Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 9.88 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of December 31, 2021. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 85% and 15% of this total, respectively. In 2021,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of Potiguar Cluster assets
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 12/23/2020, 08/27/2021 e 01/19/2022, informs that the Company's Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its total stake (100%) in a set of 22 concessions of onshore and shallow water production fields, together with its infrastructure for processing,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on cancellation of the public offering of Braskem shares
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 12/16/2021 and 01/17/2022, informs that, together with NSP Investimentos SA – In Judicial Recovery, communicated to Braskem SA the decision to cancel the public offering for secondary distribution of shares owned by them, which would have been held simultaneously in Brazil and abroad,... Continue Reading →
Nigeria: Panoro Energy Gets Gov’t Nod to Sell Aje Field Stake to PetroNor
Panoro Energy said Thursday it had received government approvals to sell its interest in the OML 113 offshore block in Nigeria to PetroNor. The company will sell its stake in Aje Petroleum which holds a 6.502% participating interest, with 16.255% cost-bearing interest, representing an economic interest of 12.1913% in OML 113, which includes the Aje... Continue Reading →
Peru Investigating Possibility of Second Repsol Offshore Oil Spill
Peru's environmental regulatory agency said on Wednesday it was investigating the possibility that Spanish energy company Repsol SA was responsible for a second oil spill in as many weeks off the country's central Pacific coast. The suspected new spill may have occurred on Tuesday as Repsol's La Pampilla refinery was withdrawing oil reception and dispatch... Continue Reading →
Initial Guidelines for Offshore Wind Power Generation are Published by the Federal Government
Decree clarifies the requirements for the assignment of use of public assets in offshore areas for the purpose of generating electricity The President of the Republic issued decree nº 10.946/2022, which provides for the assignment of use of physical spaces and the use of natural resources for the generation of electricity from offshore ventures. The... Continue Reading →
Seismic license for Marlim, Voador and Albacora Renewed until 2023
(PetroleoHoje) Ibama renewed Petrobras' seismic survey license in the Marlim, Voador and Albacora fields, in the Campos Basin. The validity of the authorization has been extended until January 5, 2023. This is 3D/4D Multiazimuth marine acquisition. The company responsible for the acquisition is Shearwater Geoservices. Activity, resumed on July 3, 2021, will cover 1,412 km².... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras, India’s ONGC Set to Develop Budião Gas Field
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary of Indian national oil firm ONGC, has said it has entered a development stage for a deepwater gas project in Brazil. The company had registered a major gas discovery in 2019 in its deep offshore block BM-SEAL-4, Brazil, located in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin. Petrobras is the operator of... Continue Reading →
Shell Drills New Well in the Campos Basin
(PN) The revitalization of exploratory activity in the Campos Basin gains new developments. Over the weekend, Shell carried out the drilling of the wildcat well Bob-1, in block C-M-791, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The well was drilled by Seadrill's West Tellus drillship in a water depth of 2,918 meters. The Brazilian Institute... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well
(Reuters) - Shell (RDSa.L) has made a significant oil and gas discovery at an closely-watched offshore well in Namibia which could spark a wave of investment in the southern African country, three industry sources told Reuters. Namibia is not a fossil fuel producer, although northern neighbour Angola is a major oil and gas producer and a member... Continue Reading →
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