Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it started today the production of the FPSO Almirante Barroso platform, in the Búzios field, with capacity to produce daily up to 150 thousand barrels of oil and 6 million m³ of gas. FPSO Almirante Barroso will contribute to the oil production of the Búzios field, which currently... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Production Sharing contracts
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today the Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of the 1st Cycle of the Permanent Offer Bidding Round, held through a public session on 12/16/2022, for the blocks of (i) Água Marinha, in partnership with TotalEnergies (30%), QatarEnergy (20%) and Petronas (20%), (ii) Norte de Brava, where Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on environmental license in the Equatorial Margin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media, informs that the information that it expects to obtain the environmental license to drill a well in the FZA-M-059 block in up to six months is not true. On May 25, the company filed a request with the Brazilian Institute for the Environment... Continue Reading →
Seismic campaign in ultra-deep waters receives R$ 600 million in investments from Petrobras
(TN) Petrobras invested BRL 600 million in the largest seismic campaign in ultra-deep waters in the world, concluded at the end of April in the Tupi field and in the Iracema area, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, on the southeastern coast of Brazil. Lasting one year, the operations covered an area of 3,164 km², equivalent... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Natural Gas commercial portfolio
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has approved new natural gas sales products and is participating in the competitive public call processes for state distributors with the new commercial portfolio. With the opening of the natural gas market, which already has contracts with more than 14 suppliers, the company has developed a new... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras renews bid to win oil well license at the Foz do Amazonas Basin
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has asked to resume a process for a license to drill a controversial well at the Foz do Amazonas Basin, the company's chief executive said late on Thursday. CEO Jean Paul Prates' statement regarding the well known as Morpho 1-APS-57 comes after the company said it would appeal environmental agency Ibama's... Continue Reading →
The New Exploratory Frontiers and the Brazilian Impasse, by Rodolfo Henrique de Saboia – Director General of ANP
Exclusive article from TN Magazine The oil industry's activity resembles a moving bicycle. Without new impulses, the activity remains for a while, but tends to gradually decline and eventually cease. In the oil sector, these impulses can be given in two ways: with the exploration of new areas; or with investments in existing fields to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras launches notice to contract nine PSVs
Petrobrás launched a public notice for contracting up to nine offshore supply vessels (PSV – Platform Supply Vessel). The opening date of the envelopes with the proposals of the competitors must happen on the 15th of June. The complete documentation relating to the bidding is available on the Petronect Portal, under number 7004071393. According to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on licensing in Amapá
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that later this week it will file a request with Ibama to reconsider the decision to deny the environmental license to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059, located in deep waters in Amapá, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the regulations. The company argues that it... Continue Reading →
Brazil regulator unlikely to backtrack on Amazon oil project
(Reuters) - The head of Brazilian environmental agency Ibama said on Monday that the regulator is unlikely to succumb to political pressure and reverse its rejection of a request from state oil company Petrobras to drill a well near the mouth of the Amazon River. "It's unlikely to have a change of position simply because... Continue Reading →