Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has received Official Letter No. 386/2023/GM-MME, through which the Ministry of Mines and Energy ("MME") requests that Petrobras, within its rules of governance and in compliance with strict legality, reiterate the request for licensing of the activity with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources ("IBAMA"),... Continue Reading →
Perenco completes hookup of FSO at Pargo cluster offshore Brazil
(OM) Hookup operations have finished on the converted Pargo floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) on the Pargo cluster in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Operator Perenco Brazil now plans to submit final documents to the country’s regulatory authorities to obtain an operations license for the FSO. The program included connection of nine mooring lines and the... Continue Reading →
Karoon Brazilian FPSO restarts following extended maintenance
(OET) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has restarted production from assets connected to a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Brazil, following maintenance work. Karoon shut-in Baúna production, including from the Patola field, on 28 March due to a loss of containment incident associated with the high-pressure flare on the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí. After the FPSO operator,... Continue Reading →
Shell to Use New AI Technology in Deepwater Oil Exploration
(Reuters) Shell Plc will use AI-based technology from big-data analytics firm SparkCognition in its deep sea exploration and production to boost offshore oil output, the companies said on Wednesday. SparkCognition's AI algorithms will process and analyze large amounts of seismic data in the hunt for new oil reservoirs by Shell, the largest oil producer in the... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Confirms Suriname Offshore Oil Deal
French oil major TotalEnergies said Monday it had, with its partners, signed Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) on Blocks 6 & 8 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), the State-owned oil company of Suriname. Blocks 6 and 8 were awarded to TotalEnergies in the Suriname Shallow Offshore Bid Round 2020/2021. TotalEnergies will operate the two blocks with... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil orders TechnipFMC subsea production system for Guyana project
TechnipFMC has secured a “large” contract by ExxonMobil to deliver a subsea production system for a recently sanctioned oil development project in Stabroek block offshore Guyana. Under the contract awarded by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver the overall subsea production system for the Uaru project. The... Continue Reading →
Suriname’s Staatsolie signs deals to share offshore blocks with TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy
Qatar’s state-owned energy giant QatarEnergy has entered into two production sharing contracts (PSCs) for two blocks offshore Suriname, following successful bids for these blocks. Back in June 2021, Chevron and a consortium between TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy submitted winning bids for blocks offered in the Suriname Shallow Offshore (SHO) Bid Round 2020/2021, which closed for bidding on 30 April.... Continue Reading →
PRIO update on the Frade Revitalization
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PRIO") (B3: PRIO3) informs that, following the second phase of the revitalization of the Frade field, it has found evidence of oil in the Maracanã prospect (3-PRIO-1-RJS well), which is located 6km southwest of Valente FPSO. The primary target (Eocene sandstone), presented a column of 36 meters of oil, with... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s first development off Guyana found to be in breach of oil spill insurance obligations
A Guyanese court recently ruled that ExxonMobil failed to provide adequate insurance for the costs of recovering from a potentially catastrophic oil spill from its first oil development project located off the coast of Guyana. According to High Court Justice, Sandil Kissoon, ExxonMobil “engaged in a disingenuous attempt” to dodge the full responsibility under its environmental permit for the Liza Phase I... Continue Reading →
Petrobras presalt production continues steady rise
(OM) Petrobras’ average production in first-quarter 2023 rose to 2.68 MMboe/d. Main factors were the ramp-up of the P-71 FPSO at the Itapu Field in the presalt Santos Basin; startup of eight new wells in the Campos Basin (including three at Roncador and four at Barracuda, Caratinga, and the Jubarte Cluster); and improved platform production efficiencies. Presalt... Continue Reading →