A joint venture between Brazil’s Ocyan and Altera Infrastructure (formerly Teekay) has been awarded a contract by Karoon for the charter of the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, which is operating on the Baúna field offshore Brazil. As previously reported, Karoon has finally taken over the operatorship of the Baúna field, located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of Baúna field
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 07/24/2020 and 07/28/2020, informs that it has concluded today the sale of its entire stake in the Baúna field (BM-S-40 concession area), located in shallow waters in the Santos Basin, to Karoon Petróleo & Gás Ltda (Karoon), a subsidiary of Karoon Energy Ltd.... Continue Reading →
PRE-SALT PRODUCTION INCREASED ALMOST 60 TIMES IN THE LAST DECADE
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) launched a special edition of its monthly bulletin of oil and gas production in Brazil, a document that is completing ten years of existence. Among the highlights of the new report, is the evolution of the pre-salt fields. From 2010 to the present day, production in the area grew almost... Continue Reading →
McDermott Ships Second Batch of Topside Modules for Modec FPSO
Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott on Thursday announced the second shipment of topside modules for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Japans' Modec. The new shipment comes just weeks after the first shipment of modules sailed away from McDermott's Altamira fabrication facility in Mexico to be installed on the FPSO named... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts binding phase of E&P assets in Ceará
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on August 7, 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its entire stake in the fields in shallow waters of Tuna, Curimã, Espada and Xaréu (Ceará Cluster), located in the state of Ceará. Potential buyers qualified for this phase... Continue Reading →
SPECIAL REPORT: ANALYSIS OF BRAZIL’S O&G SECTOR: All-in for the Brazilian oil and gas industry
In November 2007 Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras, shocked the E&P world by announcing a 5-to-8-Bbbl discovery in a completely unknown geological play: carbonate reservoirs below a 2-km layer of salt, offshore Brazil, in a 2,000-m water depth. This announcement marked the beginning of a complete turnaround in the history of Brazil’s oil and gas... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Karoon Gets ANP Approval to Take Over Bauna Field
Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy said Friday that the Brazilian national oil regulator ANP had approved, with conditions, Karoon's acquisition of the Bauna offshore field from Petrobras. The field is located in shallow waters in the Santos Basin in concession BM-S-40, 50-60km from Karoon’s Neon and Goiá discoveries, and 50km from Karoon’s Clorita... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts binding phase of E&P assets in Alagoas
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on July 29, 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions (Alagoas Cluster) located in the state of Alagoas. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to resume exploratory campaign in deep water Potiguar Basin in 2023
Petrobras is studying resuming the exploration campaign in the deep waters of the Potiguar Basin in 2023, with the drilling of a new well to delimit the discovery of Pitu - one of the few assets that is not being sold by the company in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. - The discovery... Continue Reading →
MME Targets Mature Offshore Fields
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) should launch, in November, the Incentive Program for Offshore Mature Fields following REATE’s initiative for onshore fields. The program, which focuses on extending the useful life of this type of asset and postponing its decommissioning, is being conducted directly by the Secretary of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels,... Continue Reading →