SBM Offshore has signed a non-recourse sale and leaseback financing agreement for Cidade de Paraty floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, for the total amount of $400 million and with a tenor of eight years. The transaction is expected to be completed before the end of April 2025, following the fulfillment of certain closing... Continue Reading →
Hanwha Ocean Marks Entry into Brazil Deepwater Drilling Market with First Drillship
(OE) Hanwha Ocean has held a naming ceremony for its high specification ultra-deepwater drillship Tidal Action, signaling its official entry into the deepwater drilling industry. The Tidal Action is built on Hanwha Ocean’s proprietary design and is capable of drilling at depths of up to 12 kilometers in waters as deep as 3.6 kilometers. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Completes Veterinary Center Required for Offshore License
(Reuters) Petrobras has completed work on a veterinary center in the Amazon region that is required for it to obtain an environmental permit for an offshore drilling project, the company said on Saturday. The animal care center in the town of Oiapoque, Amapa state, is designed to assist animals in the event of an oil... Continue Reading →
FPSO P-80 hull left China for Singapore to begin integration
(PN)The hull of the platform ship (FPSO) P-80 left the Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles Offshore and headed to a new stage of the project. The vessel is on its way to the Seatrium shipyard in Singapore, where it will undergo the module integration phase. The platform is expected to enter into operation in the Búzios... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to present development plan for Sergipe Deep Waters by the end of April
(eixos) Petrobras is expected to present the development plan for the ultra-deep water project to produce oil and gas in Sergipe, the Sergipe Deep Waters (Seap), by the end of April, said the state-owned company's executive manager for Gas and Energy, Álvaro Tupiassu, during a meeting of the Oil and Gas Technical Chamber (CTGás) of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ new discoveries are ‘significant’, executive says
(Reuters) - Discoveries made by Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras discoveries this year in the Campos and Santos basins and in the Buzios field are "significant," exploration and production head Sylvia dos Anjos said on Wednesday. Petrobras announced hydrocarbon discoveries in February and March at the Aram block, located in the Santos basin, and at... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras looks at power auction for batteries as possible opportunity
(Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras is looking at an auction that will contract energy from batteries for the country's electric sector "as a possibility" for the company to develop business in the area, an executive at the state-run oil firm said on Tuesday. According to Battery and New Technologies manager Clarissa Palu, Petrobras has started to look... Continue Reading →
Companies pre-qualified for the bidding process for FPSO P-88 to be installed in the Albacora Field
(PN) Petrobras released the bidding notice earlier this week and the competition for the platform contract has eight pre-qualified competitors: Modec, Shapoorji, Yinson, MISC, BW Offshore, SBM Offshore, MISC, Ocyan and Altera (the latter two companies, as is known, work in partnership in the Altera & Ocyan joint venture). The opening of the envelopes with... Continue Reading →
Constellation-Operated Jack-Up Rig Up for Petrobras Job
(OE) Constellation, an offshore oil and gas drilling services provider in Brazil, has secured a new contract with Petrobras for the deployment of Admarine 511, a jack-up drilling rig owned by its commercial partner ADES Holding. The rig, operated by Constellation, will be used for a campaign of Plug and Abandonment (P&A) of wells at... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about Chief Energy Transition and Sustainability Officer
Petrobras announces that the Chief Energy Transition and Sustainability Officer Mauricio Tolmasquim has informed the company that he has been nominated to run for the position of Board Member of Eletrobras at the Shareholders General Meeting of that company scheduled for April 29, 2025. If the election is confirmed at the General Meeting, the company... Continue Reading →