Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following the disclosures dated March 31, 2017, and August 9, 2022, informs that its Board of Directors has approved the settlement agreement to resolve the lawsuit with EIG Energy Fund XIV, LP and others (EIG), The amount related to this contingency is provisioned in Petrobras' Financial Statements and has been... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces termination of divestment process of assets in Colombia
Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on June 12, 2020, announces that its Executive Board has approved today the termination of the divestment project related to the sale of 100% of the shares held by Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. (PIB BV) and other Petrobras subsidiaries, in Petrobras Colombia Combustibles (PECOCO). The decision is in... Continue Reading →
MODEC cheers new ‘milestone’ for Brazil-bound FPSO Raia as workforce earns brownie points
(offshore-energy.biz) Japanese giant MODEC has achieved further progress in the construction of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) destined for a big upcoming natural gas project off the coast of Brazil, thanks to the workers hired to turn the unit plan into reality, hitting 1 million work hours without lost time injury (LTI) and lost... Continue Reading →
Constellation Starts Trading on Euronext Growth Oslo Exchange
(OE) Constellation, an offshore oil and gas drilling services provider in Brazil, has started trading on Euronext Growth Oslo, under the ticker symbol ‘COSH’. Constellation holds about one fifth of Brazil’s country’s offshore drilling market. Constellation, with 1,800 employees and a 45-year track record, holds about one fifth of Brazil’s offshore drilling market, the company... Continue Reading →
Fifth FPSO for Petrobras’ Mero Field Reaches Brazil
(OE) Alexandre de Gusmão floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has entered Brazilian waters, and is heading to Petrobras’ Mero field in Santos Basin for commissioning works before being put into production later in 2025. Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO departed China, heading for Brazil back in December 2024. The news of the FPSO’s arrival to Brazilian... Continue Reading →
Colombia upping regasification ante to tackle looming gas shortage
(offshore-energy.biz) Colombia’s state-owned oil and gas company Ecopetrol has handed out a contract to compatriot Puertos, Inversiones y Obras (PIO) to provide regasification services in the country’s Pacific Coast area. The new infrastructure will entail receipt and storage facilities in Buenaventura and a regasification facility with a 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) capacity... Continue Reading →
Giant Mero Field set new Production Record of 500,000 barrels per day
(PN) The giant Mero field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, reached a new historic milestone. Petrobras announced that the field reached the mark of 500,000 barrels of oil produced per day. Discovered in 2010, Mero is located in ultra-deep waters (depth of 2,100 meters), 180 km off the coast of the state... Continue Reading →
Petrobras started drilling a well at the Alto de Cabo Frio block in the Campos Basin
(PN) This week, Petrobras began drilling a well (3-BRSA-1398-RJS) in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block, in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin, in a water depth of 2,276 meters. The activity is being carried out by the West Polaris drillship, according to information available on the website of the National Petroleum Agency... Continue Reading →
Seadrill, Velesto provide drilling fleet status updates
(OM) Seadrill has reported a current overall order backlog of $3 billion, while Velesto reported $158.8 million in orders. Meanwhile, last week competitor Noble reported it added $525 million of contracts to its drilling backlog. Seadrill’s West Polaris drilllship has started a contract with Petrobras offshore Brazil, following a delay caused by commissioning and testing of upgraded equipment. Another of the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Gears Up for Offshore Boom
(oilprice.com) Petrobras is beefing up its offshore game, throwing four more support vessels into the mix by 2026—bringing the grand total to 48. Brazil’s state-run oil company is gearing up to boost production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) at the Buzios field by 2030, cementing Brazil’s status as an offshore oil heavyweight. Petrobras... Continue Reading →