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(OE) Mexican authorities have decided that Mexico's national oil company Pemex would become the operator of the giant Zama offshore field development, despite the fact that the discovery was made by the U.S. oil company Talos Energy back in 2017. Talos Energy said Monday it had received the final Unitization Resolution ("UR") from Mexico's Ministry of... Continue Reading →
(PN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) extended the first exploratory period in five blocks of the oil company in the Sergipe-Alagoas and Santos basins. The extra period was given within the context of ANP resolution 815/2020, which allows for the extension of certain contractual terms for the Exploration Phase for a period of nine months.... Continue Reading →
Tanker operator AET named its new shuttle tanker Eagle Colatina earlier this week in South Korea. The vessel is the first of three purpose-built Suezmax dynamic positioning (DP2) shuttle tankers for a long-term charter to the Brazilian oil company Petrobras based on the agreement signed in February 2020. Shuttle tankers are used for the offloading... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Shell intends to carry out a new exploratory campaign in Brazil in 2023, with the drilling of at least two wells in the Campos and Santos basins. The oil company launched a bid to charter a rig. Some companies, however, have already informed that they are not available to attend the campaign. Shell does... Continue Reading →
French offshore seismic surveyor CGG has secured a two-part Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic imaging project by PXGEO over the Sapinhoá Shared Reservoir in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. "The resulting data will bring improved geological insight to the asset operator, Petrobras, to assist with better management of oil recovery and production development," CGG said. Peter... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has hired DOF Subsea to perform subsea construction and installation services offshore Gabon, where the company operates the Etame field. The contract is for the support of the subsea reconfiguration associated with the replacement of the existing Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit (“FPSO”) with a Floating Storage and... Continue Reading →
(PN) One of the great expectations of the Brazilian oil and gas sector this year is the entry into operation of the Route 3 gas pipeline, which will transport gas from the pre-salt layer to the coast. In preparation to finally put the asset into operation, Petrobras informed Petronotícias that the final phase of commissioning... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is drilling in a new area offshore of Brazil that could have as much as 1 billion barrels of oil and gas, its partner Murphy Oil said on Tuesday. If exploration is successful, it would be Exxon's first oil discovery in Brazil as an operator. Exxon leads the... Continue Reading →
Following the announcement on November 30 2021, with respect to the signature of the contracts for FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into a shareholder agreement with its long standing business partners Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). MC and NYK have acquired a respective... Continue Reading →
(PN) Shell notified the discovery of evidence of natural gas in block C-M-791, located in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in a water depth of 2,917 meters. The discovery took place in well 1-SHEL-34A-RJS (Bob-1A), according to information from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The drilling of the Bob-1A well... Continue Reading →
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