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Brazil's oil production is expected to reach 3.5 million barrels per day by the end of 2022, compared to 3.3 million bpd in early 2020, Goldman Sachs analysts projected in a report on Sunday, which already considers effects recent review of the Petrobras project portfolio. "In general, we are raising our production expectations for the... Continue Reading →
Pre-salt production in August set a record for the second consecutive month, both in oil and natural gas production. In total, 2,776 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day) were produced, with 2,201 MMbbl / d (million barrels per day) of oil and 91.398 MMm3 / d (million m3 per day) of... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor plans to cut its exploration staff by about 30% globally by 2023 to reduce costs as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces demand for petroleum, the company said on Friday. Equinor said it wanted to focus on selected areas when searching for new oil and gas resources, including Norway, Brazil, and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N expects to post a quarterly loss from its production business for the third consecutive time this year, the largest U.S. oil major said in a filing on Thursday, as it continues to suffer from a crash in commodity prices due to the coronavirus pandemic. Exxon reported its first back-to-back quarterly loss... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs, or over 10% of its workforce, as part of a major overhaul to shift the oil and gas giant to low-carbon energy. Shell, which had 83,000 employees at the end of 2019, said that the reorganization will lead to additional... Continue Reading →
Sept 22, 2020 Activity in Brazil’s energy patch keeps ratcheting ever higher. During January 2020, Latin America’s largest economy saw its all-important petroleum industry achieve a new milestone pumping on average a record 3.168 million barrels of crude daily. The COVID-19 pandemic and March 2020 oil price collapse did little to slow the oil boom... Continue Reading →
July 21st, 2020 In a challenging context, we presented solid operational performance in 2Q20. The preventive measures against COVID-19 demanded a reduction in the number of shifts in our operations, in which we have been working with 50% of the regular staff. In view of this new scenario for the oil and gas industry, we... Continue Reading →
Jul 17, 2020 Among the units licensed by Petrobras are four with a capacity to produce 225,000 bopd On Thursday (7/15), Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for... Continue Reading →
Jul 16, 2020 The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a group made up of large oil companies to respond to the O&G industry's global change, announced today a new emission reduction target. The consortium aims to reduce from 20 kg to 21 kg of CO2 for each barrel of equivalent oil sold in the... Continue Reading →
French major Total has been named the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer, an accolade awarded in conjunction with Wood Mackenzie’s annual Exploration Survey. Dr. Andrew Latham, Vice President, Global Exploration Research, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “For the past 12 years, Wood Mackenzie has named the industry’s Most-Admired Explorer after collating the results of our industry-leading annual... Continue Reading →
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