(PetroleoHoje) The ANP board approved the guarantee instrument presented by Total for the deactivation and abandonment of the Lapa field, in the Santos Basin. Thus, the French company is able to sign the amendment to the concession contract, assuming 45% of the field, in consortium with Shell (30%) and Repsol Sinopec (25%). In May 2020,... Continue Reading →
Ports supplied by offshore wind are preferred models for green hydrogen in Brazil
(epbr) The investments announced for the construction of plants producing green hydrogen (H2V) in Brazil already total more than US$ 22 billion, all concentrated in ports — Pecém, in Ceará, Suape, in Pernambuco, and Açu, in Rio de Janeiro. These ports combine a series of strategic factors for the development of the new H2V chain,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of Rio Ventura Cluster
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/21/2020, informs that today it has concluded the sale of its total interests in eight onshore exploration and production fields, jointly called Rio Ventura Cluster, located in the state of Bahia, to 3R Rio Ventura S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of 3R Petroleum... Continue Reading →
Karoon examining options for Neon project offshore Brazil
(OM) Karoon Energy has received notification that Brazil’s ANP has approved its integrated development plan for the Neon and Goiá fields (formerly Echidna and Kangaroo) in the Santos basin offshore Brazil. The plan had been submitted in December 2019, although Karoon is now performing additional engineering studies for Neon in order to optimize the development plan. This... Continue Reading →
Guyana Relaunches Search for Company to Market Its Crude
(Reuters) Guyana is re-launching a search for a company to market the government's share of crude oil produced off the South American country's coast to make the tender process "simpler and more competitive," the natural resources minister said on Monday. According to the notice published late last week, companies will have until Aug. 3 to submit their... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs Itapu Coparticipation Agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed with Pré-sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) the Itapu Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Contract (ToR) and the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Suplus of the Transfer of Rights for the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras releases teaser of E&P assets in Potiguar Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) for the sale, together with Sonangol Hidrocarbonetos Brasil Ltda. (Sonangol), of the total stakes of both companies in the onshore exploratory block POT-T-794, belonging to the BT-POT-55A concession, located in the Potiguar Basin, in the State of Rio Grande do... Continue Reading →
PETRO RIO CLOSING OF ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN WAHOO
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PetroRio") (B3: PRIO3), in accordance with art. 26 of the Novo Mercado Regulation, and in addition to the Material Fact of March 04, 2021, informs shareholders that the country’s National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (“ANP”) has approved the acquisition of 28.6% in the BM-C-30 Block (“Wahoo” or “Wahoo Field”)... Continue Reading →
No Environmental Damage from Gulf of Mexico Fire, Pemex Says
Just days after a video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, Mexico's national oil company has declared that environmental damage was avoided due to quick action by its workers. The July 2 blaze, caught on video apparently from a nearby helicopter, showed bright... Continue Reading →
Mexico Picks Pemex to Run Giant Zama Discovery. Talos Says Will Explore All Legal Options
Mexico chose state-owned Pemex to run a major shared oil find over the private consortium led by a U.S. oil company that first discovered it, in the latest win for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's nationalistic energy policies. The disputed deposit, believed to hold some 700 million barrels of oil, is thought to straddle two... Continue Reading →
