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Fugro’s DP2 multipurpose vessel Atlantis Dweller has arrived in Luanda, the capital of Angola, ahead of an offshore survey that it will conduct for French energy major TotalEnergies. The 69.2-meter long vessel will be monitoring environmental conditions at multiple blocks off the coast of Angola to support infrastructure planning, environmental protection and resource management Fugro also recently... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved, at the Collegiate Board Meeting No. 1074 held on December 9, 2021, the Production Individualization Agreement (AIP) of the Mero accumulation, located in the Santos Basin. The Mero joint reservoir comprises:• Mero Field area (Production Sharing Contract... Continue Reading →
(ON) Organizations such as the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) have recommended that there be no new petroleum exploration projects if the world is to avoid more catastrophic effects of climate change. But another report by two recognized organizations is advising that countries take a cautious approach in this respect, or they could face damaging... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured a contract with Brazil’s oil and gas giant Petrobras for work in the Búzios field offshore Brazil, making it the third rig contract for Seadrill on the field. The contract was awarded to the West Jupiter drillship and it is for a firm term of 1,040 days with the start expected... Continue Reading →
The ANP will carry out the Second Round of Tenders for the Surplus Volumes of the Transfer of Rights, under the production sharing regime on Dec. 17. Two development areas will be offered in the Santos Basin: Atapu and Sépia. The public session will be held in Rio de Janeiro, in compliance with the health... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concluded the drilling of the pioneer oil exploratory well in block ES-M-669, in the pre-salt of the Espírito Santo Basin. Named Monai, the project broke the record for the deepest well ever drilled in Brazil, at around 7,700 meters. Just by way of comparison, this distance is equivalent to 1.3 times the height of... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Drillship Amaralina Star will operate dedicated to the Roncador field, from the end of 2022. Constellation and Petrobras signed a charter contract for the unit for a period of two years, with possibility of extension for another 365 days. Constellation presented the best daily rate in Petrobras' bid to contract a rig for the... Continue Reading →
Brazil's energy policy council CNPE authorized oil regulator ANP to put 11 pre-salt blocks in the Campos and Santos basins up for sale permanently, with a total signing fee estimated at 1.3 billion reais ($233 million), the government said on Thursday. That system until now had been used for areas with less potential and did... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has signed three flexible pipe frame agreements with Brazil's Petrobras. "Altogether, the frame agreements form a large contract for TechnipFMC," the company said. For TechnipFMC, a “large” contract is between $500 million and $1 billion. The contracts were awarded as part of Petrobras’s drive to increase oil recovery in its brownfield... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 11/22/2016 and 03/21/2018, informs that it will receive from Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda. (Equinor) the last contingent installment in the amount of US$ 950 million related to the sale of its stake in the exploratory block BM-S-8, where the Bacalhau field (former Carcará... Continue Reading →
