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Wood has entered an agreement with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras to deliver concept studies with designs and recommendations aimed at optimising performance and reducing emissions to support a future Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vision for the next decade. The first study will explore design concepts of FPSO units with lower human exposure to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana on Tuesday received bids from major energy companies seeking a 12-month marketing contract to trade the government's share of crude produced in the country, the country's National Procurement and Tender Administration Boardsaid. A total of 27 offers were received, the board said, including bids by Shell, TotalEnergies, Chevron, ADNOC, Gunvor, Vitol, PetroChina, CNOOC... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) has granted the operating license for FPSO Maria Quitéria, which is already installed in the Jubarte field, in the Espírito Santo portion of the Campos Basin. The platform was only supposed to start operating in 2025, but Petrobras brought forward the first oil from the unit, which... Continue Reading →
(TN) ANP released the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production for August 2024, which brings consolidated data on national production. Total Brazil production (oil + natural gas) was 4.345 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). With regard to oil, 3.340 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, an increase of 3.4%... Continue Reading →
The 440km repeaterless trunk-and-branch system will link 12 oil and gas production platforms with two cable landing stations in Brazil’s Anchieta, Espirito Santo and Barra do Furado, Rio de Janeiro. Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fiber optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, has been contracted by Blue Marine, leader of the Blue Marine Consortium,... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Over 50 people from TechnipFMC’s Brazil team completed the load out of six manifolds for ExxonMobil’s fourth Stabroek Block development – Yellowtail. According to TechnipFMC, it was the team’s largest ever, resulting from “teamwork, collaboration, and safety.” The Yellowtail Development includes six drill centers and up to 67 wells, with 26 for production and 25 for... Continue Reading →
A leader in offshore drilling in Brazil, Foresea concluded a series of five lectures at ROG.e, one of the largest global energy events held this week in Rio de Janeiro. Among the cases and innovations presented was a project that effectively contributes to the sustainable development of the oil and gas sector. Titled “Digital Sustainability,”... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) France’s tubular solutions provider Vallourec has signed what is described to be a “significant” contract with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras for the supply of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and accessories for the development of Sepia 2 and Atapu 2 projects in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. According to Vallolurec, the deal includes the delivery... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is set to reopen a closed oil well in its large offshore Roncador field in a bid to quickly obtain natural gas, the company's chief said on Thursday. The well, located off the Brazilian coast northeast of Rio de Janeiro, could start producing as early as next year and would... Continue Reading →
September 27, 2024 - PRIO S.A. hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has signed today a Sale and Purchase Agreement with SPEP Energy Hong Kong Limited and Sinochem International Oil (Hong Kong) Company Limited (“Sinochem”) for the acquisition of Sinochem Petroleum Netherlands Coöperatief U.A., which indirectly holds a 40% interest in... Continue Reading →
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