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(Reuters) 3R Petroleum Oil and Gas reported that its board approved the formalization of a partnership with DBO under which the companies agree to jointly capitalize 3R Petroleum Offshore, new name of OP Energia, and to join efforts to seek acquisition opportunities. The company will seek, through the partnership, to expand its operations in offshore... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA would need $58 billion in investment to revive its crude production to the levels of 1998 before ex-President Hugo Chavez came to power, equivalent to 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd), a document seen by Reuters shows. In the February 2021 document entitled "Investment Opportunities," Petroleos de Venezuela's (PDVSA.UL)... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”), following best corporate governance practices, informs its shareholders and the market in general about the drilling in the Polvo Field’s (“Polvo”) Eocene reservoir, which resulted in a well (“POL-K”) with initial production of 2,500 barrels of oil per day, still in the assessment period. This highly satisfying result, following... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticia) A surprise in the list of companies pre-qualified for the bidding of the P-80 platform, which will be installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The Japanese company Modec is one of the 13 pre-qualified companies and may eventually prepare proposals for the event, even after being banned by Petrobras from... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited to build the P-78, the seventh unit to be installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. With processing capacity of 180 thousand barrels of oil per day and 7.2 million cubic meters of gas per day, the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Petrobras has reopened bidding for its Golfinho offshore oilfield cluster, two sources told Reuters this week, following a rise in crude prices over the last several months. Golfinho is one of dozens of legacy production assets that Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the firm is formally known, is selling to reduce debt and sharpen its... Continue Reading →
BW Energy, an Oslo-listed oil firm, said Thursday that the drilling of the Hibiscus Extension appraisal well DHIBM-2 in the Dussafu Marin license in Gabon had fallen short of expectations, hitting water instead of oil. "The primary objective of the well was to test the northern extension of the Gamba Sandstone reservoir of the Hibiscus... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The Company raised R$ 1.1 billion on the stock exchange with a share price of R$ 14.75. The value was defined below the initial indicative price range, from R$ 15.50 to R$ 19.50. Negotiations at B3 begin on Wednesday (5). - The objective is the acquisition of upstream mature assets. About 66% of the... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Petrobras officially launches today the tender for the EPCI of the subsea works of the Búzios 7 project, with the start of the period for sending proposals. The opening of the envelopes was scheduled for the 4th of August. The FPSO Búzios 7 production development project, called P-78, will have a total of 13... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticia) The Libra block development project will move forward. Petrobras applied to the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) for the operating license for the second Early Production System (SPA) in the Mero field, located within the block. Like the first SPA in the area, this new project will also be carried out with the... Continue Reading →
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