16/05/18 PetroRio has begun licensing a campaign to drill up to three exploratory wells in the FZA-539 block area, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. The company intends to use a rig with dynamic positioning for the drilling campaign, which will have wells in shallow water depths of 200 m. According to PetroRio, two wells... Continue Reading →

07/13/18 Petrodin Offshore recently closed partnership to represent a Chinese company in Brazil. The representative, who sees opportunities in the Brazilian and South American markets, is in search of contracts with oil companies that will explore blocks in shallow waters. The partnership aims to bring to Brazil three drilling rigs currently idle at the Chinese... Continue Reading →

7/13/18 Marlim's FPSOs are delayed for another month. Petrobras has again postponed the tender submission deadline for chartering the two new FPSOs for the Marlim field in the Campos Basin, moving the deadline to September 10. The tender was scheduled for August 9, but the oil company has already informally informed the market and is... Continue Reading →

7/13/2018 Petrobras postponed to July 25 the deadline for delivery of the proposals to charter helicopters of the medium and super-medium types. The scope includes more than 20 aircraft, with operations from the Jacarepaguá or Cabo Frio airports in Rio de Janeiro. In the latest bid, CHC Brasil and Omni Táxi Aéreo presented packages of... Continue Reading →

7/13/18 Aker Solutions is competing for around NOK 50 billion ($ 6 billion) in contracts worldwide, most of them in the subsea segment. The information appears in the financial report for the second quarter, released on Thursday 12th. The Norwegian company is optimistic that the market will pick up, boosted by high barrel prices and... Continue Reading →

Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 2018 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, appointed Mr. Durval José Soledade Santos to the position of member of the Company's Board of Directors, until the next Shareholders' Meeting, as provided for in Article 25 of the Bylaws. The... Continue Reading →

Chevron Corp has named Mariano Vela, a geologist with 20 years of experience at the U.S. oil major, to oversee its Brazil operations, the company told Reuters on Thursday, as it expands in Latin America’s top producer. Read more

Porto Açu carries out second transhipment operation with a VLLC and is expected to close the year with up to 60 million barrels of oil. Galp carried out its second transhipment operation at the Açu Petróleo terminal in São João da Barra (RJ). The oil production at the Lula field in the Santos pre-salt occurred... Continue Reading →

Norwegian oilfield services company Aker Solutions posted an increase in profit and revenues as its orders almost doubled in the second quarter of 2018 compared to a year earlier amid a pickup in activity. In its 2Q 2018 report on Thursday Aker Solutions said that its orders totaled NOK 5.7 billion ($703 million) in the... Continue Reading →