(PetroNoticias) Enauta started the week with good reasons to celebrate. Its main asset, the Atlanta field, reached today the mark of 18 million barrels produced since the beginning of its operation, in May 2018. Located in the Santos Basin, the field today operates through an Early Production System (EPS), the FPSO Petrojarl I, in a... Continue Reading →
Oil Giants Hunt for Last Big Hit Along Brazil Coast
(Bloomberg) -- If an energy transition is underway around the world, it hasn’t reached the streets of Ilha da Conceicao, the working-class district at the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s oil revival. There, buses and trucks are piling into Baker Hughes Co.’s shipyard, where the energy services giant is churning out hundreds of kilometers of... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s figures increase as subsea activities ramp up
TechnipFMC’s Subsea division has reported an adjusted EBITDA of $154.1 million in the second quarter of 2021, a 14% increase compared to the first quarter of the year. The division saw a revenue of almost $1.4 billion, a modest improvement, and an operating profit of $72.4 million, a significant increase from $37 million reported in Q1 2021. The... Continue Reading →
Portuguese oil company Galp swings to profit but COVID still weighs
(Reuters) - Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia (GALP.LS) swung to a net profit in the second quarter thanks to higher crude prices and refining margins, but cautioned on the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement accompanying the figures on Monday Chief Executive Andy Brown said Galp's financial performance in the first half... Continue Reading →
ANP APPROVES IMETAME AND ENERGY PARANÃ IN THE TUCANO SOUTH BASIN
The ANP approved the assignment of blocks TUC-T-139 and TUC-T-147, located in the Tucano Sul Basin, to Imetame and Energy Paranã. The areas were acquired from CDGN Logística, which executes a pledge contract on the emerging rights of Petra Energia, former operator of the concessions. At a meeting, the ANP board conditioned the assignment to... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS TO ASSUME 100% OF FIVE BLOCKS IN FOZ DO AMAZONAS BASIN
The ANP authorized the assignment of the 30% stake in BP in blocks FZA-M-57, 86, 88, 125 and 127 to Petrobras, which will now hold 100% interest in the assets located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. The British share in the areas was purchased by Petrobras in April this year, when the state-owned company... Continue Reading →
ANP APPROVES DECOMMISSIONING GUARANTEES OF CAMPO DE LAPA
(PetroleoHoje) The ANP board approved the guarantee instrument presented by Total for the deactivation and abandonment of the Lapa field, in the Santos Basin. Thus, the French company is able to sign the amendment to the concession contract, assuming 45% of the field, in consortium with Shell (30%) and Repsol Sinopec (25%). In May 2020,... Continue Reading →
In the Atapu field (SB) FPSO P-70, with only four wells, reaches 150,000 barrels per day
Located in the Atapu field, in the eastern portion of the Santos Basin pre-salt, the P-70 reached its project capacity of 150,000 barrels per day on July 12, with the contribution of just four producing wells, one year after entry into production. This result confirms the excellent productivity of the field's reservoirs and reflects the... Continue Reading →
Hess, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Petrobras contract Transocean floaters
(Offshore) Transocean Ltd. has provided an update on its offshore drilling rig fleet. As of July 21, the company’s total backlog is about $7.3 billion. Hess has awarded the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Inspiration a nine-well contract in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is expected to run from September 2021 to April 2022. The day rate is $215,000. BHP has... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Highlights on production and sales in 2Q21
In 2Q21, we continued to operate safely and had a solid operating performance, despite the persistence of the pandemic scenario. The average production of oil, NGL and natural gas reached 2.80 MMboed, 1.1% above 1Q21, due to the continued ramp-up of platforms P-68 (Berbigão and Sururu fields) and P-70 (Atapu field). Production in the pre-salt... Continue Reading →