(OET) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has notched new emissions reduction milestones, thanks to two of its giant fields in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin recording emissions below the world average last year while its carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) efforts paid off, enabling it to get ranked as the largest in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras studies offshore wind energy projects in new areas off the Brazilian coast
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has submitted a request with Ibama to start the environmental licensing process for ten areas in the Brazilian sea intended for the development of offshore wind energy projects. Of this total, seven areas are in the Northeast (three in Rio Grande do Norte, three in Ceará and... Continue Reading →
Oil firm Petrobras plans to become Brazil’s top wind power developer
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will present on Wednesday new initiatives aiming to make the company the country's biggest developer of wind energy. Chief Executive Jean Paul Prates and Mauricio Tolmasquim, Petrobras' head of energy transition and sustainability, will present the initiatives, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Tolmasquim told reporters earlier... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs partnership with WEG for onshore wind power
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed a strategic partnership with WEG, a global Brazilian electronics equipment company, for the joint development of a 7 megawatt (MW) onshore wind turbine, the first of this size to be manufactured in Brazil. This project represents an important milestone for Petrobras, as it will increase... Continue Reading →
FPSO Sepetiba – Petrobras in final preparations to start production
(PN) Petrobrás in final preparations to begin operating its newest platform, the FPSO Sepetiba. The unit arrived in Brazil last weekend and is expected to begin production in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin, during the fourth quarter of this year. The FPSO will have the capacity to produce up to 180 thousand barrels... Continue Reading →
International Energy Majors Interested In Colombia’s Offshore Gas
(OP) International oil and gas majors, including UK-based Shell and Brazil’s Petrobras, have shown interest in expanding their participation in natural gas projects offshore Colombia, Ricardo Roa, the head of Colombia’s state energy firm Ecopetrol, has told Bloomberg in an interview. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has several promising offshore gas projects and recent deepwater discoveries have raised the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract with Porto do Açu to boost the sustainable decommissioning of platforms
Petrobras signed a contract with Porto do Açu to support the decommissioning of oil and gas production platforms. The agreement provides for the provision of dock space for the temporary docking of production units undergoing decommissioning, until the final destination of the unit is defined, in accordance with the best international practices in green recycling... Continue Reading →
ANP interdicts FPSO Cidade de Santos after verifying serious safety risks on the platform
(PN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) decided to interdict the FPSO Cidade de Santos, located in the Uruguá and Tambaú field, in the Santos Basin. The decision comes after agency inspectors found “critical deviations” in the vessel's facilities. The unit went into operation in July 2010 and is about to enter its decommissioning phase. In... Continue Reading →
Petrobras predicts that by 2027, 11 new FPSOs will be installed in the pre-salt layer
(TN) The pre-salt completes 15 years of production in September with renewed vigor – and a perspective of expressive growth in the coming years. To get an idea, Petrobras plans to install 11 new platforms to produce in that layer by 2027. Since December 2022, the company has already put into production two new pre-salt... Continue Reading →
Petrobras makes its first purchase of carbon credits
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has acquired 175,000 carbon credits, marking its entry into the voluntary carbon credit market. Each credit represents 1 ton of CO2 equivalent avoided, totaling 175,000 tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) not emitted. These credits correspond to the preservation of an area of 570 hectares of the Amazon... Continue Reading →