Dear shareholders and investors, I am very proud to share with you the first quarterly results of Petrobras under our management. Since I became CEO, in January, I have been working so that Petrobras can become more efficient, financially healthy and inclusive, where people are the focus of decisions and the top priority. If today... Continue Reading →
MODEC to Deliver Highly Complex FPSO for Equinor’s $9B Project Offshore Brazil
(OE) Japanese FPSO supplier MODEC has won a contract with Equinor to supply an FPSO vessel for the BM-C-33 block of the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The order comes just days after Equinor and its partners Repsol Sinopec Brasil, and Petrobras took the $9 billion investment decision to develop the BM-C-33 project in Brazil. Located in the... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum preliminary unaudited production data for April 2023.
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), following best practices in corporate governance, informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for April 2023. (1) It does not consider gas production at the Areia Branca, Fazenda Belém and Papa Terra Clusters, as it is consumed in... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil orders TechnipFMC subsea production system for Guyana project
TechnipFMC has secured a “large” contract by ExxonMobil to deliver a subsea production system for a recently sanctioned oil development project in Stabroek block offshore Guyana. Under the contract awarded by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver the overall subsea production system for the Uaru project. The... Continue Reading →
Shell on the verge of doling out contract to M.A.R.S. for recycling of Brazilian FPSO
Shell Brasil, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has awarded a green recycling limited notice to proceed (LNTP) agreement to Modern American Recycling Services, Europe (M.A.R.S.) for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel working off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. M.A.R.S. disclosed on Monday, 8 May 2023, that it had... Continue Reading →
PRIO update on the Frade Revitalization
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PRIO") (B3: PRIO3) informs that, following the second phase of the revitalization of the Frade field, it has found evidence of oil in the Maracanã prospect (3-PRIO-1-RJS well), which is located 6km southwest of Valente FPSO. The primary target (Eocene sandstone), presented a column of 36 meters of oil, with... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 expands fleet of support vessels with Seven Vega
(PN) Subsea7 has expanded its fleet of vessels in Brazil with the addition of the Seven Vega – offshore construction vessel (OCV). The vessel will operate in the Bacalhau field, operated by Equinor in the Santos basin, where the Subsea Integration Alliance is conducting the offshore campaign. “We are immensely proud to bring such a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Will Only Build Part of Offshore Oil Platforms in Brazil, Top Executive Says
Petrobras will not do all of its shipbuilding work in Brazil, a top executive said, dashing industry hopes the state-controlled oil firm would review its awarding process to spur job creation. Steel groups, shipping unions and 14 other organizations which backed the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are pressing the government for... Continue Reading →
Equinor and Partners Invest $9 Billion in BM-C-33 Offshore Project in Brazil
Equinor, Repsol Sinopec Brasil, and Petrobras have taken the investment decision to develop the BM-C-33 project in Brazil. The investment is approximately USD 9 billion. Located in the Campos Basin, BM-C-33 comprises three different pre-salt discoveries – Pão de Açúcar, Gávea and Seat – containing natural gas and oil/condensate recoverable reserves above one billion barrels... Continue Reading →
MODEC’s Guyana-bound FPSO destined for ExxonMobil’s fifth oil project goes to EPCI stage
Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC is moving to the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) phase for ExxonMobil’s floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), which will work on the U.S. energy giant’s recently sanctioned fifth offshore development project in Guyana. MODEC disclosed on Monday, 8 May 2023, that it would proceed with engineering, procurement, and construction on the Uaru FPSO, following a final... Continue Reading →