Sept 9, 2019 Oil and natural gas production at the Berbigão and Sururu fields in the Santos Basin will be inaugurated by the end of the year, according to Márcio Naumann, Valongo's Petrobras Operational Support manager. The extraction will be done by the P-68 FPSO platform for extracting, storing and transporting which is at the... Continue Reading →
MME approves edict and models of Production Sharing Contracts for the Transfer of Rights Surplus Bid
Sept 9, 2019 The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) approved the edict and the models of the Production Sharing Agreements, prepared by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) for the bidding of Transfer of Rights Surplus in the areas of Atapu, Buzios, Itapu and Sepia, scheduled for November 6, ensuring... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes sees Y-o-Y increase in worldwide offshore rig count
The worldwide offshore rig count in August 2019 decreased by ten units sequentially, but increased by 41 unit year-over-year, according to reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company. BHGE splits its rig counts into international and North America rig counts, which combined make the worldwide rig count. Baker Hughes reported on Monday that the international... Continue Reading →
Guyana tipped for another major oil find
The frontier oil province is set for yet another significant investment opportunity. But political uncertainty is just one of the many myriad challenges the country faces before first oil Guyana is anticipating the announcement of another major oil find as early as next week, the country’s chief investment official said at the SPE Offshore Europe... Continue Reading →
Next steps for the Transfer of Rights: announcement, articulation with TCU and new investiture in the Chamber
Sept 6, 2019 ANP is expected to publish this Friday (6) the announcement of the auction of surplus of the Transfer of Rights, another step towards meeting the goal of holding the auction on November 6. - Yesterday, the agency's board of directors concluded the installation of the special bidding commissions (CELs) of the transfer... Continue Reading →
Brazil Approves $9-Bln Payout To Petrobras In Transfer-of-Rights Settlement
Sep 04, 2019, The Brazilian Senate has approved an agreement for the transfer of rights over a disputed group of oil fields that would see state energy giant Petrobras get US$9 billion in compensation. Reuters reports the agreement also involves payouts to oil-producing states. These will come from the expected proceeds from auctions of the... Continue Reading →
Spectrum will make new seismic in the Pelotas Basin
Sept 05, 2019 Spectrum Geo has requested from Ibama authorization to conduct the third phase of 2D seismic data acquisition in the Pelotas Basin. Scheduled to start in June 2020 and end in December of the same year, the campaign will be carried out with the BGP Pioneer from Chinese BGP. The survey will comprise... Continue Reading →
Over 2,000 km of risers to be contracted by Petrobras
Sept 5, 2019 Petrobras will require about 3,500 km of risers by 2023. Of this total, more than half (2,147,000 km) are still to be contracted, while 707 km have already been contracted, of which 357 km have been delivered and 283 km have contracts in progress. The figures were presented by Petrobras' General Manager... Continue Reading →
Prosafe-Floatel merger raises competition concerns in UK
The proposed merger between offshore accommodation firms Prosafe and Floatel has suffered a setback in the UK, as the UK competition authority has found the merger would raise competition concerns in the supply of offshore accommodation. As previously reported, the proposed merger, if realized, would create the world’s largest offshore accommodation company, with Prosafe currently... Continue Reading →
New pre-salt campaigns/Petrobras
September 4, 2019 Petrobras plans to drill ten wells in five production sharing areas in about two years Petrobras will start new exploratory campaigns in the Campos and Santos Basins pre-salt in the first quarter of 2020. Work on five production sharing areas will include drilling ten wells by the second quarter of 2022. Two... Continue Reading →