(Kaieteur News) Should the Stabroek Block partners receive the requisite government approvals for its fourth project called Yellowtail in a timely fashion, start-up is poised to commence as early as 2025. But following this, Guyana should expect to see one floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel being added to its offshore armada every year.... Continue Reading →
TPAR and Maersk reactivate offshore support base project for the pre salt
The Angra dos Reis Port Terminal (TPAR) and Maersk Supply Service announced a project that will reactivate the port complex in southern Rio de Janeiro as an offshore support base. The terminal, managed by the Splenda Port group, will support the pre-installation activity of the mooring system for the FPSO Sepetiba, which will be installed... Continue Reading →
PXGEO Completes 4D OBN Program for Petrobras in Brazil
Marine seismic contractor PXGEO has completed the Sapinhoa 4D Baseline ocean bottom node program in the deepwater Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, for the BMS-9 consortium, which is controlled by Petrobras. The four-month project, which used PXGEO's Manta OBN technology, was on time around the end of October 2021. "The PXGEO COVID-19 mitigation measures were fully... Continue Reading →
IBAMA GRANTS INSTALLATION LICENSE FOR THE ALMIRANTE BARROSO FPSO
The Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) granted Petrobras the installation license for the FPSO Almirante Barroso (Buzios 5), which will be installed in the Santos Basin. The license will be valid for six years. The platform ship should only enter into operation in 2023, according to the company's new 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. Initially, Petrobras'... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS CONFIRMS THAT FPSOS EXPECTED UNTIL 2025 ARE CONTRACTED
Petrobras' 2022-2026 strategic plan foresees 15 new FPSOs in six fields between 2022 and 2026. The director of production development, João Henrique Rittershaussen, highlighted that Petrobras will have under its operation approximately 50% of the FPSOs that will come into operation in the world in the next five years. Of the 15 planned units, 12... Continue Reading →
PRE-SALT AUCTION MAY ATTRACT TWO NEW PRODUCERS TO BRAZIL
The auction of surplus volumes from the transfer of rights in the areas of Sépia and Atapu, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, represents, for the oil companies, immediate access to projects in the operational phase and may, depending on the results, attract two new producers. Among the eleven companies qualified for the round, scheduled for... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS FORESEES A 70 EXPLORATION WELL DRILLING CAMPAIGN
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras will invest US$ 5.5 billion in the Exploration segment in the five-year period 2022-2026, maintaining its focus on the Southeastern basins and on the Equatorial Margin. The figure represents only 10% of the total amount allocated to the E&P area of US$ 57.3 billion. Petrobras plans to drill 70 exploratory wells over the... Continue Reading →
Trelleborg to Deliver Bearing System for Mero 3 FPSO
Sweden-based engineering firm Trelleborg has won a contract to supply an integrated structural elastomeric bearing system for MISC Offshore's FPSO project in South America. Trelleborg said the FPSO would have a processing capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil and 12 million cubic meters of gas per day. These specs correspond to the FPSO MISC is building... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Awards Long-term Charters for Seadrill Drillship Duo
Offshore drilling company Seadrill has won two contracts with Brazil's Petrobras for the West Carina and West Tellus drillship. The two rigs will work on the Búzios field offshore Brazil. Both contracts have been signed on a 3-year fixed-term basis, with an expected start in September 2022. The total contract value for the two contracts... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS ABANDONS DIVESTMENT OF THE MARLIN AND SERGIPE-ALAGOAS CLUSTERS
Petrobras divestment plan suffered a significant blow. The company decided that it will no longer sell 50% of the Marlim Cluster, which comprises of the Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste and Marlim Sul fields, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin. “It is an asset that we have already managed to extend [the term... Continue Reading →