Aug 17, 2020 Enauta (ENAT3) signed a contract with Gas Bridge to sell its entire 45% stake in the Manati field in Bahia, the company said in a statement released on Sunday. The transaction involves R $ 560 million, the company said, noting that the amount is subject to the overcoming of contractual conditions and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on onshore fields sale in Ceará
August 14, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 06/18/2018, informs that it signed today with SPE Fazenda Belém S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3R Petroleum e Participações S.A., a contract for the sale of its entire interest in the onshore fields of Fazenda Belém and Icapuí, called Fazenda... Continue Reading →
Brazil Is a Virus Mess But Its Economy Is Outperforming
Brazil, home to the most severe Covid-19 outbreak in Latin America, is emerging with the region’s shallowest recession this year, thanks to a faster economic reopening and temporary stimulus measures. The nation that trails only the U.S. as a global virus hotspot has seen key indicators including industrial output and retail sales outstrip economist expectations just as stores and... Continue Reading →
The extension of onshore contracts by ANP may generate more than US $ 28 billion in new investments
Aug 14, 2020 The ANP board approved the extension of four more contracts for mature onshore oil and gas fields: Massapê, Cantagalo, Fazenda Azevedo and Fazenda Boa Esperança. Thus, there are already 34 mature fields with extended contracts (21 offshore and 13 onshore), which will generate more than US $ 28 billion in new investments,... Continue Reading →
Malaysia’s KNM to Deliver Equipment for SBM Offshore FPSO
Dutch floating production solutions provider SBM Offshore has ordered equipment from Malaysia's KNM to be installed on an FPSO destined for ExxonMobil's Guyana operations. Bursa Malaysia-listed KNM said SBM Offshore had on Thursday ordered PME pressure vessel separators worth around $4 million. KNM said that the equipment would be delivered by its subsidiary KNM Process... Continue Reading →
Requests for extension of exploratory deadlines due to the pandemic released by ANP
Aug 13, 2020 ANP started to make available the list of oil and gas exploration and production contracts whose operating companies requested an extension of exploratory terms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the status of each order. Until Aug 11, 2020, 48 expressions of interest were received from 12 operators, of which... Continue Reading →
Sharing contracts produced 9.3 million barrels of oil in the first half of 2020 – PPSA
Aug 12, 2020 The three contracts under production sharing regime - Mero Development Area, Entorno de Sapinhoá and Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde - produced 9.3 million barrels of oil and 51 million cubic meters of natural gas (available for sale) in the first semester of 2020. The data are part of the Monthly Bulletin of... Continue Reading →
Suriname election soothes investor nerves
Calmer political waters should help turn the country into a global exploration hotspot The small Latin American nation of Suriname is poised for profound change. Revenues from major offshore oil discoveries announced this year could transform the country’s long-term economic prospects. And, following the resolution of an election deadlock, a new coalition government has finally... Continue Reading →
Bureau Veritas develops new solution for decommissioning offshore assets
Aug 11, 2020 The Bureau Veritas Group, a world leader in Tests, Inspections and Certification (ICT), has developed new resources for the Digital Twin technology and for the asset management process for application in the decommissioning of ships, floating units, fixed platforms and subsea structures. The solution meets the principles of ANP Resolution 817/2020, allowing... Continue Reading →
Oceana Offshore files for IPO registration
Aug 10, 2020 Oceana Offshore last Friday requested registration for an initial public offering (IPO). Part of the proceeds from the operation are earmarked to purchase vessels and update the fleet, in addition to acquiring companies to increase market share. . According to the preliminary prospectus, the offering provides for primary (new shares, whose proceeds... Continue Reading →