November 23, 2017 SetecoNews After the two pre-salt auctions, whose balance was considered positive by the government, both in terms of current and future revenues - R $ 6.15 billion in signing bonus and expectation of investments of R $ 600 billion over the 30 years of production in the areas - as well... Continue Reading →
OCEANEERING PLANS TO BRING NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BRAZILIAN OIL AND GAS MARKET
November 23, 2017 Despite the crisis in the market, Oceaneering is betting on the resumption of the Brazilian oil and gas sector in the coming years, and today is concentrating efforts in the tools, autonomous inspection and survey sectors. "Oceaneering is an engineering and solutions company. We are attentive to what is happening in the... Continue Reading →
Singapore reclaiming the throne in offshore shipbuilding
Singaporean shipyards have held an influential position in the offshore shipbuilding world for years. Now they’re upping their game even more. Aside from a few major project awards like the Johan Castberg FPSO for Statoil (which I’ll go into more detail on below), things don’t seem to have changed much in the offshore shipbuilding industry. ... Continue Reading →
Heerema cuts first steel for Statoil’s Peregrino II jacket
Dutch contractor Heerema Fabrication Group has cut first steel for the Peregrino II jacket, marking the beginning of the construction phase for the Statoil-operated project located off Brazil. The steel-cutting ceremony was held at Heerema’s Vlissingen yard, according to the Dutch company’s Monday update released through its social media channels. The Peregrino jacket will be approximately 135... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Statoil extends drilling management deal with Archer
Oilfield services company Archer has received a three-year extension from Statoil for the provision of platform drilling management services on the Peregrino A and B platforms located offshore Brazil. Archer said on Friday that the contract was awarded by Norwegian company’s Brazilian entity, Statoil Brasil Oleo e Gas Ltda., and would begin on December 1,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will bid three new platforms for 2018
Petrobras will launch bids for three new oil rig platforms in 2018. Petrobras president Pedro Parente reported that he has already begun the bidding process to contract a platform (FPSO) for the Búzios field in the pre -salt. In addition, two more bids will be made: one for the revitalization of the Marlim field... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Oil and natural gas production in October
Rio de Janeiro, November 14, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that its total oil and natural gas production in October was 2.77 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with 2.67 million boed produced in Brazil and 104 thousand boed produced abroad. The average oil production in the country was 2.16... Continue Reading →
Spectrum builds on Argentinian program with new seismic survey
Seismic data specialist Spectrum has begun its multi-client 2D seismic survey covering the Austral and Malvinas basins offshore southern Argentina. Spectrum said on Tuesday that the expected survey size was around 14,500 km but may vary based on input from participating clients. Read more
Shell to begin drilling in Brazil’s Gato do Mato block in 2019
Royal Dutch Shell’s Brazil chief said on Monday that the oil major plans to begin drilling in the Gato do Mato block it won in an auction last month in 2019. Too soon to forecast when first oil might be produced
Brazil – 15th round will tender sector withdrawn from auction of 2007
November 10, 2017: Felipe Maciel The 15 th round of the ANP, approved by the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) and to be held on March 29, 2018, will tender the SC-AP-5 sector in deep waters of the Campos Basin, which was withdrawn from the 9th round of bids from the agency after the announcement... Continue Reading →
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