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August 13, 2019 Shell found evidence of hydrocarbons in the southern area of Gato do Mato, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The discovery came from the 3-SHEL-30-RJS well, whose drilling began a little over a month ago with the Constellation Brava Star rig in a water depth of 2,067 m. The southern block of Gato... Continue Reading →
August 12, 2019 Petrobras has begun environmental licensing to carry out a proprietary 4D seismic data acquisition mega-campaign with Nodes and to implement a permanent monitoring system in Santos Basin pre-salt areas. The campaign will involve 11 pre-salt areas with a minimum coast distance of 146km and a depth of operation between 1,300 and 2,500m:... Continue Reading →
Aug 12, 2019 Líder Aviação and Petrobras signed the helicopter charter contracts for logistic support in the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo basins. The aircraft will be used for air transport to offshore platforms, with scheduled start-up between this and next year. The company will supply eight large and medium-sized aircraft, five of them S92A... Continue Reading →
Aug 12, 2019 The ANP extended the exploration phase of Brasoil's FZA-M-254_R11 concession for two years, with the first exploratory period being effective until 08/02/2021, and the second exploratory period, if any, effective until 02/02/2014. 08/2024. Petrobras bids hiring up to six ROVs Petrobras has opened a bid for hiring up to six ROVs, with... Continue Reading →
Tullow Oil has made an oil discovery at its Jethro-1 exploration well, drilled on the Orinduik license offshore Guyana. The Jethro-1 was spud in early July, using the Stena Forth drillship. It was drilled to a Total Depth of 4,400m meters in approximately 1,350 meters of water. Tullow said on Monday that evaluation of logging... Continue Reading →
August 9, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) to sell its total operated working interest in 11 producing shallow waters fields located in the Campos Basin, jointly called Garoupa Cluster, including the production facilities and pipelines to Barra do Furado. The Garoupa Cluster comprises the... Continue Reading →
Aug 8, 2019 UK's marine engineering services provider James Fisher and Sons has acquired 60% of the share capital of Continental Participação E Administração, the holding company of Brazilian subsea specialist Serviços Marítimos Continental. Continental, an established air diving service provider to the offshore oil sector in Brazil, provided inspection, repair and maintenance services to... Continue Reading →
Aug 8, 2019 Petrobras received from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) the Installation License (LI) No. 1260/2019 (5508069) - 1st Renovation, referring to the Farfan Long Term Test - Well 3-SES project -176D, BM-SEAL Concession 11 - Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, through the FPSO Cidade de São Vicente, in the Sergipe /... Continue Reading →
Aug 8, 2019 The sale of Petrobras assets is confirming to be an opportunity to pulverize the number of oil and gas producers in the country. Today, less than 7% of national production is in the hands of private companies, but the scenario is expected to change soon. Only with divestments confirmed between January and... Continue Reading →
Dutch FPSO provider SBM Offshore has revealed that a Chinese yard has started building its third Fast4Ward FPSO hull. Fast4Ward is SBM Offshore’s program aimed to standardize the FPSO construction and delivery process, thus reducing cost and speeding up the time to the market by up to 12 months. Continue reading
