08/15/18 Consortium operated by Petrobras receives in September proposals to provide drilling and completion services The Libra Consortium is expected to receive offers for construction of wells at the Mero 1 field in the Santos Basin pre-salt in September. The scope of the tender is for eight drillings, 15 completion facilities and one assessment. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras plans to invest R $ 2 billion in Comperj
8/14/18 The works of the Comperj natural gas processing unit in Itaboraí (RJ), should count with 2.5 thousand and 3 thousand workers by the end of the year, said the director of development of Petrobras' production and technology, Hugo Repsold Júnior. According to him, the teams are already being mobilized. The expectation is that about... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Data Acquisition Advances
8/14/18 3D seismic mapping in Sergipe with GeoStreamer cables will be completed between October and November PGS has already acquired more than half of the approximately 8,500 km2 of multi-client seismic data acquisition campaign in deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, which will cover the SEAL-M-351, SEAL-M-428, SEAL-M-501, SEAL-M-503, SEAL-M-430 and SEAL-M-573 operated by ExxonMobil.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras requests Operationing License for Búzios IV
8/14/18 The start of production of the onerous assignment system by P-77 is scheduled for 2019 Petrobras requested from IBAMA the operating license for the development of the production and disposal of Búzios IV, which will be through FPSO P-77. So far, the field development project in the Santos Basin has already had four wells... Continue Reading →
After years of inefficiency, majors start delivering upstream projects within budget and on time, Woodmac says
The oil and gas industry may have finally turned around from “always delivering upstream projects behind schedule and over budget.” Poor capital discipline and over-confidence in pursuit of large-scale, and extremely complex upstream projects before the oil price plunge in 2014 would lead to projects being delivered late and over budget. However, this has started... Continue Reading →
EllaLink Set for 2020 Launch
BELLA (Building Europe Link to Latin America) consortium, whose leading investor is the European Commission, has signed a contract agreement with EllaLink, a private consortium, to launch the deployment of an underwater fibre optic cable connecting Europe and Latin America. Read more
Dome and Seadrill close partnership for warm stacking rigs at Açu Port
10/08/2018 Dome, a partnership between Prumo Logística and GranIHC, will warm stack Seadrill's drill ship, West Carina, at Açu Port. The drill ship docked at Terminal 1 of the port since the end of July, will remain for up to 90 days, with the possibility of extending this deadline. In addition to the mooring of... Continue Reading →
PetroRio plans new drilling in Polvo
08/09/18 At least six prospects are already licensed for the campaign in 2019 With the success of the Polvo field revitalization campaign, PetroRio is expected to start at least one more ring fence drilling campaign in 2019, company director of operations Roberto Monteiro said. The estimate is that there are already six licensed prospects ready... Continue Reading →
ANP releases new tender for 5th pre-salt auction
The ANP announces this Friday (10/8) a new tender for the 5th pre-salt auction, which will take place on October 28th. The announcement is needed after the changes indicated by the Union Court of Auditors, which eventually increased the minimum share of Union oil in the areas of Saturno and Tita. The TCU increased... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore: Liza 2 would be our largest capacity FPSO ever
Dutch FPSO supplier SBM Offshore is awaiting the Liza 2 field sanction in Guyana so it can deliver its largest ever capacty FPSO for the ExxonMobil-operated project. The company is already building an FPSO, converted from a VLCC, for the first phase of Exxon’s Liza field development, that should come on stream in 2020. In... Continue Reading →