(OE) Italian oil company Eni has extended its contract for BW Offshore's Abo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for another year. The FPSO's owner BW Offshore said Thursday it has signed the extension with Eni's subsidiary Nigerian Agip Exploration. Under the extension, the FPSO, used for production from the Abo field offshore Nigeria,... Continue Reading →
Saipem Hires ‘Edda Fides’ Flotel for Senegal/Mauritania Gig
(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has chartered Edda Accommodation's Edda Fides offshore accommodation vessel. The contract, starting in the second half of 2022 is for the Edda Fides' deployment in the Mauritania/Senegal joint maritime zone where it will support work on the Tortue field development. The contract is firm for a period of... Continue Reading →
Brazil Authorizes the Bidding of 11 Pre-salt Blocks in The Permanent Offer
(PN) The Permanent Offer is once and for all consolidated as the main form of bidding for oil and gas areas in Brazil. The Brazilian government authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to sell 11 pre-salt exploratory blocks within this auction model. The decision was published in an order in the Official Gazette of the... Continue Reading →
Repsol Sinopec Brasil starts sales of gas from Sapinhoá Norte
Initiative reinforces the company's commitment to the gas market in Brazil (TN) Repsol Sinopec Brasil signed a sales contract for the Sapinhoá Norte gas with Petrogal Brasil, reinforcing its participation in the natural gas value chain in Brazil. With this contract, which is the first in this modality, the company began marketing this gas as... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil unveils two more oil discoveries off Guyana
U.S. oil and gas giant ExxonMobil has made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 wells located in the prolific Stabroek block offshore Guyana. In a statement on Wednesday, ExxonMobil confirmed that the Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The well was drilled in 6,030 feet (1,838... Continue Reading →
Constellation Signs Two New Drilling Rig Contracts With Petrobras
(PetroNoticias) Constellation Oil Services announced this week that it has signed new contracts with Petrobras for the charter of two semi-submersible rigs. The contracts involve the Gold Star and Lone Star rigs and will last for three years. The rigs will operate in water depths of up to 2,400 meters and exploration campaigns are scheduled... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Launches RES20 Program Enabling to Recover 20 Billion boe by 2030
Petrobras created the RES20 program, enabling to recover up to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in its operational fields by 2030. The program was created with a focus on the incorporation of new reserves and targets the main oil fields of the company. To date, in nearly seven decades of the company's operations... Continue Reading →
Brazil Oil Production Grows 2.7% in November at 2.8 MM/bpd
Domestic oil production in November was 2.852 million bpd, up 2.7% from the previous month; and 3.5% compared to November 2020. In natural gas, with production of 137 million cubic meters per day, there was an increase of 3.7% compared to October and 8.1% compared to November 2020 Total Brazilian oil and gas production during... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Initiated Drilling the Marolo Well, 3,000 mts Water Depth in the Campos Basin
French oil company TotalEnergies began drilling the Marolo-1 well in block C-M-541 on the 31st. The activity is being carried out by the Valaris DS-15 drillship, in a water depth of 3,000 meters. Valid for 5 years, the license issued by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) authorized the drilling of two exploratory wells... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Declaration of Commerciality in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, as the operator of Consortia BM-SEAL-4 and BM-SEAL-11, and the sole owner of the rights to the BM-SEAL-4A and BM-SEAL-10 Concessions, informs that it submitted today to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the declarations of commerciality of the oil accumulations located in the areas of... Continue Reading →