Jan 15, 2020 Petrobrás notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) of a discovery of oil evidence in the Marlim Leste field, in the Campos Basin, at a water depth of 1,226 meters in the well 9-MLL-83-RJS . The Marlim Leste field adopts two production development modules: the P-53, a FPU (Floating Production Unit) type platform;... Continue Reading →
Tullow: No Guyana Drilling in 2020
London-listed oil company Tullow Oil will most likely not be drilling any wells offshore Guyana in 2020. In its trading update on Wednesday Tullow said it expected to report pretax impairments and exploration write-offs of around $1.5 billion. Tullow's write-offs include Jethro, Joe, and Carapa well costs in Guyana as a result of drilling results, the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras releases teaser for E&P in Espírito Santo Basin – Golfinho and Camarupin Clusters
January 15, 2020 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in two sets of deep-water post-salt offshore concessions, namely Golfinho Cluster and Camarupim Cluster, located in the Espírito Santo Basin. The teaser, which includes key information about the... Continue Reading →
MODEC’s FPSO Vessel Recognized by the World Economic Forum as Lighthouse of the 4th Industrial Revolution/Press release
Tokyo, January 15, 2020 MODEC, Inc. ("MODEC") is pleased to announce that one of its Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels has been selected by World Economic Forum, a Swiss-based non-profit foundation, to join the Global Lighthouse Network of leaders in applying the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The FPSO Cidade de Campos dos... Continue Reading →
Petrobras completes sale of PO&GBV
January 15, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release dated 10/31/2018, reports today that it completed the sale - to Petrovida Holding B.V. (Petrovida) - of the 50% equity interest held by Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. (PIBBV) in Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V. (PO&GBV). The transaction involved a total amount of... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas industry entering new offshore investment cycle, Rystad says
A strong 2019 provided telltale signs that the industry was entering a new offshore investment cycle, Espen Erlingsen, head of upstream research at Rystad Energy has said. Erlingsen said on Tuesday that this trend was perhaps illustrated most profoundly by the rising swell of offshore project approval activity by operators in 2019. Globally, the amount... Continue Reading →
Modec sees Brazil as the best market to grow and targets big contracts
JANUARY 14, 2020 (Reuters) - With an eye on the growth potential of Brazil's oil industry with the pre-salt, Japanese giant Modec will seek to win at least one or two major platform charter contracts a year in the country, where it bets on technological development to stand out from international rivals. In an interview... Continue Reading →
Total picks Maersk drillship to drill at ‘deepest water depth ever drilled offshore’
French oil major Total has selected a Maersk Drilling-owned drillship to drill at what the rig owner says will be a world record water depth in Angola-Namibia campaign. Maersk Drilling said on Tuesday that it had been awarded contracts for a three-well exploration drilling project by Total E&P Angola Block 32, Block 48 and Total... Continue Reading →
PPSA raised R$ 848 million for the Union in 2019
January 13, 2020 Pre-Sal Petróleo PPSA, company linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, raised approximately R $ 848 million for the Union in 2019. The proceeds refer to the commercialization of the Union's oil and gas portion in production sharing contracts and Equalization. Expenditures and Volumes (EGV) of the Sapinhoá, Tartaruga Verde and... Continue Reading →
Westwood: Appetite for finding oil not diminishing despite energy transition talks
The energy transition and Extinction Rebellion led the energy news agenda and discussions in company boardrooms in 2019, but the impact on exploration drilling is not yet apparent, according to market research provider Westwood Global Energy Group. Westwood is suggesting keeping an eye on Brazil in 2020 with one high impact well currently drilling and... Continue Reading →