Jul 17, 2020 Among the units licensed by Petrobras are four with a capacity to produce 225,000 bopd On Thursday (7/15), Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for... Continue Reading →
Petrobras speeds up decommissioning of FPSOs in Marlim and Voador
July 17, 2020 Petrobras is working to anticipate the deactivation of the floating platforms provided for in its current decommissioning plan. Among the priorities are the production units in the Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin. In a letter submitted to the ANP, the oil company proposed to send, first, the installation deactivation... Continue Reading →
FPSO Capixaba back in operation by August
July 17, 2020 The FPSO Capixaba should resume operations in August at Parque das Baleias, in the Campos Basin, ANP informed PetróleoHoje. The platform chartered by Petrobras has been out of production since April, after cases of covid-19 were confirmed among workers on board. Source: PetroleoHoje
Pre-salt stage 4 with 13 FPSOs
Jul 17, 2020 Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for the Buzios field (Buzios FPSOs 9, 10, 11 and 12), in addition to the Sepia 2 FPSOs. Among... Continue Reading →
OIL MAJORS WANT TO REDUCE UPSTREAM EMISSIONS BY 2025
Jul 16, 2020 The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a group made up of large oil companies to respond to the O&G industry's global change, announced today a new emission reduction target. The consortium aims to reduce from 20 kg to 21 kg of CO2 for each barrel of equivalent oil sold in the... Continue Reading →
FPSO Piranema Spirit demobilization notified
July 16, 2020 Petrobras will demobilize the FPSO Piranema Spirit, installed in the Piranema field, in Sergipe, in April 2021. The Brazilian oil company notified Altera Infrastructure (formerly Teekay Offshore) about the demobilization date about a month ago, in compliance with a contractual procedure that requires notice ten month prior notice. The demobilization of the... Continue Reading →
BP starts licensing process for drilling in the Campos Basin
Jul 17, 2020 BP Energy initiated the licensing of an exploratory well in the BM-C-35 block, in the Campos Basin. It intends to start the campaign in August 2022 and the well is part of the commitment made to the ANP in the Discovery Assessment Plan (PAD) of the Basilisco prospect. After Petrobras' decision to... Continue Reading →
Wintershall DEA plans first well in Ceará Basin
Jul 16, 2020 Wintershall DEA started the licensing process for an exploratory well in the area of block CE-M-601, in deep waters of the Ceará Basin. The vertical well will be drilled in a 2000 m water depth slide and the company expects to find oil, with an average estimate of 24º API. The CE-M-601... Continue Reading →
Westwood Expects 40 FPSOs to be Ordered in 2020-2024 Period
Energy industry analysts seem to agree that the future is bright, or at least brighter, when it comes to the contracting activity for the floating production systems, from 2021 onwards after COVID-19 and low oil prices hit the market in 2020. Norway's Rystad earlier this week said that, apart from the Sangomar FPSO ordered by... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on OGCI’s carbon reduction target
July 16, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), an organization which Petrobras is a member, established a new collective target to reduce the carbon intensity of upstream operations. The new collective target sets an intensity between 20 kg and 21 kg CO2 for each barrel of... Continue Reading →