshore Field Hits 100,000 Barrels per Day Mark
(OE) Oil company Tullow said Monday that production from its Jubilee oil field offshore Ghana had surpassed 100,000 barrels of oil per day, following the recent start-up of the Jubilee South East (JSE) Project. "Gross production from the field has surpassed 100,000 bopd, after a second JSE production well was brought onstream. Both of the... Continue Reading →
Yinson to Acquire Atlanta FPSO, Activating 15-year Charter with Enauta
Brazilian oil company Enauta said Friday it had received a letter from the Malaysian FPSO company Yinson, notifying the exercise of an option to acquire FPSO Atlanta, through the purchase of all the shares of AFPS B.V., the platform owner company. Enauta normally produces oil from the Atlanta field offshore Brazil using the early production... Continue Reading →
Woodside Returns Trinidad Offshore Exploration Block Found Uneconomic
(Reuters) Australia's Woodside Energy Group has returned a deepwater block to the Trinidad and Tobago government after an exploration appraisal found it would be uneconomic to develop, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. Trinidad and Tobago is pushing to speed up exploration and development of offshore areas aiming to secure natural gas supplies to feed its liquefied... Continue Reading →
Bacalhau FPSO leaves Chinese shipyard after 32 months
Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has disclosed video footage, showing a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will work on its field offshore Brazil, leaving a Chinese shipyard, following 32 months of work. Equinor’s video shows the FPSO Bacalhau hull leaving the Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) shipyard in China. This comes over a month after... Continue Reading →
Karoon’s revised resource assessment at oil discovery off Brazil seen as ‘good step forward’
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has updated its contingent resource estimates for a field offshore Brazil. This is expected to facilitate the technical and commercial feasibility studies for a potential development, which are currently underway. Karoon added the Neon oil discovery option in May 2022 to the rig it hired in April 2021. Following the Patola completion activities, the Maersk Developer rig,... Continue Reading →