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Aug 14, 2020 The ANP board approved the extension of four more contracts for mature onshore oil and gas fields: Massapê, Cantagalo, Fazenda Azevedo and Fazenda Boa Esperança. Thus, there are already 34 mature fields with extended contracts (21 offshore and 13 onshore), which will generate more than US $ 28 billion in new investments,... Continue Reading →
The oil market turmoil brought on by Covid-19 has led to lower-than-anticipated activity and delayed projects, forcing the industry to deploy cost-cutting measures. A Rystad Energy analysis of the top 50 oilfield service (OFS) firms shows that staffing is set to reach its lowest level in more than 10 years, with the anticipated revenue per... Continue Reading →
August 7, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 06/26/2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase, referring to the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore production concessions (Urucu Cluster), located in the Solimões Basin, in the state of Amazonas. Potential buyers qualified... Continue Reading →
August 5, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/03/2020, informs that it signed today with Centro Oeste Óleo e Gás Ltda. an agreement for the sale of its entire stake in the Dó-Ré-Mi onshore field, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, in the state of Sergipe. The sale value... Continue Reading →
July 31, 2020 Petrobras plans to reach 2030 with at least 12 platform vessels in the Buzios field, its crown jewel in the Campos Basin pre-salt. Currently, the area has four units under production, one under construction, three under contract and another four under study. With these new units, the goal of the state-owned company... Continue Reading →
July 29, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 06/17/2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water fields (Alagoas Cluster) located in the state of Alagoas. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will... Continue Reading →
Global oil and gas project sanctioning is set for a monstrous 75% plus drop in 2020 from 2019 levels, as the Covid-19 pandemic has led to massive E&P spending cuts, the energy intelligence company Rystad Energy has estimated. According to Rystad Energy, the total sanctioning value will end up at around $47 billion, an amount... Continue Reading →
July 20, 2020 3R was created to dispute the purchase of mature onshore production fields, with a focus on revitalization. Ouro Preto was founded by Rodolfo Landim to dedicate to the offshore mature fields. Onshore, 3R has an investment plan of R $ 200 million in Rio Grande do Norte and Ouro Preto recently closed... Continue Reading →
July 15, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/30/2019, informs that it has finalized today the sale of its entire participation in two onshore production fields (Ponta do Mel and Redonda), located in the Potiguar Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, to Central Resources do... Continue Reading →
Jul 14, 2020 Altogether, 40 small and medium-sized companies, 30 of which are Brazilian, are in the dispute to buy onshore mature oil fields from Petrobras, reveals Roberto Ardenghy, director of Institutional Relations at the state-owned company. With the pandemic, the company postponed for 12 months the conclusion of the sale of its 157 onshore... Continue Reading →
