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The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) recently approved the sale of Petrobras' stake in the Capixaba Norte Cluster to Seacrest Petróleo. As a reminder, the transaction was announced in February 2022, for a total of US$ 544 million. The Capixaba Norte Cluster comprises four onshore fields: Cancã, Fazenda Alegre, Fazenda São Rafael and Fazenda Santa Luzia.... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The oil companies returned to the Union three more exploratory blocks, acquired in the cycle of the major post-2017 oil and gas auctions, according to preliminary data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). Highlight for Saturno, in the Santos Basin, purchased in 2018, in the 5th sharing round, by... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed a contract with the consortium formed by Alcatel Submarine Networks and Maersk for the construction and installation of the Permanent Seismic Monitoring System (PSMS) in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin. The Mero PSMS project has unprecedented features in Brazil and incorporates state-of-the-art 4D... Continue Reading →
(TN) Ocyan celebrates the successful completion of the first stage of the decommissioning project in a contract signed with Petrobras to operate in the Campos Basin. The vessel chartered with Solstad is already in the Port of Vitória (ES), where it will unload the first equipment removed from the seabed. Part of it will be... Continue Reading →
(PN) Earlier this week, Petrobras launched a new tender for the charter of up to four drilling rigs. The tender is divided into three non-excluding lots and the opening of the envelopes with the proposals is scheduled, in principle, for the 17th of March. According to the rules of the tender, only the 13 companies... Continue Reading →
The Single Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) sent President Lula and the President of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, a proposal that provides for an increase in the level of national content in orders for Petrobras FPSOs. According to the union, the objective is to stimulate the development of the local chain of suppliers of goods,... Continue Reading →
By David Boggs, Energy Maritime Associates (OM) The floating production construction market continued to grow in 2022, maintaining a rebound that began in 2021. As we enter a new year, the industry sentiment remains buoyant, with most respondents optimistic about the future. Recently, Energy Maritime Associates conducted its tenth annual Global Floating Production Industry Survey, which... Continue Reading →
(epbr) Equinor has delayed, from 2024 to 2025, the forecast for the start of production in the Bacalhau field, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, said the company’s president, Anders Opedal. The pandemic, according to the executive, affected the project schedule as a whole in the global oil and gas industry. The Norwegian oil... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, in reference to the release of May 25, 2022, informs that following up on the approval process of the sale transaction of Refinaria Lubrificantes e Derivados do Nordeste - LUBNOR, on today's date, the Court of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense - CADE approved an order from Councilors Vitor... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/22/2022, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of its 18.8% stake in the capital stock of UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA), together with its partners, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL and COPEL Geração e Transmissão S.A., which hold, respectively,... Continue Reading →
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