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Brazil – 15th round will tender sector withdrawn from auction of 2007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(CNPE) and to be held on March 29, 2018, will tender the SC-AP-5 sector in deep waters of the Campos Basin, which was withdrawn from the 9th round of bids from the agency after the announcement...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 →
15th Bidding round will take place on March 29, 2018; and the 4th round of bids of the pre-salt, on June 7, 2018
Thursday, 09 November 2017 17:12 The National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved on Thursday, in an extraordinary meeting, the holding of the 15th Round of Bids for Exploratory Blocks, under the concession regime, on March 29, 2018, and the 4th Round of Bids, under the production sharing regime, on June 7, 2018. In the 15th... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Statoil hires two platform suppliers for Carcara work
Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás Ltda., Statoil’s Brazilian subsidiary, has awarded contracts to a pair of Solstad Farstad’s platform supply vessels for operations off Brazil. Statoil said on Wednesday that it awarded Solstad Farstad with deals for the 2012-built Far Scotsman and the eight-year-old Far Serenade. The six-month firm deals for the two vessels will... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras says court lifted injunction blocking stake sales to Total
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 / 9:45 AM / Reuters Staff SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) said a federal court lifted an injunction related to the sale of its stakes in projects on the Iara and Lapa oil exploration areas, according to a statement on Tuesday. The injunction was blocking... Continue Reading →
Sale of 100% equity interest in Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V.: Opportunity Disclosure – Teaser
Rio de Janeiro, November 7, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has initiated the opportunity disclosure stage (“Teaser”) related to the sale of 100% equity interest in Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V. (“POGBV”), a joint venture formed by Petrobras (50%), BTG Pactual E&P B.V. (40%) and Helios Investment Partners (10%). Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Reuters: Petrobras asks Odebrecht to stop drillship operation after fatal accident
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has reportedly asked offshore drilling contractor Odebrecht to stop operations of the Norbe VIII drillship, on which three workers died in June after an explosion. According to a Reuters report on Tuesday, Petrobras carried out an investigation into the causes of the accident that happened on the Marlim field in June.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Revision of the Transfer of Rights Agreement – Surplus Volumes
Rio de Janeiro, November 6, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras clarifies, regarding the volumes in surplus to the contracted volumes in areas under the Transfer of Rights Agreement, that: 1. The Transfer of Rights Agreement, through which Petrobras acquired the right to produce up to 5 billion barrels in pre-salt areas, was signed... Continue Reading →
Two firms team up to help turn aging rigs into reefs
Oil and gas engineering and consulting company Xodus has teamed up with stabilisation and artificial reef specialist Subcon International to help operators who decide to turn their retiring offshore assets to reefs. The partnership has come up with what it calls the Integrated Rigs to ReefsTM (IR2RTM). Read more
