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Aug 28, 2020 Shell has extended, to the beginning of 2021, the deadline for submitting offers for chartering the FPSO of Gato do Mato, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The last deadline reported by PetróleoHoje was September 1st. Santos Basin pre-salt project will be developed with FPSO with capacity to produce 90 thousand bopd. Source:... Continue Reading →
Norway's industrial tech solutions provider Kongsberg Digital has signed an enterprise framework agreement with Shell, for the supply of its digital twin software, across the oil and gas giant's upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and manufacturing business lines. "Shell has now signed an enterprise agreement with Kongsberg Digital for digital twin software to be deployed across... Continue Reading →
Aug 28, 2020 The ANP board approved the development plan for the Maromba field, in the Campos Basin, in addition to the contractual extension of its production phase, for another 27 years, expiring in 2060. The asset is operated by BW Energy (95%) , in partnership with Magma Oil (5%). According to BW Energy's plans... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil services investment firm Akastor will take full ownership of DOF Deepwater, a joint venture with company DOF, as part of the debt restructuring agreement with the JV's lenders. DOF Deepwater operates five mid-sized AHTS vessels As part of an agreement with DOF Deepwater lenders on a restructuring of its debt that secures continued... Continue Reading →
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers on Thursday for its Presidente Getulio Vargas refinery, with local firms Raizen and Ultrapar Participacoes SA among the likely bidders, sources familiar with the matter said. The sale is part of a multi-billion plan by the state-controlled oil company, known as Petrobras, to divest assets,... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil company Equinor has successfully sent a drone carrying a 3D-printed cargo from shore to an offshore production platform in the North Sea in what the company says is a world's first. In a flight spanning around 80 kilometers from the Mongstad base onshore to the Troll field in the North Sea offshore Norway,... Continue Reading →
August 27 , 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/06/2019, informs that it signed today with Karavan SPE Cricaré S.A., a Specific Purpose Entity (SPE), a contract for the sale of all of its stakes in 27 onshore exploration and production concessions , located in Espírito Santo, jointly... Continue Reading →
August 27, 2020 Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general, in compliance with CVM Instruction No. 358, of January 3, 2002, that, on this date, a meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors (“RCA”) was held, at which the following was approved: (i) The ratification of the... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil Corp is pressing Guyana's newly-installed government for approval of its third offshore oil project, which has been under a months-long review that coincided with political turmoil in the South American country. Exxon, which operates the Stabroek block as part of a consortium with Hess Corp and China's CNOOC Ltd has discovered more than... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore oil and gas drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling is stepping out of the comfort zone and into the offshore renewables space. The company, which provides drilling rigs for oil and gas companies, on Thursday announced its investment in Oceanwind AS, a company working on developing harsh environment floating offshore wind turbines. Continue reading
