Petrobras posted an excellent operational performance in 2021, reaching all production targets for the year with the achievement of the following marks: The highlights for 2021 were: FPSO Carioca production start-up, on August 23, the first platform in Sépia field, in Santos Basin pre-salt. Throughout the year, 3 new producing wells were connected and currently... Continue Reading →
Keppel Offshore & Marine Reels in $186M in New Contracts
Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine said Wednesday it had secured contracts worth around S$250 million (~$186 million) for the conversion of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), integration of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, and the "jumboisation" of two Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD). For the first contract, Keppel Shipyard has... Continue Reading →
Enauta Books Semi-Submersible Rig for Atlanta Field Drilling
Brazilian oil company Enauta has hired the Alpha Star semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the fourth production well at its Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Enauta expects to start drilling in the fourth quarter of 2022. The contract could eventually be extended to include two more wells for Atlanta’s Full Development System.... Continue Reading →
Analysts predict surge of idle FPSOs as market overflows
(EV) More than 20 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels are currently awaiting redeployment across the globe. Data from Westwood Global Energy Group has laid bare how “saturated and complicated” it is to relocate units after their initial work scope has wrapped up. And the market could soon become even more flooded, with 56 planned and... Continue Reading →
Yinson to Deliver FPSO for Petrobras’ Parque das Baleias Integrated Project
Malaysian FPSO supplier Yinson has won a contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the delivery of an FPSO for the deployment at the Parque das Baleias Integrated Project, to be installed in the Jubarte Field, located in the north of Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. Petrobras has signed contracts with Yinson's subsidiaries for the chartering and provision... Continue Reading →
Namibia Aims for First-ever Oil Output by 2026 after Shell Offshore Find
Namibia aims to fast-track the development of its first oilfield to have production by 2026 following a significant offshore discovery by Shell, a senior energy official told Reuters on Monday. Shell on Friday said the exploration well off the coast of the southern African country had shown "encouraging" results with the presence of a working petroleum system with light... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore / Saipem Consortium in Gato do Mato
(PetróleoHoje) Shell and the BW Offshore / Saipem consortium are close to concluding the contracting of the FPSO of Gato do Mato, a unit that should start operating between 2024 and 2025. Sources involved confirmed to PetróleoHoje that, after months of negotiations, Modec is out of the process and that the award of the contract... Continue Reading →
Shell’s Partner Confirms Oil Discovery at Graff-1 Well Offshore Namibia
Following recent reports that Shell has made an oil discovery offshore Namibia, the confirmation came Friday from its partner QatarEnergy. QatarEnergy, until recently known as Qatar Petroleum, confirmed that an oil discovery had been made in a deepwater exploration well drilled in the PEL-39 license located in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. "The consortium partners comprising... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expresses interest in areas under Production Sharing agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it expressed to the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) the interest in the right of first refusal in blocks to be bid in the Permanent Offer System, under the Production Sharing Agreement, pursuant to Law 12,351/2010 and Federal Decree 9,041/2017. The company's Executive Board approved the expression... Continue Reading →
Brazil natural gas production in 2021 rises 5% and sets a new record at 134 MMm3/d
Natural gas production in 2021 set a record, having reached an average production of 134 MMm3/d (millions of cubic meters per day), a growth of 5% compared to the previous year, when the average was 127 MMm3/d. The average oil production was 2.905 MMbbl/d (million barrels per day), a decrease of 1.18% compared to the... Continue Reading →
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