(OM In a jam-packed, standing-room-only session at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Petrobras President and CEO Jean Paul Prates emphasized that synergy is the lifeblood of the industry and that collaboration with suppliers and investors will leverage the sector and pave the way for an energy transition without leaving behind workers, service providers, contractors or... Continue Reading →
Big Oil Finds More to Love in Deepwater Exploration Fields
(Reuters) As Big Oil returns this week to the industry's annual showcase for offshore energy projects and equipment in Houston, deepwater discoveries off Guyana, Namibia and the U.S. Gulf Coast will take the spotlight. Offshore exploration had dimmed after the U.S. shale boom ushered in new and cheaper-to-tap supplies of oil, and as past offshore... Continue Reading →
BW Group to Separate BW Energy as Stand-Alone Oil and Gas Business
(OE) Global maritime company BW Group has unveiled plans to separate BW Energy as an oil and gas exploration business from its maritime businesses, as part of corporate restructuring process. BW Group currently owns 191,903,110 shares in BW Energy, corresponding to 74.38% of the issued and outstanding shares and voting rights in BW Energy. As... Continue Reading →
MODEC Completes GHG Emissions Quantification Project for FPSOs in Brazil
(OE) MODEC and JGC Corporation have completed a project to measure and quantify emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases from the FPSOs off the coast of Brazil which are chartered and operated by MODEC. It is the first time that Japanese companies have gained precise insights into the amount of major GHG emissions (methane,... Continue Reading →
Tupi reaches 2.6 billion barrels of accumulated production
In the pre-salt Santos Basin, the Tupi field reaches 15 years of operation this Wednesday (5/1), with 2.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of accumulated production and seven units in operation. The first pre-salt field to come on stream in May 2009, Tupi is today the country's largest producing field, with an average volume... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum Mandatory Assignment of Undivided Participating Interest in the PAPA TERRA Field
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. ("3R" or "Company") (B3: RRRP3), pursuant to article 157, paragraph 4, of Law No. 6,404 and CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that, due to the default of the financial obligations of Nova Técnica Energy Ltda. ("Nova Técnica") established within the scope... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore Concludes Sale of FPSO Polvo
(OE) Oslo-listed FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has completed the sale of its laid-up FPSO Polvo to BW Energy. The agreed price was $50 million, for which BW Energy $30 million upon the vessel transfer date, with the remaining $20 million provided as a seller’s credit by BW Offshore. BW Offshore has received the remaining... Continue Reading →
Petrobras delivers first gas from Santos Basin FPSO
Petrobras has produced first gas through the P-68 platform serving the Berbigão and Sururu fields in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, the company said in its latest results statement. It also conducted a scheduled shutdown of the Mexilhão Platform (Route 1) in the same basin for preventive maintenance, designed to ensure continued production, flow and natural gas supply operations. In... Continue Reading →
Exxon to Shut Two Platforms in Guyana for Two Weeks for Pipeline Connection
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp will shut down two offshore oil production projects in Guyana for two weeks each, between July and August, to connect a natural gas pipeline, the company's country head Alistair Routledge told reporters in Georgetown on Tuesday. The 140-mile (225-km) pipeline will feed Guyana's $1.9 billion gas-to-power project aimed at ending the... Continue Reading →
DOF Secures $192M from Two Contracts with Petrobras
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has secured two contracts with Brazil’s state-run oil and gas company Petrobras, worth over $192 million. Petrobras has awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore. and DOF Subsea Servicos Brasil, after a competitive tender process. The vessel Skandi Amazonas, which was on the spot market,... Continue Reading →