Petrobras hires another drillship for work at two oil fields offshore Brazil

(offshore-energy.biz) Ventura Offshore Midco, a subsidiary of the Brazilian deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore, has secured a long-term drillship contract with Petrobras, a compatriot state-owned energy giant, for operations at two oil field developments off the coast of Brazil. Just like Seadrill, which won a drilling deal for 1,095 days plus extension options after a competitive tender,... Continue Reading →

December 18, 2024 0

Shell to Seek Suriname’s Approval for Four-Well Offshore Drilling Plan

(Reuters) BG International, a unit of oil major Shell operating in Suriname, plans to submit a plan to the South American country's environmental agency for drilling up to four exploration wells at offshore Block 65, according to a company document seen on Tuesday. Suriname is progressing toward its first oil and gas production offshore. A... Continue Reading →

December 18, 2024 0

Petrobras Hires Constellation’s Drillship for Work Offshore Brazil

Offshore drilling contractor Constellation has secured a contract with Petrobras for its ultra-deepwater drillship Amaralina Star, which will operate offshore Brazil, covering remote areas of frontier exploration, such as the Equatorial Margin and Pelotas Basin. The value of the agreement is approximately $528 million, which includes around $39 million mobilization fee and additional integrated services... Continue Reading →

December 17, 2024 0

Galp Spuds Another Well Offshore Namibia

(OE) Galp and its partners have spudded another well in the Orange Basin, off Namibia, following the discovery of light oil and gas condensate in an appraisal well announced earlier in December. After the discovery at the Mopane-1A well, Galp and its PEL83 offshore block partners, NAMCOR and Custos, have decided to retain Saipem’s Santorini... Continue Reading →

December 12, 2024 0

Foresea performs the first automated oil well drilling operation in Brazil, using HMH technology

(TN) For the first time in Brazil, automated operations were performed on an oil well, using technology from the Norwegian company HMH. The maneuver performed with full automation took place in a well in the Santos Basin, and was carried out by Foresea's Norbe IX drillship, which is becoming a pioneer in automated operations with... Continue Reading →

December 11, 2024 0

SLB Secures Integrated Services Deal for All of Petrobras’ Brazil Offshore Fields

(OE) Following a competitive tender process, energy technology company SLB has secured a new contract with Petrobras for providing integrated services across all of its offshore fields in Brazil. SLB will oversee the construction of more than 100 deepwater wells, utilizing advanced drilling, cementing and drilling fluids technologies on up to nine ultra-deepwater rigs. The... Continue Reading →

December 11, 2024 0

Petrobras and Ecopetrol confirm Colombia’s largest gas discovery

Petrobras, following up on communication of October 3, 2024, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. - Colombia Branch (PIB-COL), and Ecopetrol confirm the largest gas discovery in the history of Colombia with the drilling of the Sirius-2 well. The drilling of Sirius-2 began on June 19, 2024. The well is located within the... Continue Reading →

December 5, 2024 0

Brazil prosecutors push Petrobras for more Amazon drilling studies

(Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors asked state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab to do more studies before drilling off the coast of the Amazon rainforest, citing potential effects of extreme weather on tides, according to documents filed on Monday to environmental agency Ibama. An oceanographer's technical assessment commissioned by the Federal Prosecutor's Office and dated Oct.... Continue Reading →

December 3, 2024 0

Ecopetrol to allocate half of 2025 budget to exploration and production

(offshore technology) Ecopetrol’s board of directors has approved the 2025 investment budget ranging from 24trn to 28trn pesos, with more than half allocated to crude and gas exploration and production. Approximately 20.3trn pesos, 76% of the 2025 budget, are expected to be allotted for profitable production levels between 740,000 and 745,000 barrels of oil equivalent... Continue Reading →

December 3, 2024 0

Galp’s Appraisal Well Delivers Light Oil and Gas-Condensate Off Namibia

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has found light oil and gas-condensate in an appraisal well drilled in Orange Basin block, offshore Namibia. The appraisal well, Mopane-1A, was spud on October 23 with Saipem’s Santorini drillship, at PEL83 offshore block. In an update from November 29, Galp has confirmed that the Mopane-1A well encountered light oil and... Continue Reading →

December 2, 2024 0

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