(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp and partners plan to spend $12.93 billion to develop their sixth offshore oil project in Guyana, according to a filing published on Monday by the South American country. The floating production platform for the so-called Whiptail project would start operations in 2027 and bring the Exxon-led consortium's oil output in Guyana... Continue Reading →
MODEC’s FPSO Anita Garibaldi MV33 Achieves First Oil in Brazil
(OE) Japan's MODEC said its FPSO Anita Garibaldi MV33 has achieved first oil production for Petrobras at the Marlim field in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The FPSO is leased on a 25-year time charter contract to the state-owned Brazilian energy company—one of MODEC's longest charters to date. The FPSO is the 16th FPSO/FSO vessel that MODEC has... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s PPSA sold Atapu field oil cargo to Equinor
(PN) PPSA carried out, this week, the direct sale to Equinor of the Union's second oil load from the Atapu field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The Norwegian oil company purchased 500,000 barrels of oil, with a price offer based on the reference value established for Atapu oil by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). In... Continue Reading →
Tender launched for natural gas field offshore Ecuador
(OET) Ecuador’s state-owned oil player EP Petroecuador is inviting investors to participate in a tender process for an offshore natural gas field located in the Gulf of Guayaquil. This is being undertaken to ramp up the production of natural gas from the field in a bid to meet the growing energy demand. With the rising... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes and Marine Power Systems shake hands to electrify oil & gas
Baker Hughes and Marine Power Systems (MPS) have set up a partnership to work together on delivering integrated solutions for the electrification of oil & gas facilities and their supporting subsea systems. According to the partners, meeting global net-zero targets requires a dual strategy where efficiency improvements are implemented today while also investing in new... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on FPSO Anita Garibaldi
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it put into production, this Wednesday, 08/16/2023, the Anita Garibaldi platform ship in the Campos Basin. Of the FPSO type (floating system that produces, stores and transfers oil), the unit will operate simultaneously in the post-salt and pre-salt of the Marlim and Voador fields. With a capacity to... Continue Reading →
IBAMA issues operating license for Petrobras Anita Garibaldi FPSO
(PN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (IBAMA) granted Petrobras the license to operate the Anita Garibaldi FPSO, which should begin its activities in the coming weeks. The unit has the capacity to produce up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and process up to 7 million m³ of gas per day. FPSO... Continue Reading →
PAC 2023: Petrobras will have 47 projects with investments of up to BRL 323 billion
(PN) Petrobras will have 47 projects included in the new Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), launched this Friday, in Rio de Janeiro, by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The company's investments in PAC 2023 amount to R$ 323 billion. The president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, highlighted, among them, pre-salt production systems, revitalization of conventional... Continue Reading →
Namibia Grants Global Petroleum, Partners 2-Year Renewal Period for Offshore Block
(OE) Oil and gas company Global Petroleum said Monday that the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy had given approval for the company and its partners to proceed to the First Renewal Period ("FRP") of Walvis Basin license PEL 94, with a duration of two years from September 2023 to September 2025. The work commitment... Continue Reading →
Frontera says it will evaluate Guyana oil discovery before proceeding
(Reuters) - Frontera Energy (FEC.TO) and its unit CGX Energy (OYL.V) expect to complete an analysis in the next two to three months of the Wei-1 oil well in Guyana before deciding whether to upgrade an exploration license to its development phase, Frontera said on Friday. The Frontera-CGX group could become the next oil consortium to advance an oil... Continue Reading →