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Subsea 7 expects to be hired for the engineering, supplies, construction and installation (EPCI) project for the Bacalhau field in the first half of this year. The project is subject to Equinor's final investment decision. In the fourth quarter of 2020, Subsea 7 completed FEED and engineering activities for the development of Bacalhau, in the... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC's expectations with the Brazilian market are high. The company recently released its 2020 financial results and also presented its outlook for this year. According to the company, Brazil will be the country with the highest number of new subsea project orders in 2021. The company has mapped eight opportunities for new contracts in the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that it has received R$ 360 million (US$ 65 million) last week related to the leniency agreement executed by Samsung Heavy Industries. This cash arises from the first installment of the Samsung agreement of a total amount of R$ 705.9 million that will be applied to the reimbursement for... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 05/04/2020, informs that it signed today with Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia Pirineus (FIP Pirineus), a contract for the sale of its entire 51% interest in the capital of Eólica Mangue Seco 2 - Geradora e Comercializadora de Energia Elétrica S.A. (Eólica... Continue Reading →
Asian shipyards are making progress on the construction of future Petrobras FPSOs that will start operating on the Brazilian coast between 2021 and 2024. In recent months, many of them have made considerable progress in their works. The next unit in Búzios, the FPSO Almirante Barroso is now almost 60% finished. The platform ship should... Continue Reading →
Petrobras intends to go to the market this year to contract the FPSO for the deep water project in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin (SEAP). The information was revealed this morning by the company's production development director, Rudimar Lorenzatto, during a conference call with analysts and investors. The executive also confirmed that the SEAP conceptual project was... Continue Reading →
Brazilian national oil company Petrobras has hired AqualisBraemar to perform DP acceptance and annual trials for their DP shuttle tanker fleet operating in Brazil over the next three years. Under the contract, AqualisBraemar will carry out trials to verify the integrity and capabilities of the station-keeping equipment for Petrobras’ shuttle tanker fleet. Shuttle tankers transport... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Neither the incoming nor the outgoing CEO of state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA is an oil man. Neither in fact had ever worked a day in the industry before being nominated to the job. But that’s where the similarities between Joaquim Silva e Luna and Roberto Castello Branco end. Whereas Branco is... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the proposed incorporation of Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Modernização de Plantas Industriais (CDMPI). The incorporation aims at simplifying and optimizing the corporate structure of Petrobras. Since this is an incorporation of a wholly-owned subsidiary, there will be no... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the chartering and provision of services for the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, to be installed in the Búzios field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area off Brazil. Petrobras said on Wednesday that the FPSO will be the sixth unit... Continue Reading →
