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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 →
Jan 17, 2020 The ANP approved the resolution that deals with the procedures to control oil and natural gas burns and losses in E&P activities. The regulation revises ANP Ordinance No. 249/2000 and includes definitions of cases classified as ordinary burns, exempt from prior authorization, and procedures for authorization and validation of extraordinary burns. The... Continue Reading →
Jan 17, 2020 The ANP signed a contract with Ecology to prepare the Environmental Study of Sedimentary Area in the offshore part of the Sergipe-Alagoas / Jacuípe Basin. It will also be proposed an action plan for studies and research and monitoring, in order to expand the socio-environmental knowledge of the Basin and present data... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas company Eni has started oil production from its operated Agogo field, located offshore Angola, only nine months after its discovery. Eni announced “a major oil discovery” in Block 15/06, in the Agogo exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep water in March 2019. Eni operates two FPSOs in Block 15/06, the N’Goma in West... Continue Reading →
Italian oil major Eni and France's Total were among the successful bidders for rights to develop three offshore blocks in Angola out of 10 auctioned late last year, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday. Eni and Total won operator rights to blocks 28 and 29 respectively in the offshore Namibe basin, while Angola's state... Continue Reading →
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