(TN) Enauta, one of the main independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in Brazil, reinforces its operations team, especially for its project to expand production in the Atlanta field (Santos Basin). The company has hired Executive Manager Ricardo Abi Ramia, who will take care of the wells, subsea and subsea facilities. With more... Continue Reading →
Petrobras receives operating license for Rota 3
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted the operating license for the shallow maritime and terrestrial sections of the Rota 3 gas pipeline. As a reminder, the Rota 3 Integrated Project covers the gas pipeline and the Natural Gas Processing Unit of the Gaslub Hub. Rota 3 has a total length of approximately 355... Continue Reading →
Brazil sets date for new pre-salt bid round using open door nomination
(U) The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has set a date for 16 December to receive proposals in the country’s first auction featuring pre-salt acreage under the so-called permanent offer initiative. In a meeting held on 16 August, the regulator has approved the calendar for the upcoming bid round. According to the proposed timeline, companies... Continue Reading →
Marlim Sul new pre-salt well comes into operation
In early August, Petrobras put well MLS-233 into operation in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin. Preliminary analyzes indicate that the new well, connected to the P-40, at Ativo Marlim Sul, has a production potential of 15,000 barrels of oil per day, exceeding the company's initial estimates. The MLS-233 symbolizes the beginning of pre-salt... Continue Reading →
Report: August shaping up as big month for floating rig contracts
(OM) Halfway through the month of August, contracts for floating rigs are significantly outpacing contacts for jackups, according to Evercore ISI’s latest Offshore Rig Market Snapshot. Of the 17 rig contracts announced so far this month, floater contracts outnumber jackup almost 2-to-1 with the average term more than six times longer at 1.2 years versus... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of exploration assets in the Potiguar Basin
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of 40% of its interest in the BM-POT-17 exploratory concessions, in which the Discovery Assessment Plan for the Pitu well is being developed (Blocks POT-M-853 and POT-M-855), and the POT-M-762_R15 concession (Block POT-M-762), located in deep... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on P-80 construction contract
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that, as a result of the progress of the development project for the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, it signed today a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited for the construction of platform P-80, the ninth unit to be installed in the field. This unit will be... Continue Reading →
Eneva confident in resuming negotiations of the Bahia Terra Cluster
(PN) Eneva expects to be able to resume, in the third quarter, negotiations with Petrobras for the purchase of the Bahia Terra Cluster. The information was disclosed today by Eneva's CFO, Marcelo Habibe, during a conference call with investors. The conversations with Petrobras, according to the executive, were already at an advanced stage, when a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of potassium mining rights
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has begun the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its mining rights for research and mining of potassium salts located in the Amazon Basin. The teaser, which contains the main information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria for the selection of... Continue Reading →
Miros’ WaveSystem for Subsea 7’s Petrobras-bound Offshore Vessel Trio
Subsea 7 has awarded Miros Group agreements to install its internet of things (IoT) dry-sensor WaveSystem on three of its pipelay support vessels, ti deliver accurate wave measurements via Miros' cloud-based graphical user interface (GUI) Miros.app. As part of three 3-year contracts and project requirements for the monitoring of wave and current to a water... Continue Reading →