Rystad said that, in absolute terms, Brazil experienced the second greatest drop in opex per boe, falling from $16 per boe in 2014 to $11 per boe in 2019. This reduction was driven primarily by a significant increase in production, especially from the giant Lula field. Across the globe, opex per boe in Norway is... Continue Reading →
PPSA signs agreement for the commercialization of the gas production of the Union of Southwest Tartaruga Verde Field.
Jan 7, 2020 Pre-Sal Petróleo (PPSA), which is responsible for representing the Union in the production sharing agreements, has signed with Petrobras an agreement for the commercialization of the gas production of the Union of Southwest Tartaruga Verde Field. The agreement will be effective from January 1 to December 31, 2020 and provides that the... Continue Reading →
Independent evaluation of Zama resources exceeds Talos Energy’s previous range
Results from an independent, third-party contingent resource evaluation of the Talos Energy-operated Zama discovery off Mexico exceed the company’s previously guided resource range. Houston-based Talos on Tuesday announced the finalization of the third-party contingent resource evaluation of the company’s globally recognized Zama discovery commissioned from Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI). Talos is the operator... Continue Reading →
Apache and Total tally significant oil find offshore Suriname
Apache and Total announced a significant oil discovery at the Maka Central-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. The well was drilled using the drillship Noble Sam Croft with Apache as operator holding a 50% working interest and Total holding a 50% working interest. Maka Central-1 successfully tested for the presence of hydrocarbons in multiple stacked... Continue Reading →
Equinor and Shell forecast FPSOs for the pre salt Santos Basin
Jan 3, 2020 Equinor forecasts two FPSOs for Carcará Equinor will install two FPSO-type platforms to produce oil and gas in Carcará, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The first production unit, with a capacity of 220,000 barrels per day of oil and 15 million m³ / day of natural gas, will be the largest in... Continue Reading →
Cosan licenses route for pre-salt natural gas/EPE estimates the construction of the route at R$4.8 billion
January 3, 2020 A 313 km long pipeline, being 294 km offshore and 19 km onshore, linking the Santos Basin pre-salt production hub to Madeira Island at the Itaguaí Port in Rio de Janeiro. This is Cosan's new project for harnessing pre-salt ultra-deepwater gas, in a project that begins with the discovery of Carcarcá, operator... Continue Reading →
Ibama opens consultation to model offshore wind licensing in Brazil
January 7, 2020 Ibama has opened a public consultation to receive contributions for the publication of the Model Term of Reference (TR) that will indicate the ways for the preparation of Environmental Impact Studies of offshore wind projects in the country. Contributions can be sent to the environmental agency until April 3. The reference term... Continue Reading →
PetroRio – IBrX-100 (B3) INDEX AND UPDATE OF HEDGE OPERATIONS
January 06, 2020 Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3) announces to its shareholders and to the market in general that as of this day, it has been included as part of IBXX (or IBrX-100 Index), which consists of the 100 most traded companies in Brazil’s main stock exchange. The Company had previously been... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on public offering of BNDES shares
January 6, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on December 13, 2019, reports that it has received new correspondence from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) in which it reports that it has invited Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A., Bank of America Merrill Lynch... Continue Reading →
Oil Hits $70 a Barrel
Oil prices rose a further 2% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander. Brent crude futures soared to a high of $70.74 a barrel and was at... Continue Reading →