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Oct. 6 - Petrobras announced the chartering of four RSV (ROV Support Vessel) vessels, designed to support subsea operations, in contracts totaling R$10.2 billion. The contract was concluded through a bidding process that began in October 2024. The units will be built at the Navship shipyard, located in Navegantes, Santa Catarina, with delivery scheduled between... Continue Reading →
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras has made its first import of non-conventional natural gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta reserve in the Neuquen basin, the company said on Monday. In a statement, the firm noted the natural gas was transported on Friday via pipelines from Argentina to Bolivia, and from there to Brazil,... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 (Reuters) Petrobras is expected to open bids for the contracting of two FPSOs for the Sergipe Deep Waters Project (Seap) on October 15, Renata Baruzzi, Executive Director of Engineering, Technology, and Innovation, said. "The bidders asked for more time. We gave them another 15 days," the director told reporters. Baruzzi also explained that... Continue Reading →
Oct. 3 (offshorte-energy.biz) The production mode at two oil-producing assets off the coast of Brazil is weeks away from being switched off, enabling operators to undertake planned maintenance activities in their chosen Campos Basin fields. South America’s Brava Energia has revealed that the output from its Papa-Terra field in the Campos Basin will be halted for up... Continue Reading →
Oct. 3 (PN) The consortium formed by Heftos, a subsidiary of Azevedo & Travassos, and Colares Linhares announced that it has signed a contract with Petrobras for the construction of the Hydrogen Generation Unit at the Boaventura Complex (formerly Comperj), in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro. The contract is worth R$1.76 billion. The contract provides for... Continue Reading →
Oct. 3 - Petrobras began the contracting process for the construction of FPSO Búzios 12, which will be installed in the Santos Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The new unit, P-91, will be the 12th platform assigned to the Búzios field, consolidating it as the company's largest producing field and increasing its importance in supplying natural gas in the country. Búzios... Continue Reading →
Oct 2 (Reuters) - BP will seek a partner for its major Bumerangue oil discovery in Brazil and could close a deal before making a final investment decision on the project, the oil major's country head said on Thursday. The British company, which currently holds 100% of the block, in August announced that Bumerangue was its largest oil... Continue Reading →
Oct. 2 (offshore-energy.biz) Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has strengthened ties with Cognite, an industrial AI software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, and SLB, a U.S.-headquartered technology player, to create an enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) blueprint envisioned to bolster operational efficiency and fuel further innovation in floating production systems. In... Continue Reading →
Oct. 1 - The ANP released the Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin for August 2025, which provides consolidated national production data. Total production (oil + natural gas) was 5.084 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), maintaining the level above 5 million boe/d, reached for the first time in July. Regarding oil,... Continue Reading →
Oct. 1 - French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a new order from Petrobras for its Submagnético Free Flow oil country tubular goods (OCTG) solution designed to prevent inorganic scaling in production strings. The order covers the production and installation of more than 30 units, to be delivered and installed in Brazil’s offshore pre-salt... Continue Reading →
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