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Jun 22, 2020 Brazilian production still feels the demand effects of the coronavirus pandemic and suffered a further drop in May. During the period, 2.77 million barrels were extracted per day, which represents a decrease of 6.52% in comparison with the previous month. Meanwhile, natural gas production also declined in May. Altogether, there were 114.3... Continue Reading →
Jun 19, 2020 3R Petroleum plans to invest US $ 200 million over the life cycle of the Polo Macau fields - a cluster of assets purchased from Petrobras in the Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande do Norte. - In a live interview with epbr, CEO Ricardo Savini, explained that the pandemic forced the company to... Continue Reading →
June 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions located in the state of Alagoas. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the... Continue Reading →
June 9, 2020 The decision of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) to authorize the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) to reduce royalties to the legal minimum of 5% in small or medium-sized company fields, can benefit - if current rules are maintained - 24 companies that operate mainly on the... Continue Reading →
Jun 5, 2020 Important news for the oil and gas sector from Brasilia. The National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved incentives for small and medium-sized companies in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas. The collegiate also gave the approval for the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to define and bid blocks... Continue Reading →
June 2, 2020 ANP is publishing the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production with detailed data for April 2020. This month, production in the Pre-salt was 2.597 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), the which corresponds to 69.5% of the national total. 2,057 MMbbl / d (million barrels per... Continue Reading →
May 29, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release dated 08/09/2019, reports that it has completed today the sale of its entire interest in seven onshore production fields, located in the Potiguar Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, to SPE 3R Petroleum S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of... Continue Reading →
May 27, 2020 Petrobrás projects a gradual recovery in the price of oil over the next five years, until it returns to the level of US $ 50 per barrel - double the average price projected for this year, of US $ 25. As the scenario improves, it should also reduce the company's debt, from... Continue Reading →
Italian provider of oilfield and renewable energy services Saipem has signed a two-year frame agreement with Norway's Equinor covering offshore engineering services worldwide. Per Saipem's statement on Tuesday, The frame agreement covers feasibility and conceptual studies, FEED, detailed engineering, and related follow-on and support for R&D activities, as well as assistance to Equinor for its... Continue Reading →
May 7, 2020 President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree that qualifies a pilot project for evaluations in the country on the exploration of unconventional oil and gas (shale) for the Federal Government's Investment Partnership Program (PPI). The inclusion of the initiative in the PPI aims to “support environmental licensing and other measures necessary for the... Continue Reading →
