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Nov 17, (OE) ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Petrobras for its safety-enhancing “sandwich hull” design concept for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) tanks. The design uses parts of longitudinal and transverse elements constructed with steel-concrete-steel sandwich structures that allow tanks to remain free of internal obstructions, promising to improve operational efficiency... Continue Reading →
November 17, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of excellent quality oil in the pos-sal of the Campos Basin, in an exploratory well in the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block. Well 4-BRSA-1403D-RJS is located 108 km from Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ city shore, at a water depth of... Continue Reading →
Nov. 14 - The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) issued this week the operating license for the FPSO P-78 in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The platform has been in the field since September, awaiting approval from the environmental agency to begin operating. The first oil from the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 14 - Petrobras has postponed the deadline for receiving proposals for the construction of the platform that will serve the revitalization project of the Albacora field in the Campos Basin to May 25, 2026. The tender, originally announced in March 2025, stipulated a deadline of December 15, 2025. According to the company, the postponement... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (OE) Singapore-based engineering group Seatrium has reported strong execution in the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, bolstered by major offshore and wind project deliveries, a high-value order book and strategic asset sales. The group’s net order book stood at about $12.8 billion (S$16.6 billion), covering 24 projects slated for delivery through 2031.... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (OE) Marine geophysical services company PXGEO has signed two significant contracts with Petrobras-led consortia, to deliver seismic data acquisition and monitoring services in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The projects will run consecutively in 2026 with PXGEO deploying its proprietary MNode 4C ocean bottom node (OBN) technology as part of the scope. The... Continue Reading →
Nov. 11 - The P-79 FPSO left the Hanwha Ocean shipyard, located in Geoje-Si, South Korea, heading to the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The unit will be towed to the operating area with the crew on board, which should speed up the start of production. Arrival is scheduled for... Continue Reading →
Nov. 10 (PN) The great potential to be discovered in the basins of the Equatorial Margin motivated Petrobras to undertake a long and arduous environmental licensing process with IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources). Having overcome this stage, the oil company is now beginning to face the technical and economic challenges. Currently,... Continue Reading →
Nov. 10 - Transpetro launched the third international public tender of the Petrobras System Fleet Renewal and Expansion Program. The new tender calls for the contracting of four new medium-sized vessels of the MR1 (Medium Range) class, with 40,000 gross tonnage (GT), intended for the transport of oil and derivatives along the Brazilian coast. The... Continue Reading →
Nov. 7 - Petrobras has obtained permission from the Brazilian environmental agency Ibama to expand the capacity of six oil production platforms by a total of 115,000 barrels per day (bpd), the company announced Thursday in a presentation published to the market. The impact of this expansion will contribute to an increase of 90,000 bpd... Continue Reading →
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