(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) expects to do exploratory drilling next year near the mouth of the Amazon River, along the coast of the state of Amapa, Chief Executive Jean Paul Prates said. The region is part of Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an area that Petrobras considers its most promising new frontier for oil and... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore awarded FEED contracts for Whiptail project in Guyana
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has been awarded contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Whiptail development project in Guyana. Following FEED and subject to government approvals in Guyana of the development plan, project sanction including final investment decision by... Continue Reading →
Azule Energy Eyes 14% Production Boost. Plans 16 Offshore Wells Over Next Four Years
(Reuters) Angola's largest private oil and gas company Azule Energy plans to raise production by around 14% to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2026, its CEO said on Thursday, in a boost to the country's plans to turn around flagging output. Azule Energy, a 50/50 joint venture between Eni and BP formed last year when the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian FPSO now likely to be back online by November
(OET) Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has changed the timeline for the restart of production from a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on a field off Brazil. This FPSO is now anticipated to come back online by November 2023. Originally, the production was expected to resume by early September... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering inks drillpipe riser system contract with Petrobras
(OM) Oceaneering's wholly owned subsidiary Marine Production Systems do Brasil Ltda. has secured a five-year contract from Petrobras for the operation of three existing drillpipe riser systems to support intervention and completion operations in Brazil. Petrobras also has the option to add a fourth drillpipe riser system by notifying Oceaneering prior to mid-December 2023. The contract... Continue Reading →
Petrobras tender to charter OSRV vessels – Article
By Julia Borges da Mota Partner at Murayama, Affonso Ferreira e Mota Advogados. (TN) On October 10th, the deadline for submitting proposals in a large-scale tender promoted by Petrobras ends. This tender focuses on the charter of up to 12 OSRV type vessels, all Brazilian flag. The charter process will follow the modality known as "time... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces discovery of oil at the Sagitario prospect in the Santos Basin
(PN) Petrobrss notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) this week about the discovery of signs of oil in well 3-BRSA-1388DA-SPS, in the Sagitario prospect, within block S-M-623, in the Santos Basin. The discovery took place in a water depth of 1,866 meters. This is the second extension well in the area, which began to be... Continue Reading →
Petrobras 70 years
Founded on October 3, 1953, Petrobras developed alongside Brazil and became the largest company in the country, an icon for Brazilians. An international reference in the oil and gas sector, the company has achieved notable achievements and has become a company of global relevance. The boosting of the energy industry, the discovery of the pre-salt,... Continue Reading →
ANP: Brazil oil production in August reached 4.392 million boe/d
(TN) ANP released the Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin for August 2023, which provides consolidated data on national production. Total production (oil + natural gas) was 4.392 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboe/d). Regarding oil, 3.462 million barrels per day (MMbbl/d) were extracted, a reduction of 1.4% compared to the previous... Continue Reading →
Petrobras evaluates areas of the Pelotas Basin in ANP’s permanent offer
(epbr) The Pelotas Basin is one of the areas that Petrobras is evaluating in the permanent offer from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The basin is located in the south of the country, on the border with Uruguay, where discoveries were made in deep waters in the last decade. Petrobras does not yet have any... Continue Reading →