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Oil major Chevron has announced that its organic capital and exploratory spending program for 2020 will be $20 billion, the same as this year. Chevron has also decided to reduce spending on gas-related projects and expects to take up to $11 billion charge in 4Q 2019. Chevron said on Tuesday that the 2020 budget supports... Continue Reading →
Even as Mexico’s president and Pemex’s CEO touted the country’s most important find in three decades, it appears to be far from a panacea for the beleaguered state driller. Pemex called the Quesqui deposit -- which is believed to contain 500 million barrels of proven, probable and possible, or 3P reserves -- the most important... Continue Reading →
December 10, 2019 In this Tuesday's edition of the Perspectives 2020 project, we invited the current president of the Brazilian Association of Petroleum Services Companies (ABESPetro), Claudio Makarovsky, to give his impressions about 2020. Despite the challenges still in place, Makarovsky sees that 2019 was better than previous years, as new FPSOs were contracted, even... Continue Reading →
AFGlobal announced on Monday that its Active Control Device (ACD) has been approved by Petrobras for use on its wells in Brazil. This approval follows rigorous testing review at the AFGlobal’s Advanced Technology Center in Houston, the company said. “This is a pivotal milestone for AFGlobal, and we are very proud to have our technology... Continue Reading →
2G Robotics has officially released the Micro Inspection Skid, a new laser survey skid for Inspection Class ROVs developed in partnership with iXblue and Nortek. The Micro Inspection Skid is available for vehicles including the Saab Seaeye Falcon and the Seatronics VALOR. The plug-and-play design comes fully calibrated and only requires mounting and connection to... Continue Reading →
Tullow Oil and its joint venture partners in the Orinduik Block located offshore Guyana have elected to enter the next exploration phase of the Orinduik Petroleum Agreement signed on January 14, 2016, and have submitted their official notice to the Department of Energy of the Government of Guyana. The JV Partners are Eco Atlantic (15%... Continue Reading →
Dec 09, 2019 Petrobras will send letters of apology to about 2,000 employees who have been investigated for possible involvement in corruption schemes following the Lava Jato operation, state oil company president Roberto Castello Branco said on Monday. During his speech at a compliance event at the company's headquarters, the executive stressed that internal investigations... Continue Reading →
Brazil will push to expand oil drilling in its massive “pre-salt” oil and gas area off its coast in spite of growing global concerns about climate change, the country’s energy minister told Reuters on Monday. Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque spoke on the sidelines of a climate summit underway in Madrid where UN... Continue Reading →
December 9, 2019 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/25/2019, reports that it has completed today the sale of its entire stake in 34 onshore production fields located in the Potiguar Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, to Potiguar E&P S.A., a subsidiary of Petrorecôncavo S.A.... Continue Reading →
Norway’s Equinor has awarded Archer a new four-year contract for the provision of platform drilling management services on the Peregrino field development on the Peregrino A and B platforms located offshore Brazil. Archer said on Monday that the contract is effective from December 1, 2020. The new four-year contract awarded will be in direct continuation... Continue Reading →
