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Dutch FPSO leasing company SBM Offshore said Tuesday that production had resumed from its FPSO Cidade de Anchieta, offshore Brazil, after a lengthy shutdown. The Cidade de Anchieta, under contract with Petrobras in Brazil, has been shut down since January 22, 2022, after oil was spotted near the vessel. SBM Offshore said in one of its... Continue Reading →
A consortium of three oil and gas giants – Qatar’s QatarEenergy, France’s TotalEnergies, and Malaysia’s Petronas – have been awarded an offshore exploration block during the first cycle of Brazil’s open acreage under a production sharing regime bid held in Rio de Janeiro. QatarEnergy disclosed on Monday that, together with TotalEnergies and Petronas, it has... Continue Reading →
A new study shows the massive port infrastructure that could come to the Central Coast to support proposed floating offshore wind energy developments. The $250,000, seven-month-long study, which was released Thursday, was prepared by engineering consulting firm Mott MacDonald, commissioned by economic development think tank REACH Central Coast and funded by San Luis Obispo County,... Continue Reading →
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has acquired the Sudoeste de Sagitário, Água Marinha and Norte de Brava blocks in the 1st Cycle of Permanent Production Sharing Offer of the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP). Petrobras has acquired the Sudoeste de Sagitário block in partnership with Shell Brasil. The... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Petrobras (BVMF:PETR4) came out as the big winner in an auction of exploratory oil and gas blocks this Friday, winning as operator three of the four pre-salt blocks negotiated, out of a total of eleven offered under a new competitive model of permanent offer. Petrobras took Água-Marinha and Sudoeste de Sagitário as operator... Continue Reading →
(OET) Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, has outlined that 2022 will have the highest floating production system (FPS) throughput capacity sanctioned since 2010, despite major project delays caused by multiple factors, including the supply chain inflationary pressure, which remains a concern in the future as well. Within its review of the... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling rig owner Aquadrill said Thursday it had extended a charter-hire deal with drilling firm Diamond Offshore for its Vela drillship. The Vela drillship will be provided to an end client in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for a 150-day drilling contract as part of the extension. The contract is worth around $60 million.... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA is struggling to get a license that it needs to drill the ultra-deep waters of the Foz do Rio Amazonas Basin this year as planned, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Petrobras has been spending millions of dollars a day to mobilize personnel and... Continue Reading →
(TN) Brazilian oilfield services player Ocyan has secured a trio of contracts with Petrobras. The drilling services company participated in the oil company's bid to charter deepwater drilling units. Of the 12 units in dispute, in the three proposed lots, Ocyan won in lot 2 with two assets (ODNI I and ODN II) and in... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Tuesday that classification society DNV had issued the recertification for the Petrojarl I FPSO, enabling a contract extension for the production unit. The Petrojarl I FPSO is an early production system used for production at Enauta's Atlanta field. Enauta is working to deploy a larger FPSO -... Continue Reading →
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