As of November, executive Olivier Bahabanian will become the new president of the company in the country, in addition to also assuming the position of general director of the company for the Exploration and Production business. He will replace Charles Fernandes, who has held these two positions since 2021. Olivier has almost 20 years of... Continue Reading →
Yinson Production Concludes Minority Stake Sale in FPSO Anna Nery
(OE) Yinson Production has completed the sale of minority stake in floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Anna Nery, working for Petrobras offshore Brazil, to “K” Line for $49 million. Yinson Production sold its 11.8% stake in Yinson Boronia Consortium, which indirectly fully owns FPSO Anna Nery, deployed at the Marlim field. The sale... Continue Reading →
Subsea Digitalization: Remote Control
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The more production infrastructure we push to the seabed, the more data we need to pull back up. With it comes opportunity. Chevron’s landmark 6,500 tons of subsea gas compression infrastructure for Jansz-Io demonstrates the scale of what is being put on the seabed, but there’s a diversity of other infrastructure under... Continue Reading →
MODEC celebrates 10 years of FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24
This October, MODEC celebrates 10 years since FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24 went into operation. The FPSO is anchored in the Lula Field, in the Iracema Sul area, with a water depth of 2,200 meters and is capable of processing 150 thousand barrels of oil per day and 8 million cubic feet of natural gas... Continue Reading →
ABS Takes Charge of Digital Twin Project for Petrobras’ FPSOs
(OE) American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has secured a contract to provide and test a digital twin solution for real-time condition monitoring for a Petrobras floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The ABS solution will provide a digital twin of the asset, and as part of the project, ABS has selected Akselos to deploy... Continue Reading →
Petrobras launches tender invitations for FPSO P-86 for the Marlim Filed and prepares new bids for the Sergipe Aguas Profundas
(PN) Petrobras officially launched (14) the invitation to tender for the FPSO P-86, which will be part of the revitalization project for the Marlim Sul and Marlim Leste fields. The opening of the envelopes with the bidders' proposals is expected to take place only on April 8 of next year. However, as has been seen... Continue Reading →
FPSO Maria Quitéria begins operations in the pre-salt Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras communicates that FPSO Maria Quitéria initiated today production operations in the Jubarte field, located in the pre-salt Campos Basin in the area known as Parque das Baleias, in the State of Espírito Santo. The unit has the capacity to produce up to 100 thousand barrels of oil per day and... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras and miner Vale have decarbonization partnership in works
(Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras is discussing a partnership with Vale to help the mining company lower carbon emissions, the state-run oil firm's Chief Executive Magda Chambriard said on Monday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The two Brazilian companies are among the largest in Latin America by market value. Chambriard said the firms will "help each other" decarbonize, with a... Continue Reading →
Brazilian maritime support sector booms: fleet to reach 500 vessels. Billions in new contracts will be generated!
(CPG) With new contracts, billion-dollar investments and overcoming a crisis that almost paralyzed the sector, Brazilian companies are ready for a new cycle of growth. The Brazilian maritime support segment has suffered a drastic decline in recent years. In 2014, more than 500 vessels were active in the country, but in 2019, that number fell... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras to reduce investments planned for 2025, sources say
(Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras is set to reduce planned investments for next year, despite requests by the government for the state-run oil firm to increase CAPEX, three sources close to the matter told Reuters. The firm foresaw $21 billion of investments for next year, but spending could be down to around $17 billion, according to initial... Continue Reading →