The proposal aims to implement an offshore wind farm in Rio Grande do Norte, with an area of 300 km², 52 wind turbines with 12 MW of installed power, in addition to two electrical substations The construction wind power project of an offshore wind farm in Rio Grande do Norte is getting closer and closer... Continue Reading →
Europe Could Invest $35B in CCS by 2035, Rystad Says
After years of expensive carbon capture and storage (CCS) studies and test centers, Europe has now reached a phase where large-scale CCS developments make sense financially, Norwegian energy market intelligence group Rystad Energy has said. In a report on Monday, Rystad said that CCS in Europe could trigger up to $35 billion in development spending... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Total Gives Up on Foz do Amazonas Offshore Blocks
French oil major Total has given up operatorship over five exploration blocks located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, offshore Brazil. "Total announces that it has notified its partners on August 19 about its resignation from its role of operator for five exploration blocks, located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, 120 kilometers offshore Brazil,"... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes test in Jupiter area
September 4, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs the conclusion of the Drill Stem Test (DST) in the area of Júpiter Discovery Assessment Plan, located in the Santos Basin presalt. The Jupiter area belongs to the BM-S-24 concession, in which Petrobras is the operator, with an 80% interest, and was acquired in 2001 in... Continue Reading →
No New E&P Projects Expected in Mexican Plan
A Mexican government plan to boost the energy sector that could be unveiled in the coming weeks will not likely include any new exploration or production projects open to private or foreign oil firms, the head of an oil sector trade group said Thursday. A possible infrastructure investment plan from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador aimed at boosting Mexico's... Continue Reading →
Pre-salt Lula field is among the 10 largest oil producers in the world
Sept 3, 2020 The Lula field, in the pre-salt of the Santos basin, achieved a feat that is not yet properly recognized internationally: it is today the seventh field with the largest oil production in the world, surpassing emblematic assets in the onshore and offshore of countries like Russia, United States and Iraq. With a... Continue Reading →
Total resumes environmental licensing for seven wells in Foz do Amazonas
Sept 3, 2020 Total started a new environmental licensing process for drilling seven exploratory wells in the area of blocks FZA-M-57, FZA-M-86, FZAM-88, FZA-M-125 and FZA-M-127, in the Basin of Foz do Amazonas. The company was forced to restart the licensing of the projects after the environmental agency dismissed, in April last year, the reconsideration... Continue Reading →
Existing pipelines guarantee pre-salt gas flow for six years, says Minister
Sept 3, 2020 The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, said on Wednesday (2) that Brazil will be able to dispose of the total production planned for pre-salt gas for the next six years, with the forecast for the start-up of the Route 3 at the beginning of 2021. The Petrobras project is the... Continue Reading →
Mexico: Pemex, Hokchi in Talks Over Shared Offshore Reservoir
Mexican national oil company Pemex and Hokchi Energy have begun the first stage of unitization negotiations over a possible offshore shared reservoir in the southern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico's energy ministry told Reuters on Wednesday. The ministry said Pemex, formally known as Petroleos Mexicanos, told it in May that an exploratory well it drilled in... Continue Reading →
Accumulated production in the Lula field exceeds 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent since Dec 2010
Sept 2, 2020 Note: The name of Lula field will be changed due to a court decision. In July, the Lula field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, was the largest producer of oil and natural gas, registering 988 Mbbl / d of oil and 43.2 MMm3 / d of natural gas, totaling accumulated production (... Continue Reading →