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July 8, 2019 Petrobras will launch notices for the charter of Mero 3, Itapu and Sergipe-Alagoas FPSOs by the end of the year, leaving the Mero 4 process to begin in 2020. The bidding schedule for the new units was confirmed to BE Petroleo by a source of the oil company. The first will be... Continue Reading →
July 6, 2019 Chevron has begun licensing an exploratory well for the S-M-764 block area in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The company indicated to IBAMA that, depending on the result of the first well, it can drill a second well in the area, bought in the 15th round of the ANP, held in the past.... Continue Reading →
July 5, 2019 Petrobras has launched a tender to contract high-resolution geophysical data acquisition and processing services in the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo basins. The scope is divided into two programs. One of them involves the monitoring of the Mexilhão and Rota 3 pipelines, in the Santos Basin; Camarupim, in Espírito Santo; and Route... Continue Reading →
July 5, 2019 ExxonMobil is claiming that the signing bonus for the surplus auction of the Transfer of Rights areas will be paid twice, a first installment with the signature of the production sharing contract, which is scheduled for March next year, and another in the signature of the co-participation contracts, scheduled for 2021. The... Continue Reading →
June 5, 2019 Petrobras signs until the end of this month the charter agreement for the Laguna Star drillship, which will operate exclusively for the BM-S-11 project in the Santos Basin cluster. The directors of Shell and Petrogal - partners of the Brazilian oil company in the BM-S-11 consortium - have approved the contracting of... Continue Reading →
July 5, 2019 Petrobras will anticipate the declaration of commerciality of Moita Bonita, in deep waters of Sergipe, where it made giant discoveries of natural gas. The ANP board approved the inclusion of a new well in Moita Bonita's discovery assessment plan (PAD) and the change of deadline for December 1 of this year. The... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, July 5, 2019 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), related to the sale of its entire working interest in Peroá and Cangoá production fields and in the concession BM-ES-21 (Malombe discovery appraisal plan), located in the Espírito Santo Basin, including the shared... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has started drilling operations offshore Guyana with the spudding of the first exploration well on its Jethro-Lobe prospect on the Orinduik Block. Tullow is the operator of the Orinduik Block with a 60% Working Interest and its partners are Total and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas with 25% and... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Grupo R has started drilling the Xikín – 32 marine well, becoming the first company to start the offshore drilling works of the program promoted by the new administration of Pemex Exploration and Production (PEP). The Xikín field is the first of the 16 marine fields that PEP is scheduled to develop to increase... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation rigs operator Prosafe has taken delivery of its newbuild unit Safe Eurus from a shipyard in China. Built by China’s COSCO, the Safe Eurus is an advanced and flexible accommodation rig for worldwide operations, excluding Norway. Prosafe said on Thursday that the Safe Eurus will shortly begin mobilization to Brazil to start its... Continue Reading →
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