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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
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 →
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’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
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 →
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 →
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 →
July 1, 2020 Petrobras found more hydrocarbons in the well that confirmed good quality oil in the field in May, in a water depth of 2,108 m, According to ANP, Petrobras found new evidence of oil in well 9-BUZ-39DA-RJS, in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin, in a water depth of 2,104 thousand m.... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2020 Petrobras receives proposals for the supply of wet Christmas trees (ANMs) for the Mero 3 field, in the Libra area, Santos Basin pre-salt. The tender calls for the acquisition of 11 pieces of equipment, along the same lines as the first two phases of the Mero field development. Source: PetroleoHoje
Brazil’s oil industry expects a recovery in domestic demand in the next months driven by growing China imports, but the negative effects of COVID-19 are expected to last through the end of 2021, lobbying group IBP said in a note on Tuesday. Consumption could drop by more than 10%, and oil prices should range between... Continue Reading →
