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Calmer political waters should help turn the country into a global exploration hotspot The small Latin American nation of Suriname is poised for profound change. Revenues from major offshore oil discoveries announced this year could transform the country’s long-term economic prospects. And, following the resolution of an election deadlock, a new coalition government has finally... Continue Reading →
August 11, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/27/2020, regarding the sale of its entire stake in the exploratory portion of the Tayrona Block, located in the Guajira Basin, Colombia, informs that it has extended until 08/21/2020 the deadline for companies to express their interest in the opportunity.... Continue Reading →
Aug 11, 2020 Petrobras published today (11) a tender for the chartering and provision of operating services for at least one or even two high-specification offshore drilling rigs for operation in water depths of up to 2,400 meters. The contract term to be awarded to the winner of the tender will be three years. The... Continue Reading →
August 10, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of 50% to 100% of its stake in the BM-S-51 concession with hand-over the operation, located in the Santos Basin, in the pre-salt polygon. The concession is located at water depths ranging from... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil is set to begin drilling at the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana, hoping to replicate successes made in the adjacent Stabroek block where it has made more than 16 discoveries. Westmount Energy, which indirectly owns a share in the Kaieteur Block, on Monday cited a statement by Ration Petroleum, according to which the... Continue Reading →
Aug 7, 2020 Petrobras officially launched this week the bid for contracting the new platform P-78, which will be installed in the Buzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. International competition will have the opening of proposals scheduled for December 18 this year. As we reported, the platform ship will only have the 25% of... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner Solstad offshore has secured several contract extensions with oil companies Total and Equinor in Brazil. France's Total has extended the contracts for the platform supply vessel Normand Swift and the AHTS vessel Far Sagaris until December 2020. Tge vessels will be used to support Total’s activities in the Lapa field... Continue Reading →
Hefty financial losses and a depressed oil market fail to sway Brazilian NOC from pursuing ambitious upstream strategy The first half of the year was dire for Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras. The producer posted a combined $10.1bn loss, driven mainly by the oil price shock of Covid-19, currency devaluation and $13bn in impairment charges.... Continue Reading →
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has awarded Royal IHC a contract for the supply of a tandem mooring and offloading system and a riser pull-in system for the Anna Nery FPSO. Royal IHC said that the equipment would be placed onto the Anna Nery floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel on behalf of Yinson. Continue... Continue Reading →
August 5, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that the platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new monthly production records in July, of 615,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 765,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The Búzios field, discovered... Continue Reading →
