The ANP published the Monthly Bulletin of the Production of Oil and Natural Gas, with the consolidated data of the national production in the month of June. Approximately 2,828 MMbbl/d (million barrels per day) of oil and 133 MMm3/d (million cubic meters per day) of natural gas were produced, totaling 3,664 MMboe/d (million barrels of... Continue Reading →
SBM Orders Seventh Fast4Ward Hull
Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has ordered its latest Fast4Ward multi-purpose floater hull as it marked a new record level order book at $31.1 billion. The latest Fast4Ward floating production unit (FPU) is expected to be delivered in 2024, the firm said yesterday in its half year earnings. It also said it could have... Continue Reading →
SBM working to restore operations on Petrobras FPSO
The Cidade de Anchieta FPSO remains shut down, six months after oil was observed close to the vessel during operations for Petrobras in the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil. In its latest results statement, SBM Offshore said an estimated 191 cu. m of oil was released to the sea. The vessel, which had been operating in the Parque das Baleias area, is currently... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras lowers diesel prices for 1st time in more than a year
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) said on Thursday it will reduce refinery gate diesel prices by 3.5% starting Friday, the first price cut for the fuel in more than a year. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), as the company is formally known, said in a statement on its website that diesel prices will drop to 5.41... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol hits record profit for half-year, second quarter
(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol reported record net profit for both the second quarter and the first half of 2022 on Wednesday after earnings benefited from soaring prices and increased production. Ecopetrol's net profit for the three months to June 30 stood at 10.5 trillion pesos ($2.4 billion), the company said, while... Continue Reading →
Report: Floating rigs led the way, drilling majority of recent offshore discoveries
Offshore staff (OM) For the month of July, oil and gas discoveries were announced across five offshore regions: the Far East, Middle East, North Sea/Barents, South America, and the US Gulf of Mexico, Esgian reported Aug.2. These regions accounted for seven discoveries. The analyst firm said floating rigs led the way, drilling five of the... Continue Reading →
Prosafe reports highest quarterly fleet utilization since Q3 2015
(OM) Prosafe, an owner and operator of semisubmersible accommodation vessels, said its fleet utilization rate in second-quarter 2022 was 81% (Q2 2021: 65.8%), with five out of seven vessels in full operation throughout the quarter, according to the company's latest quarterly results report. Safe Boreas was working part of the quarter while Safe Scandinavia remains idle. This is the highest... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of E&P assets in Espírito Santo – Peroa Cluster
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/29/2021, informs that yesterday it has finalized the sale of all its stakes in the producing fields of Peroá and Cangoá, and in the BM-ES-21 concession (Malombe Discovery Evaluation Plan) jointly called Peroá Cluster, located in the Espírito Santo Basin to the company... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s 3R Petroleum subsidiary agrees on $500 mln loan to pay for Potiguar oil field
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“Company”), informs its shareholders, investors and the market in general that, on this date, its wholly-owned subsidiary 3R Lux, a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) formed under the laws of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre de commerce... Continue Reading →
Petrobras leapfrogs oil majors in dividend payouts by more than 50%
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will distribute at least twice as much as the biggest international oil producers in second quarter dividends, boosting the government's coffers amid a tense presidential campaign. The five biggest Western oil producers - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), Chevron Corp. (CVX.N), Shell PLC (SHEL.L), TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) and BP (BP.L) - posted record cash distributions to shareholders in... Continue Reading →