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Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has revitalized 3D data over the Bauna field in southwest Santos Basin and its surrounding area offshore Brazil. This preprocessed dataset is now available for evaluation of blocks for Brazil’s upcoming Permanent Offer Round. The data rejuvenation of legacy survey BM-S-40 started from field tapes and applied the latest workflow for data... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its entire 27.88% stake in Deten Química S.A. (Deten), located in the Camaçari industrial complex, in the state of Bahia. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria for... Continue Reading →
(OE) Investment in energy is on track to recover by nearly 10% in 2021 as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, but spending will fall far short of meeting urgent climate goals. More of the $1.9 trillion in investment is projected to shift toward electricity than... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil and gas company Equnior has made a final investment decision for the development of the Bacalhau field offshore Brazil. The development of the field located in the Santos Basin will cost around $8 billion. Arne Sigve Nylund, Equinor’s executive vice president for Projects, Drilling, and Procurement said: "This is an exciting day. Bacalhau is the... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The Brazilian Environment Institute (Ibama) granted the installation license for the FPSO Sepetiba, the second platform vessel to be installed in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The document will be valid until May 2025 and also covers the collection and disposal system associated with the vessel. The Sepetiba FPSO should start... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in relation to news published in the media about the report of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) about the Board of Directors members election that took place at the Extraordinary General Meeting on April 12, 2021 (EGM), clarifies that no irregularities in the voting process were found. In the... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), in accordance with the provisions of Instruction No. 358, of January 3, 2002, as amended, issued by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”), informs its shareholders and the market in general that PetroRio Luxembourg S.à.r.l., incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“PetroRio... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Several Total (TOTF.PA) shareholders plan to demonstrate their concern that the French firm is not doing enough to curb carbon emissions at its shareholder meeting on Friday, as global oil and gas companies come under growing environmental pressure. The International Energy Agency has warned that new fossil fuel projects must stop this year if the world... Continue Reading →
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp renewed Oil Mining Lease 118 [Bonga] with the local subsidiaries of Shell, Total, Exxon, and Eni for another 20 years, the West African country’s state oil firm said in a statement on Tuesday. The deal signals the end of “long-standing disputes over the interpretation of the fiscal terms of the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Goldman Sachs said it expects oil prices to climb to $80 per barrel in the fourth quarter of this year, arguing that the market has underestimated a rebound in demand even with a possible resumption in Iranian supply. "The case for higher oil prices therefore remains intact given the large vaccine-driven increase in demand... Continue Reading →
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