(OEM) Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured more work for its fleet of offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Suriname, Norway, the UK, and India. On Thursday, Transocean published its quarterly fleet status report, detailing some of the recently announced deals and adding several new ones. The aggregate incremental backlog associated with... Continue Reading →
August 22 oil production in Brazil reached 3,087 million boe/d
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) released preliminary production data for the month of August. Brazil hit the mark of oil production of 3.967 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboe/d), with 3.087 million barrels per day (MMbbl/d) of oil and 139.96 million cubic meters per day ( MMm3/d) of natural gas. In the pre-salt,... Continue Reading →
Equinor produces first oil from new Peregrino C platform in Brazil
Equinor’s new platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its very first oil on 10 October at 20:00 local time. Peregrino is Equinor’s largest operated field outside Norway. Peregrino phase 2 will extend the Peregrino field life to 2040. Phase 2 adds 250-300 million barrels of oil, while at the same time halving expected CO2 emissions per... Continue Reading →
Eneva negotiates entry into offshore natural gas fields in Sergipe
(epbr) Eneva is considering buying stakes in large offshore natural gas discoveries in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The epbr agency found that the agreement is not yet closed, but Eneva's interest is to enter the assets, under Petrobras operation, to increase the share of national gas available in its commercialization and development of new business portfolio.... Continue Reading →
ANP approves revision of Karoon’s Bauna U$378MM Development Plan
(PN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the revision of the Development Plan for the Baúna field, presented by Australian Karoon – operator of the area. With the actions proposed in the plan, the oil company intends to invest around US$ 378 million in the field, increasing the oil reserves and the recovery factor in... Continue Reading →
FPSO Anita Garibaldi heads for BRAZIL
(PN) Petrobras announced that the Modec FPSO Anita Garibaldi left the DSIC Marine Yard shipyard, in the city of Dalian, China, for the Jurong shipyard, in the city of Aracruz (ES). The FPSO will be installed in the Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin, with production start scheduled for the third quarter of... Continue Reading →
Banks support construction of new Yinson FPSO for Petrobras with $720 mln loan
(OEM) Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has entered into a $720 million syndicated loan facility for the FPSO Maria Quitéria, which is being built to operate for Petrobras in waters offshore Brazil. Yinson said on Thursday that the loan is with ING Bank N.V., Singapore Branch, Maybank Group, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Chartered Bank... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 vessel to be future-ready with energy-saving system
Subsea services provider Subsea 7 has contracted electrical integrator specialist Bakker Sliedrecht to equip its heavy construction / flex-lay vessel Seven Arctic with a new energy-saving system. The order for an energy storage system from Bakker Sliedrecht is a double first, according to the company. It is the first order for such a system on this scale... Continue Reading →
MODEC and Aibel hand out deals for ‘one of the largest FPSOs ever delivered to Brazil’
(OEM) Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC and Norway’s Aibel have picked Axess Group, an integrity and engineering solutions provider, for inspection and certification work on a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel bound for an Equinor-operated field off Brazil. Axess Group revealed on Tuesday that it has secured two contracts – one with MODEC and the other one... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on P-82 construction contract
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters for the construction of the P-82 platform, as a result of the advancement of the Búzios field development project, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The P-82 will be of the FPSO type and will have the... Continue Reading →