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(TN) ANP released the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production for August 2024, which brings consolidated data on national production. Total Brazil production (oil + natural gas) was 4.345 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). With regard to oil, 3.340 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, an increase of 3.4%... Continue Reading →
The 440km repeaterless trunk-and-branch system will link 12 oil and gas production platforms with two cable landing stations in Brazil’s Anchieta, Espirito Santo and Barra do Furado, Rio de Janeiro. Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fiber optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, has been contracted by Blue Marine, leader of the Blue Marine Consortium,... Continue Reading →
– Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors has approved the company's operations in South Africa, enabling the acquisition of a stake in the Deep Western Orange Basin (DWOB) block, through a competitive process conducted by TotalEnergies. The DWOB block is located in deep waters in the Orange Basin, where there... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) France’s tubular solutions provider Vallourec has signed what is described to be a “significant” contract with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras for the supply of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and accessories for the development of Sepia 2 and Atapu 2 projects in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. According to Vallolurec, the deal includes the delivery... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is set to reopen a closed oil well in its large offshore Roncador field in a bid to quickly obtain natural gas, the company's chief said on Thursday. The well, located off the Brazilian coast northeast of Rio de Janeiro, could start producing as early as next year and would... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The main focus of Brazil state-run oil firm Petrobras remains in its home country, its director of exploration and production said on Thursday, adding that Brazil was a priority even as it intends to expand into Africa. Petrobras has been publicly showing interest in expanding its oil fields in Africa as it seeks to... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has signed today with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. a non-binding memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) aimed at assessing cooperation opportunities in the areas of hydrocarbon exploration and production, carbon capture, new energy sources, contingency response planning, among others. Cooperation with Staatsolie could also result in better sustainable oil... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that today it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with YPF of Argentina to analyze the joint development of business in the E&P segment. The agreement is non-binding and will be in force for three years. The document also provides for technological cooperation between the companies in the Exploration... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Constellation has secured two new contracts with Petrobras, worth $1 billion, for the deployment of two ultra-deepwater drillships - Laguna Star, part of Constellation’s fleet, and Tidal Action, a newbuild rig, owned by Hanwha Drilling – at the Roncador field in the Campos Basin. The contracts are set to enhance local... Continue Reading →
(OE) Maersk Supply Service has awarded Scottish flex-lay specialist Maritime Developments (MDL) a solution-development scope in the Mero block in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The scope entails the development of an integrated spread of equipment and expert personnel to support installation of a dynamic riser assembly, which will enable connection to a grid of... Continue Reading →
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