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November 14, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that today it started up oil and natural gas production at platform P-68 in the Berbigão field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Following P-67, in the Lula field, and P-76 and P-77, in the Buzios field, P-68 is the fourth unit to start up in 2019,... Continue Reading →
November 14, 2019 ANP projects that production in pre-salt fields will help raise revenues to the public coffers by R$ 300 billion a year, setting a new level that will require greater responsibility in the application of resources The fields auctioned in the TOR and the 6th Pre-Salt Round will help boost the sector’s annual... Continue Reading →
Nov 13, 2019 Shell International Trading Middle East Limited has signed a commitment agreement with Hidrovias do Brasil to supply LNG to the Vila do Conde thermal power plant (UTE), which the Brazilian company intends to build in Barcarena, Pará. The agreement with the Anglo-Dutch oil company subsidiary foresees fuel supply for 25 years, if... Continue Reading →
Foreign oil companies that have not joined Brazil’s last two auctions of offshore “pre-salt” fields are also unlikely to bid next year, BP Plc’s Brazil president told newspaper Valor Economico in an interview published on Wednesday. Adriano Bastos argued that, even if the pre-salt areas that have not received any bids are auctioned again with... Continue Reading →
Nov 12, 2019 Petrobras' divestment plan will gain reinforcement of major exploration and production assets, especially in the Campos Basin. The new strategy began to be reviewed by the E&P area in partnership with the Portfolio Management Executive Management following the auctions held last week. The selection of new projects for sale is expected to... Continue Reading →
November 12, 2019 MODEC, Inc. ("MODEC," head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Yuji Kozai), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui," head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. ("MOL," head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) and Marubeni Corporation ("Marubeni," head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masumi... Continue Reading →
Nov 11, 2019 The ANP recommended to the MME the amendment of the CNPE resolution authorizing the extension of the production phase of Round Zero contracts (02/2016). The proposal is to extend the benefit to concessions within the pre-salt polygon, ensuring greater predictability of investments and avoiding early interruption of production. The measure complies with... Continue Reading →
Nov 11, 2019 Petrobras plans to put into operation a total of 10 FPSO’S in the giant Buzios field in the Santos Basin pre-salt by the end of the next decade, including the four already in production. With only four platforms in operation, with 150,000 barrels of oil per day of capacity each, Petrobras has... Continue Reading →
Nov 11, 2019 It is time for Brazil to reflect on the application of the concession regime in forthcoming bidding for oil and gas exploration blocks, in order to bring about further simplification in the process, said the president of Shell in Brazil, André Araujo. The oil company is the main private producer in the... Continue Reading →
As the weeks ticked down to Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction, state-run Petrobras held increasingly frantic talks to find potential partners, with the heaviest blow coming when major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) pulled out days before, according to six people familiar with the matter. While many firms were far from ready to take on enormous signing... Continue Reading →
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