(OET) Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy is working on sorting out the issues impeding the restart of production from a well located on a field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. To this end, well intervention activities are seen as the likely solution for the well to come back online. Karoon’s production from the Baúna project,... Continue Reading →
Enauta Set to Receive Key Equipment for Atlanta Field Offshore Brazil
(OE) The first multiphase pumping subsea system (MPP), that will support oil and gas production at the Atlanta field in Brazil's Santos Basin, has been shipped from Norway, Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has informed. The MPP, manufactured by OneSubsea, was loaded on January 21, 2024, in Norway ahead of shipping for Brazil. The... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE: 3R shareholder proposes merger of assets with PetroReconcavo
(BJ) A relevant shareholder of 3R Petroleum is proposing a carveout of the company's onshore oil fields and the incorporation of these assets by PetroReconcavo, in a transaction that shows the struggle of junior oils for scale, sources familiar with the matter told Brazil Journal. The rationale for the transaction is already known to the... Continue Reading →
Norway Offers 24 Companies Ownership Interest for Oil and Gas Licenses
(OE) Norwegian government has offered 24 companies ownership interests in 62 production licenses on the Norwegian shelf in pre-defined areas (APA) 2023, Norway's regulator of the petroleum resources informed. The awards, unveiled on January 16, 2024, mark an increase from previous year, when 47 licenses were awarded, according to Norwegian Offshore Directorate. The authorities reviewed... Continue Reading →
Shell to exit Nigeria’s troubled onshore oil after nearly a century
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) is set to conclude nearly a century of operations in Nigerian onshore oil and gas after agreeing to sell its subsidiary there to a consortium of five mostly local companies for up to $2.4 billion.The British energy giant pioneered Nigeria's oil and gas business beginning in the 1930s. It has struggled for years... Continue Reading →
Azule Energy’s digital steps to speed up four oil projects enable FutureOn’s first foray into West Africa
(OET) In a bid to propel the development of four oil projects forward, Angola-based Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has set its cap on using a digital design and visualization platform from FutureOn, a Norwegian software company specializing in the energy sector, which allows the latter to gain its first foothold in... Continue Reading →
Third Enauta well comes back on stream
(OET) Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from another well at a field offshore Brazil. Following issues in the subsea pumping electrical system adopted for the FPSO Petrojarl I, Enauta temporarily halted the Atlanta field’s production in July 2023. After the reinstallation of the subsea pumping equipment at one of the wells, production resumed on November 5, with well #5... Continue Reading →
Exxon faces hurdles in $2.5 billion exit from California offshore
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil's write-down of about $2.5 billion of troubled California properties aims to end five decades of offshore oil production in the state, but a full exit from those assets could take some time. Sable Offshore, a company created in 2020, agreed more than a year ago to pay $643 million for Exxon's... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore confirms FPSO’s achievement of first oil off Brazil
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore has corroborated the start of production from a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on Petrobras’ giant oil field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. As a result of a 22.5-year lease and operation deal from December 2019 with SBM Offshore, Petrobras chartered the FPSO Sepetiba for operations on its Mero... Continue Reading →
Ibama issues the preliminary license for the Parque das Baleias Integrated Project, in the Campos Basin.
The Brazilian Environmental Institute (Ibama) issued the preliminary license for the Parque das Baleias Integrated Project, in the Campos Basin. The document is valid for five years. The project foresees the interconnection of 17 wells to the new platform vessel (FPSO) Maria Quitéria, nine of which are oil producers and eight water injectors. The platform... Continue Reading →