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(Oilprice) Latin America’s largest oil producer Brazil is one of the worst affected countries globally by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the World Health Organization, Brazil is the third ranked country by volume of cases and second by deaths. There were fears earlier this year that the rapid spread of the virus would derail Brazil’s offshore oil... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Eco Atlantic has agreed to acquire a stake in JHI Associates, which owns a share in the Canje block, offshore Guyana, where ExxonMobil is drilling for oil. Eco will acquire up to a 10% interest in JHI and appoint Keith Hill, a non-executive Director of Eco, to the JHI Board. "The... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC said on Tuesday it has been awarded a subsea contract by Petrobras for the Búzios 6-9 fields, located in the deepwater Santos basin offshore Brazil. TechnipFMC, which called the award is "substantial", worth between $250 million and $500 million, will supply subsea trees with controls, electrical and hydraulic distribution units, topside systems, and installation... Continue Reading →
(Offshore Energy) Oil and gas company Enauta has revealed that the Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has approved the constitution of guarantees for the company to take over a 100 per cent stake in the Atlanta field off Brazil, doubling its oil production. Enauta said on Friday that the ANP has approved the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has received regulatory approval for a revised development plan of the Frade oil field offshore Brazil. The new development plan, approved by the national oil industry regulator ANP, allows the drilling of four production wells and three horizontal injection wells in the Frade Field. The ANP also authorized the... Continue Reading →
With Petrobras stepping on the brakes on investments and selling more assets, foreign oil companies are gaining ground in Brazil. Together, Shell, Repsol Sinopec, Petrogal and TotalEnergies already account for 20% of national oil and gas production. Together, the private sector now accounts for 27% of the total, according to data from the National Agency... Continue Reading →
Norwegian company Miko Marine has shipped out the first magnetic blanking set destined for the Brazilian offshore sector from its fabrication plant in Haugesund, Norway. However, the set is not going to Brazil, but to the DSIC yard in Dalian, China, where it will then be installed aboard a new Floating Production Storage and Offloading... Continue Reading →
(Yahoo)The deeply impoverished former English colony of Guyana has become one of the world’s hottest offshore drilling locations. Global energy supermajors have made a slew of major oil discoveries in Guyana’s and neighboring Suriname’s offshore waters, notably in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block in which global energy supermajor Exxon has a 45% interest with 30% and 25% held... Continue Reading →
Amid the recent recovery in oil prices on the international market, oil companies are slowly beginning to gain confidence to move forward with new projects. In month of June, when the Brent-type barrel surpassed US$ 70 for the first time in two years, Petrobras, the Norwegian company Equinor and the Australian company Karoon have announced... Continue Reading →
(PetrleoHoje) Maersk Supply Service signs US$ 100 million EPCI contract with Libra's consortium (Petrobras, Shell, Total, CNPD and Cnooc). The company will be responsible for the pre-installation of the mooring system for the FPSO Sepetiba, the production unit at the Mero 2 project, located in the Santos Basin cluster.
