Companies in the oil and gas sector are optimistic about their ability to achieve their financial targets for 2020, according to a survey from standards agency DNV GL. While the sector’s growth hangs in the balance for 2020, oil and gas leaders are optimistic that they will weather the storm, drawing on hard-earned cost efficiencies... Continue Reading →
BRASCO/APM Terminals to Support Premier Oil’s Drilling in Brazil
Offshore support terminal operator Brasco, a Wilson Sons Group company, has partnered with APM Terminals Pecém to set up a temporary logistics base at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex. It will be the first offshore port support operation to take place in Ceará, Brazil, APM Terminals said Monday. Scheduled to start in the first... Continue Reading →
Raising the Pipeline Inspection Game
There’s a shake-up happening in the pipeline inspections business. More evolved remotely operated vehicles (ROV), digital aspirations and unmanned surface vessels (USV) are driving a new era of data acquisition and deliverables. It’s offering something of a revolution in the amount of new insights that operators can acquire on their pipelines, while reducing offshore campaign... Continue Reading →
Report: McDermott might file for bankruptcy as soon as next week
U.S. engineering and construction services company McDermott International could be filing for bankruptcy over the course of this week. Citing people close to the matter, Bloomberg stated the company was looking into a restructuring plan to convert its more than $4 billion debt into equity. According to the news agency, the majority of the shares... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will lose preemptive rights in pre-salt exploration
Jan 20, 2020 The government will reduce the value of the signature bonus or decrease the percentage of oil sharing with the Union required in the Sépia and Atapu fields, in the pre-salt, informs the Special Secretary of Finance, Waldery Rodrigues. The two fields did not receive offers at the auction for the transfer of... Continue Reading →
InterMoor Kicks Off FPSO Chain Inspection Works Off Brazil
InterMoor has started working on a chain inspection job offshore Brazil, in partnership with 3 other Acteon Group sister companies. The team will inspect the mooring lines of six FPSOs. The project consists in performing full inspection on all mooring lines, an equivalent of 28km of chain/polyester. Continue reading
Fire outbreak temporarily interrupted production on the P-76 Buzios platform.
Jan 18, 2020 This Saturday the 18th , a fire outbreak temporarily interrupted production on the P-76 platform. Petrobras, through its press office, informed the resumption of the operation. The P-76 is in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, considered one of the most promising in Brazil. The unit has an installed capacity... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on non-binding phase of assets in Uruguay
Jan 17, 2020 Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 11/12/2019, related to the sale of 100% of the shares held by Petrobras Uruguay Sociedad Anónima de Inversiones (PUSAI) - a subsidiary of Petrobras - in Petrobras Uruguay Distribuición S.A. (PUDSA), informs that the project´s non-binding phase is underway, as described in the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces non-binding phase for the sale of TAG
January 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 12/11/2019, announces the beginning of the non-binding phase related to them sale of its remaining stake (10%) in Transportadora Associada de Gás S.A. (TAG). Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive a descriptive memorandum with more detailed information... Continue Reading →
Resignation of the director general of ANP starts the race for the vacancy, which awakens political interests
Jan 17, 2020 The letter of resignation of Décio Oddone from the position of director general of the ANP, released on Wednesday (1/15), surprised the market and opened a new race for the vacancy. The executive previously communicated the decision only to a select group of friends - even before the other directors of the... Continue Reading →