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Aug 21, 2020 Total, together with its partners, will invest in the third phase of the Mero project in the Libra Block, located 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. Scheduled to start operating in 2024, Mero 3 FPSO1 will have the capacity to process... Continue Reading →
Offshore geotechnical services company Benthic will be deploying a remotely operated seabed drilling system off Brazil, as part of a contract awarded by the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. Petrobras has hired Benthic to carry out geotechnical site investigation services at the giant Mero field located in the Santos Basin, which the company is developing in... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) has been awarded a large(1) contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) through a competitive contracting process, by Petrobras, the leader and operator of the Libra Consortium, which was formed by Petrobras, Shell Brasil, Total, CNPC, CNOOC Limited and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA), for the pre-salt Mero field, located in... Continue Reading →
Aug 19, 2020 Petrobras signaling to operate exclusively in the exploration of oil and natural gas in the offshore segment in ultra-deep waters, the activities of onshore production and marginal accumulated activities have opened up to independent operators and medium and small companies. The opening provided the resumption of investments in the Brazilian onshore, re-activating... Continue Reading →
Aug, 19, 2020 Ibama renewed the operating license for the Baúna field, purchased by Karoon from Petrobras, in the Santos Basin post-salt. The license is valid until August 2024. Karoon expects to close the purchase of the field with Petrobras by September. The sale of 100% of Baúna was agreed at US$ 665 million, in... Continue Reading →
Aug 19, 2020 Petrobras will decide on the future of the bidding for the chartering of the FPSO of Itapu (transfer of rights) this week. The expectation is that the oil company will either choose to cancel the bid or postpone, once again, the date of delivery of the proposals, with the promise of being... Continue Reading →
Aug 18, 2020 This week Petrobras launched a tender to choose a supplier to acquire up to 15.1 km of flowline flexible pipelines for gas injection. The International competition will be in closed dispute mode, with the deadline for submitting proposals on August 24th. The opening of the envelopes with the competitors' proposals is scheduled... Continue Reading →
August 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces the commencement of an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) to exchange up to U.S.$4,115,281,000 aggregate principal amount of PGF’s newly issued 5.093% Global Notes due 2030 (CUSIP/ISIN: 71647N BE8 / US71647NBE85) (the “New Notes”) registered... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - French energy group Total and its partners have launched the third phase of development for the Mero deep offshore oil project off the coast of Brazil, the company said on Monday. The Mero 3 floating production storage and offloading vessel(FPSO) will have a liquid treatment capacity of 180,000 barrels per day (bpd) and... Continue Reading →
August 14, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 06/15/2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of four thermal power plants, three of which are located in Camaçari, in the state of Bahia and powered by fuel oil (UTEs Polo Camaçari), and one bi-fuel... Continue Reading →
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