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(PetroNoticias) Tenaris won a new and important contract with Petrobras. The company was chosen to supply a package of tubular products, technologies and services for the third production system in the Mero field, also called Mero 3, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Tenaris will also provide services through its Rig Direct platform, supporting Petrobras from... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Petrobras pretends to close the 2021 with the same volume of oil exported as last year. However, to achieve the goal, the company had to diversify its customer base. The main buyer, China, reduced its volume of oil purchases from the state-owned company by 33%. Therefore, Petrobras has diversified its exports to refiners located... Continue Reading →
The director of exploration and production at Petrobras, Fernando Borges, said that Petrobras is close to launching the process of contracting the HISEP module for the Júpiter field, in the Santos Basin . As a reminder, HISEP is a new technology developed and patented by the state-owned company for the separation and reinjection of CO2... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The Campos Basin will be the main focus of this year and the next within Petrobras' exploratory program. In all, the company plans to drill 20 new wells between 2021 and 2022 in Brazil, 11 of which will be inside Campos, in the so-called “pre-salt fringe”. The move could result in a boost in... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The exploratory success in neighboring Suriname and Guyana, nations that entered the world oil and gas map after relevant discoveries on their coast, is a strong indication that the Brazilian portion of the Equatorial Margin also has great potential to become a new oil and gas production hub in the country. The topic was... Continue Reading →
(Offshore) Subsea 7 has issued updates on its offshore energy activities in its 2Q results review. Subsea 7 has issued updates on its offshore energy activities in its 2Q results review. Offshore China, the company completed work on CNOOC’s Lingshui project using the Seven Borealis and Seven Eagle vessels. In the Norwegian sector, the Seven Arctic installed umbilicals for Aker BP’s Ærfugl Phase 2-Skarv tieback... Continue Reading →
Italian cabling company Prysmian Group has secured a new contract with Petrobras to deliver deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals and specialized offshore and logistic services. As part of the contract, Prysmian will provide 200 kilometres of subsea umbilicals using both steel tube and thermoplastic technology for upgrades in brownfield and greenfield projects in Brazil. The €66 million... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s state-controlled oil company saw its earnings surge in the second quarter, thanks to a rally in crude prices and a hydropower crunch in Brazil that boosted electricity demand. Since late last year, Petrobras has sold more fuel oil domestically and increased output at its own thermal power plants, part of a wider... Continue Reading →
The consortium of companies in charge of the Mero project (Bloco de Libra), announced the investment decision for its fourth phase. Located in deep waters, 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, the block is located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. The FPSO Mero 4 will have a capacity of... Continue Reading →
Singapore’s Dyna-Mac has secured a fabrication project from a Chinese company for a total provisional contract sum of S$114 million (about $84.3 million). The fabrication project was awarded to Dyna-Mac by China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (CMHI). The contract with CMHI is for the supply, fabrication, and construction of topside modules to be executed... Continue Reading →
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