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March 11 (OE) Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been contracted to provide marine warranty survey services for marine operations and installation activities on ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead development offshore Guyana. The Hammerhead project is expected to be the seventh development in the Stabroek Block, located around 200 km offshore Guyana in water depths ranging from 850... Continue Reading →
March 11 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO) informs to its shareholders and the market in general that it has published a new reserve certification report, prepared by DeGolyer & MacNaughton (“D&M”), dated January 1, 2026, which includes the reserves of the Polvo and TBMT (Bravo) cluster, Frade and Wahoo (Valente) cluster, the Albacora Leste field and the Peregrino field. Summary of reserves:... Continue Reading →
March 10, 2026 – Exail is supplying over 70 acoustic transponders and integrated navigation suites for two major deepwater energy projects in Brazil and Angola. These contracts mark a significant milestone in the global adoption of Exail’s Long Baseline (LBL) subsea positioning technology, supporting subsea construction, offshore infrastructure installation, and survey operations in complex environments... Continue Reading →
March 11 (OE) The first gas injection on Petrobras’ P-78 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has been achieved just 61 days after the vessel reached first oil on December 31, 2025. The milestone, achieved on March 2, 2026, marks the transition of the vessel toward full operational readiness and expands production capability at... Continue Reading →
March 11 (OE) TotalEnergies and its partners Repsol and Shell have started production from the Lapa South-West project in Brazil’s Santos Basin. Located approximately 300 km offshore, the project consists of three wells tied back to the existing Lapa floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit and is expected to increase production from the Lapa... Continue Reading →
March 30 - Equinor has reached a significant milestone in the construction of the Raia FPSO (BM-C-33 project) with the completion of the lifting of modules at the Seatrium Angra dos Reis shipyard (formerly BrasFELS). In November 2025, the modules manufactured in Brazil were completed and shipped to Singapore, where they will be integrated into... Continue Reading →
March 8 (PN) Petrobras is evaluating increasing the production capacity of three platforms to be installed in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The P-80, P-82, and P-83 units were designed to produce up to 225,000 barrels of oil per day each, but the company is studying raising this limit... Continue Reading →
March 8 (PN) Petrobras plans to accelerate the ramp-up of production from the newest platforms in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. According to the company's Director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Renata Baruzzi, the idea is to anticipate the increase in production from both the P-78 (already in production)... Continue Reading →
March 6 - Petrobras accelerated the pace of its investments last year. In total, the company spent US$20.3 billion in 2025, a 22.2% increase compared to the previous year. Furthermore, this is the company's highest investment level since 2019. The value was also 9.7% above the forecast in the company's 2025-2029 business plan, remaining within... Continue Reading →
March 6 (OE) Viridien has kicked off the Charrua 3D multi-client seismic survey offshore Uruguay, marking a new phase of exploration activity in the country’s offshore basins. Data acquisition will be carried out by the vessel BGP Prospector, with the company applying seismic imaging technologies including time-lag full-waveform inversion (TLFWI) to produce high-resolution subsurface images.... Continue Reading →
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