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Norwegian marine seismic data acquisition company PGS said Friday it was scheduled to start a significant 4D acquisition survey for Petrobras over the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields offshore Brazil in Q2 2022. The acquisition is expected to complete in Q3 2022. The contract was awarded earlier and is already included in PGS reported order... Continue Reading →
The national production of oil and natural gas in October totaled 3,606 MMboe/d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), with 2,777 MMbbl/d (million barrels daily) of oil and 132 MMm3/d (million cubic meters) of natural gas. There was a 7.4% reduction in oil production compared to the previous month and 3.3% compared to October... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) During the second half of this year, the companies Spectrum Geo, CGG and TGS submitted to Ibama six projects for the acquisition of seismic data in the Pelotas, Santos, Campos, Espírito Santo and Barreirinhas basins, estimated to start between 2021 and 2023. Acquired by TGS in 2019, Spectrum Geo intends to acquire 114,26 thousand... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras has postponed the deadline for delivering the mega-bidding proposals for contracting the SURF system (underwater collection) for the 8th module in the Buzios field. The extension is the second granted by the oil company. Initially scheduled to take place on December 8th, the delivery of proposals is scheduled for December 22nd. The tender... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) ExxonMobil intends to start in December the drilling of its first exploratory well in Sergipe, at the SEAL-M-428 block, which will also extend to the neighboring area of SEAL-M-351. The oil company, which already has the rig ready to carry out the work, is just waiting for the release of the environmental license to... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s Takoradi base in Ghana has completed the assembly of its first subsea tree in five years, destined for Tullow Oil’s Jubilee South East development. The tree is the first of ten being manufactured in Dunfermline, the UK, then assembled and tested in-country for Tullow’s full field development (FFD) project. Besides tree assembly, a number... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies has spudded the Venus-1X offshore exploration well in Namibia's Block 2913B (PEL 56). The well, seen as potentially transformational for the Namibian oil industry, is being drilled in 3,000 meters water depth. The news of the drilling operation start-up was shared Wednesday by Impact Oil and Gas, which owns a 20% interest in Block... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation rig provider Floatel International believes that the demand for accommodation rigs is starting to recover but, due to market oversupply, it still remains below levels in late 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in prices continuing to be under pressure. As a result, Floatel expects the overall utilisation of the accommodation fleet to... Continue Reading →
The FPSO Guanabara left Dubai Dry Docks shipyard destined to the Mero field, in the Santos Basin, where it will operate for the consortium formed by Petrobras, Shell, Total, CNOOC and CNPC. The Modec unit has already started mobilization procedures and will be brought in by tugboats. The estimate is that the trip will take... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on October 22, 2021, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of the totality of its stakes (100%) in the Catuá Field, belonging to Exploratory Block BC-60, located in the Campos Basin, State of Espírito Santo. Potential buyers qualified for this... Continue Reading →
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