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Prysmian Group, a services provider in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Libra, a consortium of international oil & gas operators, for steel tube umbilicals to be installed in the Mero oilfield, located offshore Brazil. The Libra Consortium is led by Petrobras – with a 40% interest –... Continue Reading →
Jan 23, 2010 Petrobras evaluates new postponement of delivery of proposals for chartering of the third definitive production systems in the Mero 3 field The delivery of proposals for chartering the FPSO of Mero 3 may be postponed again. Last week, Petrobras' bidding committee sent a circular to the bidding invited companies, anticipating the possibility... Continue Reading →
Brazil produced 1.018 billion barrels of oil in 2019, marking the first time the South American nation passed the billion-barrel mark for annual production, the national oil regulator said on Wednesday. In a statement, the regulator, known as the ANP, said 2019 output increased 7.78% over the previous year. Brazil produced 3.106 million barrels per... Continue Reading →
Jan 22, 2020 Ocyan's Norbe VI rig starts operations today, under a contract signed for the next two years. The first campaing will be carried out in the Tartaruga Verde field, in the Campos Basin, with a duration of up to 45 days. Norbe VI is one of Ocyan's 5 deepwater drilling rigs. The rig... Continue Reading →
JAN 21, 2020 Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) denied that the auction of the remaining areas of the Transfer of Rights (Sépia and Atapu) is being postponed to 2021. This is because the event had not yet a defined date and is being studied by technicians. The information was passed on to PetroNotícia by... Continue Reading →
BP signed an agreement with Angola aimed at acquiring oil further exploration rights, state news agency Angop reported, the latest in a flurry of agreements between oil majors and Africa's second-biggest exporter. The deal with the country's petroleum regulator ANPG defines the terms for a risk-sharing contract on offshore oil block 18/15 and was signed... Continue Reading →
Jan 20, 2020 The government will reduce the value of the signature bonus or decrease the percentage of oil sharing with the Union required in the Sépia and Atapu fields, in the pre-salt, informs the Special Secretary of Finance, Waldery Rodrigues. The two fields did not receive offers at the auction for the transfer of... Continue Reading →
InterMoor has started working on a chain inspection job offshore Brazil, in partnership with 3 other Acteon Group sister companies. The team will inspect the mooring lines of six FPSOs. The project consists in performing full inspection on all mooring lines, an equivalent of 28km of chain/polyester. Continue reading
Jan 18, 2020 This Saturday the 18th , a fire outbreak temporarily interrupted production on the P-76 platform. Petrobras, through its press office, informed the resumption of the operation. The P-76 is in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, considered one of the most promising in Brazil. The unit has an installed capacity... Continue Reading →
Jan 17, 2020 Cosan has applied for a license to build the second stage of the Rota 4 gas pipeline. The project will increase the transport capacity of gas production from the pre-salt fields, according to a document published by IBAMA. Cosan wants to build the 313 km pipeline that will connect the Carcará and... Continue Reading →
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