(PN) According to the company's Director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Renata Baruzzi, the bidding processes for the contracting of two FPSOs for the Sergipe Aguas Profundas project (SEAP 1 and 2) will be launched by the end of this year. Petrobras is currently discussing with the other companies in the SEAP consortium the best... Continue Reading →
Swiss asset manager EIP lifts stake in Eni’s Plenitude to 10%
(Reuters) - Swiss asset manager Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) will raise its stake in Eni's Plenitude unit to 10%, in a deal that values the group's retail and renewable business at more than 10 billion euros ($11 billion) including debt. The Italian energy group said in a statement on Monday that EIP had agreed to subscribe... Continue Reading →
Argentina’s YPF beats expectations as Q3 profit backed by output, price increases
(Reuters) - Argentine state oil company YPF blew past expectations with a third-quarter net profit of $1.47 billion posted on Thursday, boosted by increases in output and prices of oil and natural gas. Analysts polled by LSEG expected YPF to post a much smaller net profit of $312 million, but still reversing its year-ago loss... Continue Reading →
Brazil-bound FPSO Bacalhau prepares for sailaway after christening at Seatrium’s yard
(offshore-enegy.biz) Singapore’s Seatrium has hosted a naming ceremony for a floating storage, production, and offloading (FPSO) unit constructed by Japanese giant MODEC destined to work off the coast of Brazil. On October 21, 2024, Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard witnessed the naming ceremony of FPSO Bacalhau, described as the largest vessel of its kind to be delivered to Brazil.... Continue Reading →
US sides with Argentina in dispute over $16 billion YPF judgment
(Reuters) - The U.S. government sided with Argentina in urging a federal judge not to force the cash-strapped country to give up its 51% stake in oil and gas company YP to partially satisfy a $16.1 billion court judgment. In a Wednesday night letter, known as a statement of interest, to U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska... Continue Reading →
PRIO October 2024 Operational Data
- PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of October. Key: (1) In the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo cluster, production was affected by the shutdown of wells TBMT-10H and TBMT-4H due to the failure of the Submerged Centrifugal Pump,... Continue Reading →
Ongoing data reprocessing program at block off Uruguay to back farmout process targeted for mid-2025
(ofshore-energy.biz) Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas player Challenger Energy Group (CEG) is carrying out a data reprocessing program at a shallow water exploration block off the coast of Uruguay, expected to back a formal farm-out process anticipated to commence in mid-2025. A program of reprocessing work is underway at the AREA OFF-3 block to secure... Continue Reading →
Shearwater Nets Petronas Contract for 3D Survey Off Suriname
Shearwater Geoservices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) has been awarded a large 3D seismic survey by PETRONAS in Suriname. The project, covering 6,000 square kilometres, marks the continuation of Shearwater’s commitment to PETRONAS in this frontier area having previously performed acquisition work in Block 52. The Amazon Warrior has been allocated to the three-month project, commencing in... Continue Reading →
Argeo signs eight-year data agreement with Suriname’s oil & gas regulator
(offshore-energy.biz) Norway’s subsea services provider Argeo has entered into an eight-year agreement with Staatsolie, Suriname’s oil and gas regulator and state oil company, for the acquisition, processing and sales of multi-client data in Suriname. The execution of the agreement will be performed in several phases over the contract period and encompass integrated turnkey data solutions... Continue Reading →
OneSubsea completes pump installation at Brazil’s offshore field in anticipation of FPSO’s first oil
(offshore-energy.biz) OneSubsea, a company majority-owned by SLB, has installed three pump stations at a field offshore Brazil operated by BRAVA Energia, an oil and gas player formed following the merger of Brazil’s 3R Petroleum and Enauta. The field’s floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit is expected to start production soon. According to the SLB-led... Continue Reading →