April 3, 2019 The government has come to an understanding with Petrobras on the review of the Transfer of Rights Assignment contract and should submit the terms to the Brazilian Court of Audit (TCU) this week. The economic team came to appreciate that the TCU would not need to endorse the text. Even so, it... Continue Reading →

  Pre-salt production in February totaled 1.826 million boe / d, an increase of 3.6% compared to the same month in 2018 and a decrease of 0.6% compared to the previous month. 1,450 million barrels of oil per day and 59.8 million cubic meters of natural gas per day were produced through 88 wells. The... Continue Reading →

04/02/2019 BP has published its contract for the purchase and sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Delivered Ex-Ship (DES) operations, where the seller has the responsibility to deliver the goods to the port of the country defined by the buyer. The purpose of the document is to contribute to the standardization of transactions involving... Continue Reading →

04/02/2019 The semi-submersible Catarina, owned by Petroserv, will operate for ENI in Indonesia, carrying out the Merakes field development campaign. The Italian oil company and the Brazilian drilling company signed a letter of intent to charter the unit. The rig will be chartered for two years. The companies do not reveal the value of the... Continue Reading →

April 2, 2019 An active participant in the last rounds of the ANP, Shell is expected to continue with the expansion of its exploration and production portfolio in Brazil in 2019. In an interview with BE Petróleo, the Brazil oil company's president signaled that the company is willing to invest in the largest number of... Continue Reading →

01/ 04/2019 The Transfer of Rights auction roadshow will be carried out between the end of May and the beginning of June. The timeline was informed to BE Petróleo by ANP director Felipe Kury. He anticipated that the proposal is to give a period of three to four months to analyze the data. The roadshow... Continue Reading →

01/04/19 The ANP rejected a request from Petrobras for cancellation of the firm commitment of the Discovery Assessment Plan (PAD) of the well 1-BRSA-768-BAS, in the pre-salt of the Jequitinhonha Basin. The operator based its request on the difficulty to obtain environmental license. The PAD was approved by the ANP with a firm commitment to... Continue Reading →

01/04/19 CGG was the best ranked in a Petrobras bid to contract a seismic campaign in the Campos Basin. The scope foresees the acquisition of 3D streamer data and 4D multiazimute in the fields of Albacora, Marlim and Voador. Last week, the oil company reported that it requested the Ibama license to conduct the seismic... Continue Reading →

Saipem is reportedly in talks to divest its drilling businesses, both onshore and offshore, according to a report by Bloomberg published on Friday. According to the financial news giant, the Italian oilfield services provider is in discussions with interested parties to divest its drilling units in two separate transactions. Bloomberg based its report on information... Continue Reading →