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(PetroleoHoje) Ibama renewed Petrobras' seismic survey license in the Marlim, Voador and Albacora fields, in the Campos Basin. The validity of the authorization has been extended until January 5, 2023. This is 3D/4D Multiazimuth marine acquisition. The company responsible for the acquisition is Shearwater Geoservices. Activity, resumed on July 3, 2021, will cover 1,412 km².... Continue Reading →
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary of Indian national oil firm ONGC, has said it has entered a development stage for a deepwater gas project in Brazil. The company had registered a major gas discovery in 2019 in its deep offshore block BM-SEAL-4, Brazil, located in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin. Petrobras is the operator of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian oil firm Enauta (ENAT3.SA) has cut investment in the Santos basin's Atlanta field, as it decides whether to involve new partners in the asset, the company's president, Décio Oddone, told Reuters. After a review of the project's concept, based on lessons learned, the company estimates investments of between $500 million to $600 million, compared... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil and gas company Hess Corporation has revealed that its Exploration & Production capital and exploratory budget for 2022 will amount to $2.6 billion, of which approximately 80 per cent will be allocated to Guyana and the Bakken. The situation was similar last year when Hess allocated more than 80 per cent of its 2021 Exploration... Continue Reading →
(PN) The revitalization of exploratory activity in the Campos Basin gains new developments. Over the weekend, Shell carried out the drilling of the wildcat well Bob-1, in block C-M-791, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The well was drilled by Seadrill's West Tellus drillship in a water depth of 2,918 meters. The Brazilian Institute... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch FPSO leasing company SBM Offshore has agreed to sell down a 45% stake in the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, one of the world's largest FPSOs, being built for Brazil's Petrobras. "SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into a shareholder agreement with its long standing business partners Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Shell (RDSa.L) has made a significant oil and gas discovery at an closely-watched offshore well in Namibia which could spark a wave of investment in the southern African country, three industry sources told Reuters. Namibia is not a fossil fuel producer, although northern neighbour Angola is a major oil and gas producer and a member... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded TechnipFMC with a subsea engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for its Búzios 6 field (module 7) greenfield development in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The scope of the contract includes flexible and rigid pipe, umbilicals, pipeline end terminals, rigid jumpers, umbilical termination assemblies and a mooring system. According to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazilian oil company Enauta has agreed to buy FPSO OSX-2 for the Definitive System (DS) of the Atlanta oil field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The completion of the acquisition is contingent on compliance with the agreed contractual conditions and is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2022. "The acquisition of... Continue Reading →
(PN) Prumo Logistica, a company controlled by EIG Global Energy Partners, responsible for the development of Porto do Açu, acquired the 20% stake held by the German company Oiltanking and will now control 100% of Açu Petroleo. Formed in 2016, Açu Petroleo is the owner of the only private terminal in Brazil for transshipment of... Continue Reading →
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