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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 →
(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 →
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 →
(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 →
(epbr) Trident Energy intends to put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2023 the new platform that will operate in the Enchova and Pampo clusters, in the Campos Basin, acquired by the company in the divestment of Petrobras. The FPSO-type unit will have the capacity to process 55,000 barrels of oil per day. --... Continue Reading →
Maersk Supply Service has secured a one-year contract extension for one of its I-class subsea support vessels with an undisclosed “major” oil operator in Angola. Under the contract, Maersk Supply will provide full inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services supported by one of its I-class vessels, as well as project management and engineering services. The... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil has decided to postpone selecting the prospect target for the second well on the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana by seven months. Westmount Energy on Monday noted the announcement on Sunday by one of the partners, Ratio Petroleum, that the date for elective nomination, by the operator, of the prospect target for the second... Continue Reading →
One person died and five went missing after a fire broke out Sunday on a Pemex offshore platform in the Campeche Bay, Mexico. The fire broke out at the E-Ku-A2 platform at Pemex's Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field at 3:10 pm Sunday and was brought under control an hour later. Pemex said that one person died, six... Continue Reading →
(WO) Vitol Group and Trafigura Group -- both barred from new oil-trading business with Mexico’s state producer for alleged corruption -- will be subject to the ban until at least the end of 2024 while the government reviews the conduct of other commodity traders, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle said. Pemex won’t give new work to... Continue Reading →
The Petrobras divestment program of oil and gas producing fields has a date set to end: December 31, 2021, as determined by the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). In recent years, medium-sized oil companies have gained muscle by acquiring state-owned assets. But, starting in 2022, they will need to look for... Continue Reading →
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