Norwegian shipping company Solstad Farstad has won work for two of its vessels with Norway’s Aker BP and Brazil’s Petrobras. According to its Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Wednesday, Solstad Farstad has entered into a contract for the platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Solitaire with Aker BP. The contract is for a period of three months firm... Continue Reading →
Mexico Says Deepwater Oil Tender Doomed By Brazil Competition
Mexican national oil company Pemex on Dec. 8 blamed the cancellation of a potentially lucrative deepwater Gulf of Mexico project on weak investor appetite due to competition from recent auctions in Brazil and low oil prices. The country’s oil regulator on Dec. 7 canceled a tender for its Nobilis-Maximino project, a joint venture with Pemex,... Continue Reading →
Keppel wins work on Petrobras FPSO and Eni FLNG
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has secured projects from repeat customers Petrobras and SOFEC worth a combined value of approximately S$130 million ($96.2M). The projects were secured through Keppel O&M’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel FELS Brasil S.A. and Keppel Shipyard Ltd, the company said on Monday. Read more
Total is the first private pre-salt production operator
December 7, 2017 The ANP board approved the transfer of 35% of Petrobras' stake and the operation of the Lapa field, in the pre-salt Santos Basin, to Total. The agency's board decided to segregate the Lapa development area into a new concession agreement. The acquisition of 35% of the field of Lapa is part of... Continue Reading →
Worker dies aboard Petrobras 10000 drillship in Gulf of Mexico
A worker died in an incident aboard the Petrobras 10000 drillship in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico last week. Brazilian oil company Petrobras said the crewmember passed away early Saturday, December 2, 2017, “as a result of an incident. Read more
SUBSEA 7 BECOMES AIRBORNE OIL & GAS SHAREHOLDER
Subsea 7 became a shareholder in Airborne Oil & Gas (AOG), which manufactures Thermoplastic Composite Tube (TCP) for oil and gas applications. And Brazil was a key player in completing the deal, according to Airborne CEO Marnix Boorsma. "The significant presence of Subsea 7 in Brazil, a key region for AOG's activities, supports our... Continue Reading →
Argentina: ION adds 30,000km of multi-client seismic data
ION Geophysical will put on offer over 40,000 kilometers of 2D multi-client data offshore Argentina in advance of the 2018 licensing round. The seismic data company said on Monday it had delivered a regional framework consisting of approximately 30,000 kilometers of data over the Austral and Malvinas basins, considered a relatively under-explored petroleum region. Read... Continue Reading →
Ibama denies license to BP in the Foz do Amazonas Basin
Ibama has denied licensing and has ordered BP to complete environmental studies for a well drilling campaign in the FZA-M-59 exploratory well area, which was won in the 11th round bids in 2013. This is the second time in 2017 that the environmental body asks for complementation for the studies of the British company in... Continue Reading →
Libra to have its first oil shipment in early January, says Petrobras
Petrobras predicts that the first shipment of oil produced in the Libra area in the Santos Basin pre-salt will take place in early January, said the company's chief operating officer, Fernando Borges. Libra, which started operations last week, is currently producing about 17,500 barrels of oil per day and is expected to reach an... Continue Reading →
Petrobras makes first big service tender after Lava – Jato
Petrobras will reform 75% of its platforms in the Campos Basin, an investment of R $ 3 billion in the first big service tender since 2014 when Lava - Jato started. The estimate is that the investment will create 3,000 jobs mainly in the Macae region according to Abespetro's projections, the association of companies providing... Continue Reading →
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