Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the payment of a new anticipation of remuneration to shareholders for fiscal year 2021, in the total gross amount of R$ 31.8 billion (about US$ 6 billion), equivalent to R$ 2.437865 per common and preferred share outstanding. This... Continue Reading →
Subsea Processing: Emissions Abatement Opportunity Knocks?
(OE) A complete subsea factory may yet be a pipe dream. However, with its constituent parts now more or less ready, the industry has a much greater toolbox of technologies with which it can now apply to existing and new subsea developments. But is there willingness, even with the temptation of being able to reduce... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on E&P assets in the Santos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on September 8, 2021, informs the beginning of the binding phase referring to the sale of all its stakes in the Uruguá and Tambaú fields, belonging to the BS-500 concession, located in the Santos Basin, in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Potential buyers... Continue Reading →
SAPURA PLSV TO START OPERATION IN THE SANTOS BASIN
Sapura will soon start the execution of a new contract signed recently with Petrobras. The shipping company will operate the PLSV Sapura Diamante vessel in the Santos basin, working mainly on the installation and recovery of flexible pipelines in ultra-deep waters until 2025. According to Sapura, the vessel loaded with around 3,000 tons of lines... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Bolsonaro again says mulling Petrobras privatization
(Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeated he is considering privatizing state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (PETR4.SA), saying the company's insistence on passing on higher energy prices to consumers was giving him a "headache." Echoing comments he made earlier this month, as well as remarks as early as 2019 that he viewed the idea of... Continue Reading →
Keppel Offshore & Marine faces $820m lawsuit from EIG Funds
Keppel Offshore & Marine (KOM), a subsidiary of Singapore’s Keppel Corporation, is being sued by the eight funds managed by EIG Management Company, with a claim of almost $820m over the loss of an investment. The civil action by EIG Funds is being heard in the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In... Continue Reading →
Two-year Charter: ExxonMobil Hires Valaris Drillship for Angola Drilling
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has awarded a two-year contract for Valaris' drillship Valaris DS-9 for operations in Angola. The drillship, formerly known as Ensco DS-9, will work for ExxonMobil's Angolan subsidiary Esso Exploration Angola. Delivered in 2015 by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, the drillship is currently preservation stacked in the Canary Islands, Spain.... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS CONTRACTS SCHLUMBERGER FOR THE COMPLETION OF 21 WELLS IN THE PRE-SALT
(PetroleoHoje) Schlumberger signed a contract with Petrobras to supply completion systems for 21 wells in pre-salt concessions. Installation of the systems is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2022. The deal is the result of a public tender for the supply of direct hydraulic intelligent completion systems and selective lower completion systems. Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Petrobras clarifies about news in the media regarding government plans to sell majority stake
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in relation to news published in the media regarding studies carried out by the government to sell Petrobras shares and lose the majority of the Company's shareholding control, informs that it inquired the its controlling shareholder, through the Ministry of Economy (ME), on the existence or not of such studies... Continue Reading →
FPSOs: Floating Ideas
(OE) The world’s FPSO fleet is getting older, with 55 FPSO units in the global fleet reaching the end of their design life in the next five years, with an additional five having life extension in place. With 19 more FPSOs currently being evaluated for life extension, safety issues and structural integrity concerns come to... Continue Reading →