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Sept 24, 2019 BP Energy has until November to provide Ibama with clarifications on its planned exploratory activities at the Foz do Amazonas Basin. The environmental agency - which analyzes the license request to drill in the region - requests the review of accidental scenarios and the presentation of contracted vessels and monitoring system within... Continue Reading →
September 23, 2019 Shell received from Ibama the license to drill up to three exploratory wells in the Alto Cabo Frio Oeste block, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The license provides for drilling the wells by the Brava Star rig and is valid for four years. Alto de Cabo Frio Oeste was awarded to Shell... Continue Reading →
Equinor’s big bet on offshore wind will rival major oil projects, Norwegian intelligence group Rystad Energy said on Tuesday following a recent announcement that Equinor will work on the world’s largest offshore wind farm development, which is located in the UK North Sea. The offshore wind project Dogger Bank in the UK North Sea will... Continue Reading →
Canadian oil and gas company CGX Energy has hired PGS to conduct a 3D seismic survey over its Corentyne Block offshore Guyana. CGX has also deferred all operational obligations under its drilling rig contract for the Ralph Coffman jack-up due to the re-sequencing of commitments in the Corentyne Block. CGX Energy said on Monday that,... Continue Reading →
September 23, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that platform P-50, located in the Campos Basin, in the Albacora Leste field, had its production preemptively halted on Sunday night, due to the disruption of the mooring of the anchor system. Anchored by another 15 moorings, the platform is stable and safe, offering no risk... Continue Reading →
Sept 23, 2019 Petrobras looks at opportunities to become a gas exporter, says Petrobras' institutional relations director Roberto Ardenghy, the company sees potential to become a liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the future. Today, Brazil is an importer of this product. The executive stressed that the state-owned company expects a “very large” increase in production... Continue Reading →
Sept 23, 2019 In October, Petrobras will sign the charter contracts for the Marlim and Parque das Baleias FPSOs. Sources have confirmed to PetroleoHoje that the oil company concluded negotiations with newcomer Yinson and Modec a little less than two weeks ago and that the formalization of operations depends only on internal procedures. Both Modec... Continue Reading →
The country’s oil and gas regulator Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) last week gave its nod for Eni to drill the Ehecatl-1 exploration well in the Block 7. Eni got hold of the block as part of the licensing round in 2017. Eni’s partner in the Block, Cairn Energy, said earlier this month that the... Continue Reading →
September 20th, 2019 Enauta Participações S.A. (“Enauta”, “Company” B3: ENAT3”) informs that the intervention to exchange the second well’s pump was concluded and the Atlanta Field’s total three wells production reached the peak of 30,462 barrels of oil per day. The drilling of the third well of the Early Production System was concluded in the... Continue Reading →
September 20, 2019 In November 2010, Exxon Mobil Corp. sent workers to a rig off the coast of Brazil, hoping to find oil in one of the most anticipated drilling programs in the energy sector. About 2,300 meters below the surface, they drilled the seabed, drilling more than 3 kilometers over almost two months before... Continue Reading →
