(PetroleoHoje) Ibama renewed Petrobras' seismic survey license in the Marlim, Voador and Albacora fields, in the Campos Basin. The validity of the authorization has been extended until January 5, 2023. This is 3D/4D Multiazimuth marine acquisition. The company responsible for the acquisition is Shearwater Geoservices. Activity, resumed on July 3, 2021, will cover 1,412 km².... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras, India’s ONGC Set to Develop Budião Gas Field
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary of Indian national oil firm ONGC, has said it has entered a development stage for a deepwater gas project in Brazil. The company had registered a major gas discovery in 2019 in its deep offshore block BM-SEAL-4, Brazil, located in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin. Petrobras is the operator of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Albacora and Albacora Leste divestment
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in relation to the pieces of news in the media about the postponement of the signing of the contracts for the sale of the Albacora and Albacora Leste fields, in the Campos Basin, clarifies that, as disclosed on 11/05/2021, it is in the negotiation phase with the consortiums led by... Continue Reading →
Mitsubishi, NYK Buy Into SBM Offshore’s Brazil-bound Almirante Tamandaré FPSO
(OE) Dutch FPSO leasing company SBM Offshore has agreed to sell down a 45% stake in the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, one of the world's largest FPSOs, being built for Brazil's Petrobras. "SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into a shareholder agreement with its long standing business partners Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC signs subsea EPCI contract with Petrobras
Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded TechnipFMC with a subsea engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for its Búzios 6 field (module 7) greenfield development in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The scope of the contract includes flexible and rigid pipe, umbilicals, pipeline end terminals, rigid jumpers, umbilical termination assemblies and a mooring system. According to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras plans to explore Foz do Amazonas
(epbr) The exploratory success in Guyana, where the activity is more advanced, indicates that there is potential for the discovery of large reserves in the formations shared with Suriname, and in Foz do Amazonas, Equatorial Margin of Brazil, where Petrobras intends to start the drilling campaign. this year. The blocks, contracted in 2013, are located... Continue Reading →
Suriname Will Give Brazil’s Petrobras Priority in Oil Exploration – Bolsonaro
There are no official comments from the Suriname authorities regarding Bolsonaro's comments. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Suriname will give Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras priority in the exploration of oil and gas reserves recently discovered off-shore. Bolsonaro spoke by webcast to supporters in Brazil from Paramaribo, where he met on Thursday... Continue Reading →
Highest utilisation rate for Prosafe fleet since 2015
In 2021, offshore accommodation provider Prosafe saw its vessel utilisation more than double when compared to the previous year and reach the highest rate since 2015. In an update on Friday, Prosafe reported that its fleet utilisation rate in 4Q of 2021 was 59.3 per cent compared to 25 per cent in 4Q 2020. The... Continue Reading →
Fugro to back subsea ops at Mero 2
Fugro has secured a subsea survey and positioning contract with Maersk Supply Service to support the installation of an anchoring system for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Sepetiba at Petrobras’ deepwater Mero 2 project in Brazil. For the project, Fugro will use its QuickVision augmented reality camera to help guide the installation... Continue Reading →
Brazil, Guyana and Suriname to take first steps towards energy alliance
(Reuters) - The heads of state of Brazil, Guyana and Suriname this week will take the first steps toward forging an infrastructure that would better share the neighboring South American countries' energy and natural resources. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to arrive in Suriname on Thursday, and will travel on Friday with the head... Continue Reading →