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Japan’s floating solutions provider MODEC has started the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) work on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel set for the Bacalhau field. MODEC said via social media channels on Monday that the company would proceed with EPCI work on the Bacalhau FPSO. The company added that it would... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Six months after the binding date, Petrobras and 3R Petroleum should close, by the end of June, the divestment operation of the Papa-Terra field, located in deep waters in the Campos Basin. The terms of the asset purchase and sale contracts have already been negotiated, depending only on the seller's internal arrangements to conclude.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today with Pré-sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) and its partners CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. (CNODC) and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (CNOOC) the Búzios Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Agreement and the Production Sharing Contract for the Suplus of the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras has signed a contract with a joint venture formed by Saipem and DSME in the amount of $2.3 billion for the supply of P-79, the eighth unit to be installed in Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. With a capacity to process 180,000 barrels of oil per... Continue Reading →
Fugro's soon-to-be-sold marine seismic acquisition subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions has received a conditional Letter of Award (LOA) from an undisclosed company for an ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the Americas region. The project is anticipated to start in the fourth quarter of 2021 after the completion of the current crew commitment in Brazil, extending the... Continue Reading →
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved this afternoon today (10) the integrated development plan for the Neon and Goiá fields, in the Santos Basin. The two areas are operated by the Australian Karoon, who preferred to propose a joint development plan, as the fields' production unit will be shared. The firm investments proposed for the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil firm Petrobras is set to kick off the first of the two seismic acquisitions of the Sapinhoá field monitoring project, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. "Seismic acquisition is an important tool for managing the deposit (reservoirs) and optimizing production systems, seeking to maximize the value of the assets by... Continue Reading →
The recent overhaul of Exxon Mobil Corp's (XOM.N) board of directors could shift billions of dollars in spending and strategy over several years, but any changes likely will take time, analysts and investors say. A quarter of directors last month lost their seats to outsiders read more , and the March appointment of activist Jeff Ubben puts a third... Continue Reading →
(TNPetroleo) After the unsuccessful attempt to auction off the production surpluses from the Sépia and Atapu pre-salt blocks, on November 6, 2019, the government decided to carry out a broad change in the parameters that guide the supply of these areas. Either directly, through the significant reduction of government participation in the revenue that will... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 well located in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, using the Stena DrillMAX drillship. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals, according to ExxonMobil’s statement on Wednesday. The well is... Continue Reading →
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