Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has undertaken the required steps to move forward with the development of the Wahoo field – located offshore Brazil – by submitting a development plan to the National Petroleum Agency, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). PetroRio reported last week that the declaration of commerciality of the Wahoo discovery and the development... Continue Reading →
Interview: André Lima Cordeiro, Executive Manager, Subsea Systems, Petrobras
Brazil has always pushed the boundaries of deepwater exploration and production – and it’s still doing so today. With some of the world’s largest deepwater reservoirs, that are often complex in themselves, it’s had to come up with new solutions. Elaine Maslin found out more from André Lima Cordeiro. (OE) Petrobras has often led the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras submits revised development plan for Brazilian field
(OM) Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras and its partners have submitted a revised development plan to the National Petroleum Agency, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) for Tupi and Iracema fields – located offshore Brazil – in a bid to increase the recovery of hydrocarbons from the area. Petrobras reported on Wednesday that it has submitted the review of... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras dramatically boosts CO2 re-injection
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras significantly increased the amount of carbon dioxide it re-injected into its offshore oilfields in 2021, a major step forward in the firm's emission-reduction goals. According to a release provided by Petrobras, formally Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), the company re-injected 6.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide produced in the oil... Continue Reading →
CGX Energy moving forward with demobilisation activities off Guyana
Canadian oil and gas company CGX Energy will continue with the demobilisation of exploration drilling offshore Guyana, according to the Guyanese Maritime Administration Department. In its notice to mariners on Friday, the department confirmed CGX Energy’s demobilisation of exploration drilling is underway within the CGX-operated Corentyne block – where the Kawa-1 well is located – in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic... Continue Reading →
Boosting production from ageing wells and oil & gas discoveries to propel growth in well intervention market
(OffshoreEnergy) Fortune Business Insights, a market research company, expects the increased number of initiatives to boost production from ageing wells and oil and gas discoveries to drive growth in the global well intervention market. The firm reported on Thursday that the global well intervention market is set to gain traction from the increasing demand for energy and... Continue Reading →
How Venezuela pulled its oil production out of a tailspin
(Reuters) - Venezuela this year almost doubled its oil production from last year's decades-low as its state-owned company struck deals that let it pump and process more extra heavy crude into exportable grades. The surprising reversal began as state-run Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA.UL), known as PDVSA, won help from small drilling firms by rolling over... Continue Reading →
Brazil: The end of the large pre-salt auctions
(Valor) The auction of the surplus volumes from the transfer of rights in Sépia and Atapu, carried out by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) on Friday, marked the end of the large pre-salt auctions. A survey shows that, eight years after the bidding for the Libra area (today Mero), the first round under the country's... Continue Reading →
Yinson, Enauta Pen LoI for Atlanta Field FPSO
Malaysian FPSO contractor Yinson has signed a Letter of Intent with the Brazilian oil company Enauta Energia for the provision, operation, and maintenance of an FPSO at Enauta's Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Enauta has been producing oil from the field using the FPSO Petrojarl I as an Early Production System, and has... Continue Reading →
Chevron agrees to transfer part of offshore Suriname field to Shell
(Reuters) - A unit of U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday transferred one-third of its 60%-equity interest in an offshore Suriname block for which it has a production sharing agreement to a unit of Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), Suriname's state oil company said. Paradise Oil Company, a subsidiary of Suriname's state-run Staatsolie, retains its 40% stake... Continue Reading →