SBM Offshore and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) are pleased to announce the signing of a Partnership Agreement that will offer a CO2 capture solution for Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) as they are producing oil and gas from offshore reservoirs. The agreement follows a successful engineering and design study between the companies... Continue Reading →
FPSO Sepetiba – Petrobras in final preparations to start production
(PN) Petrobrás in final preparations to begin operating its newest platform, the FPSO Sepetiba. The unit arrived in Brazil last weekend and is expected to begin production in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin, during the fourth quarter of this year. The FPSO will have the capacity to produce up to 180 thousand barrels... Continue Reading →
ANP interdicts FPSO Cidade de Santos after verifying serious safety risks on the platform
(PN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) decided to interdict the FPSO Cidade de Santos, located in the Uruguá and Tambaú field, in the Santos Basin. The decision comes after agency inspectors found “critical deviations” in the vessel's facilities. The unit went into operation in July 2010 and is about to enter its decommissioning phase. In... Continue Reading →
Brazilian FPSO coming back on stream by next month
(OET) Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta is anticipating the return of production from a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on a field off Brazil, by October 2023. Previously, the production was expected to resume by early September 2023. Enauta started preventive maintenance at the FPSO Petrojarl I in May 2023 and the production... Continue Reading →
Petrobras predicts that by 2027, 11 new FPSOs will be installed in the pre-salt layer
(TN) The pre-salt completes 15 years of production in September with renewed vigor – and a perspective of expressive growth in the coming years. To get an idea, Petrobras plans to install 11 new platforms to produce in that layer by 2027. Since December 2022, the company has already put into production two new pre-salt... Continue Reading →
Brazil hits record oil & gas production in July: 4.482 million barrels of oil equivalent per day
(PN) Brazil breaks a new record in total production (oil + natural gas), as well as in oil and natural gas considered separately and also in pre-salt production. The announcement was made today by the National Oil and Gas Agency (ANP) through its July 2023 Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin. A total of... Continue Reading →
Woodside’s Trion Receives Mexican Regulatory Approval
(OE) Woodside has announced that the Trion field development plan (FDP) has been approved by the Mexican regulator, Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH). Woodside’s final investment decision (FID) to develop the Trion resource, announced 20 June 2023, was subject to Trion joint venture approval and regulatory approval of the FDP. Both of these conditions have... Continue Reading →
BW Energy Closes Deal to Acquire Saipem FPSO in Brazil
(OE) Norway's BW Energy is now able to move forward with its acquisition of the FPSO Cidade de Vitória on the Golfinho field in Brazil, more than a year after it reached a deal with the FPSO's Italian owner Saipem. The two companies had signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the $73 million floater sale in June 2022, but the transaction was subject... Continue Reading →
Suriname Oil Boom Back On Track As New Discoveries Excite Investors
Suriname, struggling with political unrest and a debt crisis, pins hopes on its oil sector after TotalEnergies delayed the billion-dollar final investment decision for Block 58. Latest appraisal drilling confirms that Block 58 could contain as much as 6.5 billion barrels of exploitable oil resources, boosting prospects for an oil boom similar to neighboring Guyana.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs closing of Golfinho and Camarupim Clusters
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 23/06/2022 and 24/06/2022, informs that, after fulfilling the precedent conditions set out in the binding contracts signed on 24/06/2022, it has today concluded the transfer of its entire stake in the sets of maritime concessions called Golfinho Cluster and Camarupim Cluster, in deep... Continue Reading →