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The P-68 platform vessel, which operates in the Berbigão and Sururu fields, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, broke a daily production record on the 8th. According to a Petrobras statement, the platform produced a volume of 161,756 barrels of oil per day (bpd). This milestone was reached with the entry into production of the ninth... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore said Friday the construction of the topside modules had kicked off in Singapore for one of the company's largest-ever FPSO units, the One Guyana FPSO. "During September this year, two steel strike ceremonies were held in both Keppel FELS and DynaMac yards. This marks a key milestone,... Continue Reading →
(OM) Petrobras has selected seven rigs from its tender for up to eight floating rigs, reports consulting firm Esgian. From Lot 1, which was for up to two high-spec DP rigs capable of operating in up to 3,000 m of water, the selected units are Diamond Offshore semisubmersible Ocean Courage and the Transocean drillship Deepwater Corcovado. Both of... Continue Reading →
(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 →
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’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 →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
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