Jul 8, 2020 Shell found new evidence of oil in well 3-SHEL-32D-RJS, in the south of Gato do Mato, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The drilling of the 3-SHEL-32D-RJS started in March. This is the third occurrence in the block, where the oil company is conducting a campaign with the Brava Star rig, in a... Continue Reading →
IPO of the pre-salt gas pipelines is postponed
July 7, 2020 The covid-19 pandemic and the barrel of oil price crisis will affect Petrobras' schedule for the public offering of shares (IPO) of the pre-salt gas pipelines (routes 1, 2 and 3), responsible for interconnecting the oil fields. region off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Scheduled for 2020, the... Continue Reading →
Three new FPSOs in sight for Buzios
July 6, 2020 Focused on the development of the Búzios field, Petrobras prepares series of tenders for the second half of the year. New notices to contract three FPSOs for the Búzios project (phases VI, VII and VIII), in the Santos cluster, one with a production capacity of 225 thousand bopb and two with 180... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions completes its largest subsea trees project in Brazil
Norway’s Aker Solutions has delivered the last of 60 sets of subsea trees for pre-salt exploration for Petrobras. This marks the conclusion of the company’s biggest project in Brazil. Aker Solutions landed a deal with Petrobras to provide subsea equipment for deepwater pre-salt field developments in Brazil in March 2013. Continue reading
Petrobras Considers LNG Units for Pre-salt’s Natural Gas
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is considering installing offshore units to liquefy the growing natural gas production from the so-called pre-salt area, the company's emissions and climate change manager said during a webinar on Friday. Liquefied natural gas units could be an alternative for the gas associated with oil produced at the deep-water exploratory region... Continue Reading →
Saipem awarded a contract for the Búzios pre-salt field in Brazil worth approximately 325 million USD
San Donato Milanese (MI), July 6th 2020 Saipem has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system to serve the Búzios pre-salt project, in water depths from 1537 to 2190 meters, offshore the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Búzios-5 overall production system foresees the interconnection of 15... Continue Reading →
Trelleborg unveils interactive environment online tool
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has developed the Mimir Offshore Interactive Environment, part of Mimir Digital Intelligence, the hub for current and future digital solutions. The 3D tool showcases solutions available from Trelleborg for both topside and subsea applications, including solutions engineered for a variety of water depths; from shallow to deep water. Continue reading
May oil production in Brazil fell 6.5% compared to April
July 2, 2020 In May, national production was 3,485 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), of which 2,765 MMbbl / d (million barrels per day) of oil and 114 MMm3 / d (million m3 per day) ) of natural gas. Oil production decreased by 6.5% compared to the previous month and... Continue Reading →
WEG AND TECHNIPFMC DEVELOP SOLUTION TO REDUCE COSTS BY 60% IN SUBSEA PROJECT
Jul 2, 2020 WEG and TechnipFMC (TFMC), have developed a solution that they believe is capable of reducing up to 60% of the total production cost in brownfield projects (term applied when the product of the project is realized to add to something that already exists. Generally it refers expansion of the projects) and eliminate... Continue Reading →
Modec Brasil close to contracting UMS
July 1, 2020 Modec will contract a new maintenance and security unit (UMS) to operate on the Brazilian coast. The vessel will support the FPSOs Cidade de Niterói, in Marlim Leste, Campos Basin; Cidade de Santos, in Uruguá-Tambaú, and Cidade de São Paulo, in Sapinhoá, Santos Basin, and the FSO Cidade de Macaé - all... Continue Reading →