Strohm has entered into a joint industry programme (JIP) with Petrobras and Shell for its thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) flowline and riser technology. Described as game-changing, the four-year project aims to deploy Strohm’s TCP flowline and riser technology offshore Brazil by 2024. The JIP builds on earlier work performed in Brazil and commences this month. Strohm will develop, qualify and... Continue Reading →
Enauta: Atlanta Field Resumes Full Production as Repairs Complete. New Well Planned for 2022
(OE) Brazilian oil firm Enauta said Wednesday that its Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, had resumed full production following a recent pumping system failure. Enauta said Wednesday that all the wells tied to the early production system - the Petrojarl I FPSO - are operational following the completion of repairs of oil heaters.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras receives payment of the Búzios Coparticipation Agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/12/2021, informs that today it received cash payment of US$ 2.9 billion for the obligations of its partners CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. (CNODC) and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (CNOOC) in the Búzios Coparticipation Agreement (Agreement). With this payment, Petrobras will issue... Continue Reading →
U.S. Oil Firms to Require from Workers to Get Vaccinated
U.S. energy companies are moving to require that employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations as infection rates rise across the United States and health surveys show that energy workers remain among those most reluctant to get inoculations. Calls to require vaccinations for employees working at close quarters in oilfield and refinery operations came as the U.S. Food... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Offshore platform fire cuts Mexico oil output by 444,000 bpd
(Reuters) - A fire that struck an offshore oil platform operated by Mexico's state-run Pemex cut the company's production by 444,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to the lack of natural gas to re-inject into crude fields, a company document showed on Monday. At least one person died and five others were missing following an... Continue Reading →
Five dead and two still missing after Pemex platform fire
A fire on a Pemex-operated platform offshore Mexico has resulted in the deaths of five workers and injuries to six while two workers are still missing. The fire erupted on the E-Ku-A2 platform located in the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, 22 August 2021. After the fire was brought under control, the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts production of FPSO Carioca in Sépia field
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it began producing oil and natural gas from FPSO Carioca, the first platform in Sépia field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The platform, a FPSO type (floating production storage and offloading unit of oil and gas), is located approximately 200 km off the coast of the state... Continue Reading →
EQUINOR IN LINE TO LICENSE OFFSHORE ARACATU WIND COMPLEX
(PetroleoHoje) IBAMA released the map showing the location of offshore wind energy generation projects that are in the licensing process. Of the 23 projects, only one belongs to an oil company. It is the Aracatu wind farm, owned by Equinor, which will have a generation capacity of 4 GW. The Aracatu I and Aracatu II... Continue Reading →
CGX, Frontera Spud Kawa-1 Well Offshore Guyana
Canadian-based firm Frontera Energy and CGX Energy have started drilling at the Kawa-1 exploration well, offshore Guyana, using Maersk Drilling's Maersk Discoverer semi-submersible drilling rig. Also, the firms have exercised the option to drill a second well with the rig. The Kawa-1 well spudded on Sunday, August 22, and it is expected to reach total... Continue Reading →
Perenco plans operating an FSO in 2022
(epbr) Perenco plans to start operating an FSO in August 2022. The unit will be anchored 2.5 km away from the PPG-1A platform, at an average depth of 93 m and 72 m away. km from the coast of the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes. -- A 3 km long pipeline, also foreseen in the... Continue Reading →