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 →
Temer: New pre-salt rules will re-energise sector and create jobs
Law signed by the President this Tuesday (29 November) gives Petrobras the right, but not the obligation, to participate in exploration blocks Published: Nov 29, 2016 09:03 PM President sanctions new pre-salt regulations during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace The new regulatory framework for the pre-salt layer will re-energize and give new impetus... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore Prepares Bid for Two Petrobras Projects
Posted by Michelle Howard November 28, 2016 * Floating oil production, storage and offloading (FPSO) firm BW Offshore is bidding on contracts for the Libra 1 and Sepia oilfields offshore Brazil * CEO Carl Arnet says expects to deliver tenders to Petrobras on Libra I in December and on Sepia in January * CEO Arnet... Continue Reading →
Closing of BM-S-8 Exploration Block Sale Operation
Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 2016 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that the sale operation of the company’s stake in the exploration block BM-S-8 to Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás LTDA, announced on July 29, 2016, was closed today. The deal was settled upon payment, made today by Statoil, of USD 1.25 billion,... Continue Reading →
Clarification on News: Petrobras to negotiate pre-salt areas with French group Total
Rio de Janeiro, November 21, 2016 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras responds to Official Letter No. 543/2016 / CVM / SEP / GEA-1 requesting clarification, as follows: Official Letter No. 543/2016/CVM/SEP/GEA-1 “Dear Officer, 1. We refer to the news published on 11.19.2016, in the Market section of Folha de São Paulo newspaper, under the... Continue Reading →
NAVSHIP LAUNCHES PSV ORDERED BY BRAM OFFSHORE
November 21, 2016 The Navship shipyard , from Navegantes (SC), has launched another PSV for Bram Offshore. The Mr. Aldo PSV, was commissioned in January 2015 and came to receive priority from the Merchant Marine Fund in the allocation of resources. The vessel will be chartered to Petrobrás in an eight-year contract under the... Continue Reading →
Farstad Shipping has been awarded a contract extension and several new contracts for its platform supply vessels in Brazil
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Farstad Shipping has been awarded a contract extension and several new contracts for its platform supply vessels in Brazil and Egypt. The vessel owner reported on Monday that the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has extended the contract for the 2003-built MPSV Far Swift with another year in direct continuation with present... Continue Reading →
Petrobras negotiates pre-salt areas with French group Total
Petrobras is negotiating the sale of a stake in the most coveted areas of the pre-salt - close to the mega fields Lula and Sapinhoá - to the French group Total. The transaction is part of a strategic partnership agreement announced by the two companies in October and should also include two thermal plants... Continue Reading →
