Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has ordered a large marine compressed air system from TMC for the FPSO Anna Nery, which currently under construction in China, and destined for Petrobras' Marlim revitalization project in Brazil. TMC's compressed air system will consist of four large capacity service and instrument air compressors with associated air dryers and filters. TMC... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Total Gives Up on Foz do Amazonas Offshore Blocks
French oil major Total has given up operatorship over five exploration blocks located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, offshore Brazil. "Total announces that it has notified its partners on August 19 about its resignation from its role of operator for five exploration blocks, located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, 120 kilometers offshore Brazil,"... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes test in Jupiter area
September 4, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs the conclusion of the Drill Stem Test (DST) in the area of Júpiter Discovery Assessment Plan, located in the Santos Basin presalt. The Jupiter area belongs to the BM-S-24 concession, in which Petrobras is the operator, with an 80% interest, and was acquired in 2001 in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts development of Buzios 9, 10, 11 and 12 FPSO projects
Sept 3, 2020 Petrobras is already working on the development of Buzios 9 FPSO and for the other phases of the Santos cluster mega field. The oil company hired Doris Engenharia to develop the basic project for a generic FPSO, with a capacity to produce 225 thousand bopd and compress 12.5 million m³ / d... Continue Reading →
Pre-salt Lula field is among the 10 largest oil producers in the world
Sept 3, 2020 The Lula field, in the pre-salt of the Santos basin, achieved a feat that is not yet properly recognized internationally: it is today the seventh field with the largest oil production in the world, surpassing emblematic assets in the onshore and offshore of countries like Russia, United States and Iraq. With a... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil signs contract with C-Inovation
Sept 3, 2020 ExxonMobil signed a contract with C-Innovation, a company of the Edison Chouest Offshore group, for the chartering of an ROV capable of operating in water depths of up to 4 thousand m. The deal is aimed at the exploratory campaign that will be carried out in Brazil, in early 2021, with the... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS INITIATES BIDDING TO CONTRACT SUPPORT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUZIOS 5 PROJECT
Sept 3, 2020 Today Petrobras starts receiving proposals from companies interested in providing support with contract management and inspection services for the Buzios 5 Project. What is being put on the table is a kind of "mother contract" or "backbone", as they say in the market, encompassing all the administrative and technical support of the... Continue Reading →
Accumulated production in the Lula field exceeds 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent since Dec 2010
Sept 2, 2020 Note: The name of Lula field will be changed due to a court decision. In July, the Lula field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, was the largest producer of oil and natural gas, registering 988 Mbbl / d of oil and 43.2 MMm3 / d of natural gas, totaling accumulated production (... Continue Reading →
Tullow Hires Stena Drillship for Suriname Drilling
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling said Tuesday that oil company Tullow had hired one of its drillships for drilling offshore Suriname. Tullow Oil has hired the Stena Forth drillship and will use it to drill one well in Block 47, located approximately 260 km north of the coast of Suriname. Continue reading
THE ATOBÁ DRONE, FROM STELLA TECNOLOGIA, MAY BE A SOLUTION TO MONITOR OIL FIELDS BEYOND THE 200 MILE BORDER
Aug 31, 2020 The National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) has confirmed the resumption of the auction schedule for oil and gas blocks in Brazil from 2021. One of these tenders will be the 17th Concession Round, the first in the country to offer six blocks beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, in the Santos... Continue Reading →