A Brazilian federal court has rejected an appeal by Petroleo Brasileiro SA to allow the state-controlled oil company to proceed with the sale of two oilfields to Karoon Gas Australia. The court's decision to uphold a Nov. 19 injunction on the sale of the Baúna and Tartaruga Verde fields was made public on Monday and... Continue Reading →
Production start-up in the Lapa field, in the pre-salt layer of Santos Basin
Rio de Janeiro, December 20, 2016 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras and its partners in the BM-S-9 consortium started the oil and natural gas production yesterday in the Lapa field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt layer, through the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba. This is the third unit to enter operation in the pre-salt this... Continue Reading →
Havyard to design two more AHTS vessels for Grupo CBO
Havyard Design & Solutions, a ship technology company, has signed a contract for the delivery of ship design and equipment for two more AHTS vessels with the Brazilian shipping company Grupo CBO. Havyard said on Monday that the supply agreement for the delivery of ship design and equipment for two additional vessels is valued at... Continue Reading →
ROTA 2 REACHES MARK OF 2 BILLION CUBIC METERS OF GAS EXPORTED FROM THE PRE-SALT IN NINE MONTHS
Dec 15, 2016 In addition to celebrating the mark of 1 billion barrels of oil produced in the pre-salt, Petrobras achieved another important achievement in the region: the Rota 2 gas pipeline reached the volume of 2 billion cubic meters of gas exported. The mark was obtained on November 15, nine months after the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras -Oil and natural gas production in November
Rio de Janeiro, December 15, 2016 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its total oil and natural gas production in November was 2.86 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), of which 2.74 million were produced in Brazil and 0.12 million boed abroad. Average oil production in the country was 2.23... Continue Reading →
Pre Salt – World record with 1 billion barrels in 6 years
12/15/2016 | 09h03 TN Petroleo Petrobras and partners celebrated, on Wednesday (14/12), a historical mark: the total of 1 billion barrels of oil produced in the pre-salt. This accumulated production occurs only six years after the entry of the first production system in the Santos Basin, in the Lula field, and ten years after... Continue Reading →
Total assumes 50% share of Petrobras in Xerelete Sul block
Total assumes 50% share of Petrobras in Xerelete Sul block The French oil company Total took over Petrobras' 50% stake in the Xerelete Sul block in the Campos Basin, still under development, and now holds 100% of the concession. The transfer has already been approved by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade). The operation... Continue Reading →
ANP ALTERS CALENDAR OF THE AUCTION OF MARGINAL BLOCKS
Dec 13, 2016 The National Oil Agency changed the schedule of the 4th Round of Bids for Marginal Areas. The publication of the edict and the model of the concession contract will be released on January 19. The auction will offer to the market ten areas for exploration and production of oil and gas:... Continue Reading →
ABB PROVIDES ELECTRIC MODULE FOR MODEC FPSO DESTINED TO TARTARUGA VERDE AND MESTIÇA FIELDS
Dec. 13, 2016 Swiss company ABB has completed the installation of the electric module, the so-called E-house, in the FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes (MV29), which is being built by Japan's Modec. The unit will be used in the fields of Tartaruga Verde and Mestiça fields in the Campos Basin, where it can... Continue Reading →
The next ANP bidding round…
Unitization Petrobras and Statoil will act as one in the next round of bids which ANP foresees to be scheduled for the first semester of 2017. The duo promise to be aggressive on the auction of two assets: the block adjacent to Carcara , already operated by the Norwegians, and the adjacent area to Sapinhoa... Continue Reading →
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