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May 6 (OE) EnerMech has been awarded a subsea pre-commissioning contract by Subsea7 for the Trion ultra-deepwater oil development offshore Mexico. The Trion project, located about 180 kilometers offshore in the Perdido Fold Belt at water depths of 2,500-2,600 meters, is being developed by operator Woodside and Mexico’s state oil company PEMEX. The development includes... Continue Reading →
May 6 - DOF Group has secured four 12-year charter and services contracts in Brazil following a competitive tender process, supporting Petrobras’ deepwater subsea inspection, maintenance and repair operations. The contracts will lead to the construction of four new remotely operated vehicle support vessels (RSVs), with operations expected to begin from 2030, DOF said. The... Continue Reading →
May 4, 2026 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of April. Key: (1) At the Valente cluster, the third producing well in the Wahoo field began production on April 6. The fourth well is expected to... Continue Reading →
May 4, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that it has been notified by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) on April 30, 2026, regarding the approval of the Production Individualization Agreements (AIP) for the Berbigão Shared Reservoir in Zone BVE-ITP/RJS-656 (Sururu) and the Zone BVE-ITD/RJS-697 of Berbigão (Berbigão),... Continue Reading →
May 4 - Brazil broke a record for oil and natural gas production in March, with 5.531 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). The data was released May 4th by the ANP in its Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin. The previous record was in February 2026. Regarding oil, 4.247 million barrels... Continue Reading →
May 4 (Reuters) Guyana has asked judges at the International Court of Justice to rule that Venezuela does not have a legitimate claim on the potentially oil-rich region around the Esequibo river, which has been the subject of a dispute between the Latin American neighbours since colonial days. "Facing a larger and more powerful neighbour's designs... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, May 1, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that the P-79 platform, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, began production today, ahead of the date scheduled in Business Plan 2026–2030 (BP 26–30). As the eighth platform in the Búzios field, with a capacity of 180 thousand barrels of... Continue Reading →
May 1 - Petrobras has requested authorization from IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) to use the Amaralina Star (NS-43) drillship, owned by Constellation, in exploratory activities in block FZA-M-59, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. This measure aims to increase operational flexibility in the Equatorial Margin, allowing for optimized resource allocation... Continue Reading →
May 1 (Reuters) Exxon Mobil beat estimates for quarterly adjusted earnings on Friday, helped by higher output in Guyana and the Permian Basin, though unadjusted profit dropped to its lowest level in five years due to disruptions from the Iran war that could hit production further in the current quarter. Adjusted earnings for the first... Continue Reading →
April 30 - Petrobras' average production of oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and natural gas in the first quarter of 2026 reached a record 3.23 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboed). This figure is 3.7% higher than the fourth quarter of 2025 and 16.1% higher than the first quarter of last year, mainly... Continue Reading →
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