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March 17, 2020 With ANP approval, the British operator will collect new seismic data in the block located in the Santos pre-salt The ANP approved the first revision of the exploration plan for the Pau Brasil area, aquired by BP Energy in the 5th Production Sharing Round, in 2018. According to the regulatory agency, the... Continue Reading →
Deepwater acreage will continue to attract significant company interest through 2020, said a report. According to GlobalData, a significant portion of the acreage available in Q1 2020 is located in either deep or ultra-deep water, up from the previous quarter. In Q1 2020, approximately 60% of the acreage available in licensing rounds either open or... Continue Reading →
Forewarned is forearmed, an adage that is particularly true when it comes to deepwater drilling. Offshore drillers are increasingly relying on existing and new downhole data technologies to make real-time decisions and keep operations safe. Multi-trip completions in offshore wells have long left operators in the dark about what was happening in the pay zone.... Continue Reading →
March 16, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 12/23/2019, announces the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of part of its interest in exploratory blocks belonging to the BM-P-2 concession, located in the Pelotas Basin deep waters, in the state of Rio Grande do... Continue Reading →
MAR 13 , 2020 According to information obtained by Petronotícia, the vessel Batuira crashed into the platform ship P-77, in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin. The FPSO suffered damage to its side and, in addition, there was a detachment of the gangway - a walkway that connects the Maintenance and Safety Unit (UMS)... Continue Reading →
Guyana has extended the initial deadline in its search for an agent to market its share of oil produced by an Exxon Mobil-led consortium to March 24, the Department of Energy said on Wednesday. Guyana has no domestic refining capacity or national oil company and must sell the crude on the open market. Continue reading
March 11, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it achieved on March 10th a new production record in Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt: 640 thousand barrels of oil per day and 790 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day produced by the four platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) currently installed... Continue Reading →
IKM said on Tuesday that the scope had included a pipeline concept study for gas export from the BM-C-33 field to the coast of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. According to the company, this work will be a continuation of the IKM Ocean Design commitment to support Equinor’s major projects with innovative and... Continue Reading →
Mar 11, 2020 There is a privatization plan for PPSA being discussed at the Ministry of Economy, led by Paulo Guedes, informs the Bloomberg agency. The state-owned company, which represents the Union in the pre-salt sharing contracts, would have been elected, along with Eletrobras, as the priority privatizations of 2020. - Still according to Bloomberg,... Continue Reading →
IKM Ocean Design has been awarded a pipeline study contract by Equinor for its ultra deepwater project in Brazil. The scope includes a pipeline concept study for gas export from the BM-C-33 field to the coast of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. “This work will be a continuation of the IKM Ocean Design... Continue Reading →
