May 29, 2020 The oil and gas market is having to deal with a new reality: cost reduction. With this in mind, Dutch SBM Offshore changed the way of contracting FPSO hulls from bilateral agreements to competitive bids. In the market, the comment is that the decision is a strategy to reduce spending on the... Continue Reading →
Equinor receives license from Ibama for seismic survey in blocks BM-S-8 and North of Carcará
May 29, 2020 Ibama granted a 3D seismic survey license with ocean-bottom nodes (nodular receptors positioned on the seabed) to Equinor for blocks BM-S-8 and North of Carcará - where the Bacalhau and North of Bacalhau fields are located - in the Basin Santos. The campaign will be carried out by Seabed's SR / V... Continue Reading →
ANP approves Petrobras exit of Lapa
May 29, 2020 The ANP board approved the assignment of the remaining 10% stake in Petrobras to Total in the BM-S-9A concession contract, where the Lapa field is located, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The operation was authorized by Cade in August 2019. As a result, the Lapa consortium in the Santos Basin pre-salt will... Continue Reading →
Saipem and BW target Gato do Mato
May 29, /2020 Saipem and BW Offshore (BWO) signed a memorandum of understanding to form a partnership in the FPSO segment. Recently sewn by the directors of the companies in Italy and Norway, the agreement was confirmed to PetróleoHoje, focusing, at first hand, the exclusive Shell bid for the FPSO of Gato do Mato, in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras plans seismic in Marlim, Albacora and Voador
May 27, 2020 Petrobras will carry out a multiazimute 3D / 4D maritime seismic streamer activities in the Marlim, Albacora and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin. With an acquisition area of 2.17 thousand km², the activities are scheduled for August this year, lasting 13 months, under the command of the data acquisition company (EAD)... Continue Reading →
Petrobras projects a gradual recovery of the price of oil
May 27, 2020 Petrobrás projects a gradual recovery in the price of oil over the next five years, until it returns to the level of US $ 50 per barrel - double the average price projected for this year, of US $ 25. As the scenario improves, it should also reduce the company's debt, from... Continue Reading →
SBM TAKES NEW STEPS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FPSO MERO 2 AND BEGINS TOPSIDE MANUFACTURING
May 26, 2020 Dutch SBM Offshore achieved two important advances in the work of the FPSO Mero 2, which will be named Sepetiba. Even with the challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, the company completed the placement of the keel of the ship's hull, considered the initial milestone in the construction of any vessel. In... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to sell stake in Braskem until early 2021
May 26, 2020 Petrobras intends to dispose of all its participation in the petrochemical company Braskem by operating in the capital market, the president of the state oil company, Roberto Castello Branco, reiterated on Monday, when he projected that the deal could take place until the beginning of next year. . "We believe it will... Continue Reading →
Shell has begun drilling Saturn offshore block, Brazil chief says
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has begun drilling the Saturn block in the Santos pre-salt basin, the company’s Brazil chief said on Thursday, adding that Brazil faces hurdles to remain attractive in a low-price environment. Brazil’s No. 2 oil producer after state-run Petroleo Brasileiro, Shell is the operator of block with a 45% stake, along... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on production at Parque das Baleias
May 20, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that the Parque das Baleias Area reached today the mark of 1 billion barrels of oil produced. The Parque das Baleias Area is formed by the fields of Jubarte, Baleia Anã, Cachalote, Caxaréu and Pirambú. The first field, of Jubarte, was discovered in 2001. Currently, four... Continue Reading →