Jul 21, 2020 Since December, Petrobrás had been receiving bid proposals for the chartering of drill rigs for water depths up to 700 meters. But, after a few postponements, the company decided to cancel the tender, leaving a the companies that worked in the bids and invested funds to prepare the proposals frustrated and at... Continue Reading →
Shipments Resume from Pemex FPSO After Collision
An oil production and storage vessel operated by Mexican state oil firm Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico has resumed crude shipments after a tanker collision halted exports earlier this month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter and data from Refinitiv Eikon. The FPSO facility (floating production, storage and offloading), which has... Continue Reading →
Further on Phase 4 of The Pre-Salt With 13 FPSOS
Jul 17, 2020 Among the units licensed by Petrobras are four with a capacity to produce 225,000 bopd On Thursday (7/15), Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for... Continue Reading →
Petrobras speeds up decommissioning of FPSOs in Marlim and Voador
July 17, 2020 Petrobras is working to anticipate the deactivation of the floating platforms provided for in its current decommissioning plan. Among the priorities are the production units in the Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin. In a letter submitted to the ANP, the oil company proposed to send, first, the installation deactivation... Continue Reading →
BP starts licensing process for drilling in the Campos Basin
Jul 17, 2020 BP Energy initiated the licensing of an exploratory well in the BM-C-35 block, in the Campos Basin. It intends to start the campaign in August 2022 and the well is part of the commitment made to the ANP in the Discovery Assessment Plan (PAD) of the Basilisco prospect. After Petrobras' decision to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras reduces cost of post-salt well construction
July 14, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that in early July, it completed, in half the time, the construction of the 7 GLF 49H ESS offshore well, in the Golfinho field, in the Espírito Santo Basin, 100 km from Vitória. This was the first post-salt well built with the application of the True... Continue Reading →
Petrobras accelerates restructuring and focus on pre-salt with the pandemic
July 13, 2020 The new coronavirus pandemic accelerated Petrobras' strategy of concentrating efforts on the pre-salt layer. The state-owned company, which had already been selling subsidiaries, announced plans in the last three months to reduce by 34% the number of employees (from 45,500 to 30,000), to close nine commercial buildings and leave half of the... Continue Reading →
Exxon Restarts Drilling at Offshore Hotspot in Voting Crisis
Exxon Mobil Corp. resumed drilling in Guyana last month, underscoring its dedication to the offshore hotspot despite the oil price crash and a messy turn in local politics. Two of Exxon’s four drillships went back to work, according to data published Friday by Baker Hughes Co. The company later confirmed that the Stena Carron and Noble... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s offshore oil workers chilled by coronavirus outbreaks
On Friday, May 1, two workers on the PXA-1 offshore platform owned by Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras checked into the facility’s infirmary complaining of headaches and fever-like symptoms. Another Petrobras employee fell visibly ill the following day, three workers from the platform told Reuters. The sickness spread further in the subsequent days, stoking anxiety... Continue Reading →
UTC back offshore
July 10, 2020 Almost three years after the end of the precautionary blockade by Petrobras, the group closes contracts with the state-owned company and Trident Energy. Heftos Óleo e Gás Engenharia - a subsidiary of the UTC Participações group - signed contracts with Petrobras to provide services at the Gabriel Passos Refinery (Regap), in Minas... Continue Reading →
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