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Liza Unity, an under-construction FPSO that will be Guyana's second offshore facility in production, remains on schedule for first oil in 2022, Hess Corp. said Thursday. Guyana became an oil-producing nation in December 2019, when Exxon brought online the Liza Destiny FPSO. 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 →
The Covid-19 pandemic could see demand for umbilicals fall by 32 per cent this year, Rystad Energy impact analysis reveals. According to Rystad, expected demand could fall to just 713 kilometres of lines in 2020, from 1,041 kilometres last year. Continue reading
Rio de Janeiro, May 6, 2020 - Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of April. 1. January figures account for a 70% stake in the Frade Field. The acquisition of the remaining 30% stake – announced... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Murphy Oil plans to reduce its output in May by 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with the majority planned from offshore wells. Murphy is also closing two of its offices and making its office location in Houston the new corporate headquarters. For the month of April 2020, production averaged... Continue Reading →
Equinor has suspended its 2020 oil and gas output guidance amid government-imposed curtailments and a glut of supply, and could take further action to scale back activity this year, the Norwegian energy firm said on Thursday. With operations from the North Sea to Africa, the Americas and Asia, Equinor had expected 7% output growth this... Continue Reading →
Mexico's oil regulator will extend the time companies have to secure needed permits and plan approvals through the end of this month because of the coronavirus pandemic, it said in a statement on Wednesday. Deadlines will be suspended until at least May 31, according to the regulator known as the National Hydrocarbons Commission. Since last month, the... Continue Reading →
May 6, 2020 Petrobras received approval from the regulatory authority for the acquisition of a slice of Norwegian Equinor's operations in two exploration blocks in the Espírito Santo Basin. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) gave unrestricted endorsement to the businesses, which involve the ES-M-598 and ES-M-673 blocks, according to an order published in... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering International announced that its Remotely Operated Survey group has successfully completed an integrated rig services campaign for a major operator offshore South America, recording a milestone 150,000 hours of ROS operations and no client operations or vessel downtime. Oceaneering was contracted by Apache Corp. in June 2019 to provide Integrated Rig Services on the... Continue Reading →
May 5, 2020 Petrobras asked Cade for authorization to acquire Equinor's stake in block ES-M-596, in deep waters of the Espírito Santo Basin. The block is operated by the state company with a 50% stake, in partnership with the Norwegian company, which holds the remaining 50%. Source: PetroleoHoje
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