Brazil's Petrobras may move a rig it has installed to drill at the mouth of the Amazon River Basin to another location if it does not obtain a long-awaited environmental license to start operations there, an executive said on Monday. The remarks from Exploration and Production Executive Director Joelson Mendes come after technical staff at... Continue Reading →
FutureOn expands its reach into Latin America with multi-year contract award from Petrobras
FutureOn, the global energy software company, has secured a multi-year contract with Petrobras to license its groundbreaking digital design and decision-making platform, FieldTwin. The major Brazilian oil and gas company will leverage the platform to spearhead the digital transformation of its subsea operations. FieldTwin will disrupt the current subsea workflow, enabling Petrobras’ teams to accelerate... Continue Reading →
Petrobras: Highlights on production and sales in 1Q23
In 1Q23, average oil, NGL and natural gas production reached 2.68 MMboed, 1.1% higher than 4Q22, mainly due to the start of the ramp-up of P-71, in Itapu field, in Santos Basin pre-salt, the start-up of 8 new wells in Campos Basin and higher production efficiencies in the platforms. Pre-salt production reached a new monthly... Continue Reading →
Early Start for ‘Safe Zephyrus’ in Brazil
Offshore accommodation firm Prosafe said Wednesday that its Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support had started its contract offshore Brazil with Petróleo Brasileiro SA ('Petrobras'). The contract started on April 30 and has a firm commitment period of 650 days. Prosafe signed the $73 million contract with Petrobras in December 2022. Built... Continue Reading →
OTC 2023: Marlim Field re-vamp offshore Brazil close to startup
(OM) Brazil has all the ingredients in place to lead the world in terms of low-emission/high-profit oil and gas production, according to Carlos Travassos, chief engineering, technology and innovation officer at Petrobras. He spoke at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) yesterday on the panel “Brazilian Energy Outlook: Strengthening the Offshore Activities.” Travassos cited the company’s... Continue Reading →
Can FPSOs clean up their act on carbon emissions?
(U) Floating production, storage and offloading vessels have been the offshore development solution of choice for some time, a trend set to continue over the next several years. A recent Rytsad Energy report forecast that from this year to 2030, 48 FPSOs will be awarded for greenfield developments, along with dozens of life-extension projects and... Continue Reading →
Plans emerge for Brazil’s first CCS hub as Petrobras eyes possible partnership with Shell
(U) Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is preparing a pilot project for the capture and storage of industrial carbon dioxide emissions and is looking to build partnerships for a first full-scale CCS hub for the country. While international peers such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Equinor are already working toward industrial CCS projects in the US... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Bahia Terra production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 03/31/2023 , 03/14/2023 and 04/13/2023, informs that it obtained, last Friday, 04/28/2023, authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) to resume production from 6 more facilities located in the fields of Taquipe, Buracica, Fazenda Alvorada, Rio do Bu,... Continue Reading →
OTC: Petrobras highlights the potential of offshore wind in Brazil
Brazil has all the favorable conditions to lead the global development of offshore wind energy. To get an idea, the country's estimated generation potential is 700 GW in offshore locations with depths of up to 50 meters - a volume that corresponds to more than 30 times the installed generation capacity in the world today... Continue Reading →
Partnership Launched to Boost Efficiency and Lower Emissions from FPSOs
(OE) Oilfield services firm SLB, Rockwell Automation, Sensia, and Cognite on Monday announced a collaboration that they say will "accelerate the evolution" of the offshore industry’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities. According to a press statement issued by SLB, until recently known as Schlumberger, digital capabilities developed by the four-company coalition will improve... Continue Reading →