(Reuters) Guyana’s parliament on Thursday passed long-awaited oil legislation that grants the natural resources minister extensive power over its multi-billion-dollar oil industry. The new rules will be applied to future projects in the South American country, including from an oil blocks auction scheduled for the fourth quarter. A group led by Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N... Continue Reading →
Solstad Offshore Wins $100M Vessel Contracts with PRIO and Equinor in Brazil
Solstad Offshore has been awarded two contracts worth $100 million in total from Brazilian clients. The Norwegian offshore vessel owner said that its construction support vessel, Normand Pioneer, won an extension of its charter contract with the Brazilian oil company PRIO for a period of 18 months to August 2025. The vessel will support PRIO's... Continue Reading →
Petrobras tests unique offshore wind technology to power oil and gas platforms
(PN) Petrobras conducted performance tests of an innovative model of offshore wind technology, a pioneer in Brazil, in collaboration with the Polytechnic School of USP. The tests aimed to evaluate the functioning of a small-scale floating wind system, composed of a wind turbine mounted on a four-column semi-submersible structure. This configuration was positioned in the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces installation of the first fully electric FPSO platform in the Campos Basin – Espirito Santo
(C) The first platform with fully electrified (all-electric) combined cycle systems in the country will be installed off the coast of Espírito Santo in 2025, announced Petrobras, the project will allow greater operational efficiency, in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The confirmation of the platform, called FPSO Maria Quitéria, which will be located in... Continue Reading →
50,000 bpd Refinery Planned to Tap Guyana’s Offshore Oil Wealth
(Reuters) Guyana and the Dominican Republic on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on recruiting companies to build a 50,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Guyana that would tap the country's oil wealth. Any project would be at least 51% owned by the Dominican Republic government, according to the terms of the preliminary agreement, which was... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum 2Q23 Results
3R Petroleum Óleo e Gas S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3) hereby reports its results for the second quarter of 2023 (“2Q23”). Except as indicated otherwise, the financial and operational information set out below is presented on a consolidated basis and expressed in Brazilian Reais (R$), in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil (CPC)... Continue Reading →
Enauta completes another well in its drilling campaign off Brazil and moves to last one
(OET) Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has concluded the drilling and completion of another well in its drilling programme at a field offshore Brazil. In addition, the firm has started drilling activities at the last well in this drilling campaign. Back in November 2022, Enauta started drilling its first well, 7-ATL-5H-RJS, in this drilling campaign at the Atlanta... Continue Reading →
APA’s Appraisal Well Confirms Extension of Oil Resources Offshore Suriname
(Reuters) APA Corp. said on Wednesday its most recent appraisal well in Block 58 off Suriname's coast confirmed the extension of oil resources 14 kilometers from the discovery well. APA's exploration in Suriname has been closely watched as it could become Suriname's first commercial deepwater project. Massive discoveries and fast-growing oil production in neighboring Guyana... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Financial Performance in 2Q23
Main achievements: • Robust recurring EBITDA of US$ 11.7 billion, a 19% decrease compared to 1Q23, mainly influenced by international diesel crack spreads, which declined more than 40% QoQ• Gross debt under control at US$ 58 billion, even after the increase in leases due to the startup of chartered FPSOs Anna Nery and Almirante Barroso•... Continue Reading →
PRIO hits record production and predicts first oil in the Wahoo field by the first half of 2024
(PN) Independent operator PRIO ended the second quarter of the year with a record average production of 91,000 barrels of oil per day. One of the highlights in the period was the Frade Revitalization Plan, which consolidated the field's daily production at almost 60,000 barrels per day with the completion of another producing well, ODP5... Continue Reading →