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Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Friday it has approved the start of a tender to build three new floating platforms, known as FPSOs, in the Buzios oilfield, one of the biggest deepwater discoveries this century. Earlier in July, Reuters reported that Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, was preparing to... Continue Reading →
Jul 22, 2020 Constellation, Ocyan, Seadrill and Vallaris have qualified for the second phase of Petrobras' bidding for the chartering of one or more 2,400 m rigs for the Mero field, in the Santos cluster. The companies presented the best proposals in phase I, with non-binding prices for the “as is” stage. Source: PetroleoHoje
Jul 21, 2020 Brazilian oil production resumed growth in June, after four months of stagnation. According to new data from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Brazil extracted 3.01 million barrels of oil per day, an increase of almost 9% compared to the previous month. This was the first time that national production returned to the... Continue Reading →
Jul 21, 2020 Since December, Petrobrás had been receiving bid proposals for the chartering of drill rigs for water depths up to 700 meters. But, after a few postponements, the company decided to cancel the tender, leaving a the companies that worked in the bids and invested funds to prepare the proposals frustrated and at... Continue Reading →
Jul 20, 2020 Oceânica Engenharia e Consultoria signed a contract with Petrobras to provide underwater intervention services in water depths of up to 3 thousand m. The scope includes engineering services, painting (anti-corrosion), equipment certification and recertification, manufacturing and assembly, material characterization, computer simulations and underwater operations practices, among other activities. Source: PetroleoHoje
Brazil increased crude exports to Asia in the first half of the year, stealing a slice of a coveted developing market from global rivals who made record cuts to shipments to match the unprecedented fall in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The rise reflects Brazil’s growing clout among global oil producers as its massive... Continue Reading →
July 20, 2020 The oil company Enauta reported estimate average daily production from the Atlanta field at 23,000 barrels of oil for 2020, according to a press release. For 2021, production in Atlanta, in the Santos Basin, should drop to 18,000 bpd, projected Enauta, emphasizing that the estimates have a negative or positive variation margin... Continue Reading →
Jul 17, 2020 Among the units licensed by Petrobras are four with a capacity to produce 225,000 bopd On Thursday (7/15), Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for... Continue Reading →
Jul 17, 2020 Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for the Buzios field (Buzios FPSOs 9, 10, 11 and 12), in addition to the Sepia 2 FPSOs. Among... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has recently upgraded its 2014-built Maersk Valiant ultra-deepwater drillship. While the Maersk Valiant was recently stacked offshore Port Fourchon the Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system was upgraded by integrating the new BTR rotating control device (RCD) by Weatherford. Continue reading
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