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Pre-salt production in August set a record for the second consecutive month, both in oil and natural gas production. In total, 2,776 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day) were produced, with 2,201 MMbbl / d (million barrels per day) of oil and 91.398 MMm3 / d (million m3 per day) of... Continue Reading →
Equinor canceled on Wednesday the tender for chartering a 3,000 m water depth drill rig for the Bacalhau development wells campaign in the Santos Basin surprises market. The oil company had already received the bidding proposals and, according to PetróleoHoje sources, had exclusive and advanced negotiations with Seadrill. Source: PetroleoHoje
Pipeline coatings company Shawcor will deliver thermal insulation and anti-corrosion coating services for the ExxonMobil-operated Payara development offshore Guyana. ExxonMobil, with its partners Hess and CNOOC, sanctioned the development of the Payara oil field earlier this week. The contract, awarded to Shawcor's pipe coating division by the Italian offshore oilfield services firm Saipem, is worth between 55... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC said it has won a large contract to supply subsea equipment for ExxonMobil's Payara development offshore Guyana, following the oil major's FID on the project on Wednesday. Under the contract, TechnipFMC will manufacture and deliver the subsea production system, including 41 enhanced vertical deep water trees and associated tooling, six flexible risers... Continue Reading →
With ExxonMobil sanctioning its third offshore development in Guyana following the government approval, SBM Offshore has confirmed it has won a contract to deliver an FPSO for the project. Under the contract, SBM Offshore will construct, install, and then lease and operate the Prosperity FPSO at the Payara project off Guyana for a period of up to... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s Payara development, for which approval seems imminent, will see a commitment of US$3.6B this year from the oil major, says Norwegian business intelligence firm, Rystad Energy. Meanwhile, a model from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in its recent report titled ‘Traversing a Slippery Slope: Guyana’s Oil Opportunity’, pegs the cost of the Payara field... Continue Reading →
Oil & gas production in Brazil was practically stable in August, according to data made available by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). According to the agency, the country ended the period with 3.078 million barrels per day produced, a slight increase of 0.28% compared to the previous month. Natural gas, on the other hand, had... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that together with Petrogal Brasil, Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Shell Brasil, partners in the offshore routes in the pre-salt Santos Basin, will announce contracts for sharing the natural gas pipeline and processing plants. Today, a virtual event will be held with the presence of Petrobras’ CEO, Roberto Castello Branco,... Continue Reading →
The week starts with lots of news about the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Petrobras announced it has applied with Ibama for the Installation License for the FPSO Sepetiba, the second definitive production unit in Mero. Earlier, as we reported, the state company announced that it obtained the license to install the second... Continue Reading →
The development stage of the Mero field, within the Libra area, will enter a new phase. Petrobras obtained the environmental license for the installation of the asset's second Early Production System (SPA 2), located in the Santos Basin. The document was issued this month by the Brazilian Environmental Institute (Ibama) and will be valid for... Continue Reading →
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