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Brazilian police have raided offices of Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz Ltda (“EJA”), a Brazilian subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore rig builder Sembcorp Marine. n a Singapore Exchange filing, SembCorp Marine said the search warrant the Brazilian authorities were executing was related to the “Operacao Lava Jato” (Operation Car Wash) in Brazil, which is a years-long investigation into... Continue Reading →
The worldwide offshore rig count in June 2019 dropped by 9 units compared to May, but it was up 56 compared to June 2018, according to monthly rig count reports by Baker Hughes, a GE company. BHGE splits its rig counts into international and North America rig counts, which combined make the worldwide rig count.... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, July 3, 2019 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release dated 06/03/2019, announces the beginning of the non-binding phase related to the sale of its total equity interest in 14 onshore exploration and production concessions, located in Bahia state, jointly designated as Recôncavo Cluster. Interested parties qualified for... Continue Reading →
For the oilfield services industry, it’s no longer about merely navigating a downturn. It’s now about survival. Five years after crude began its plunge to less than US$30 a barrel from more than US$100, the companies that drill and frack wells are living in a new world. The producers they work for have become increasingly... Continue Reading →
The oilfield services company Weatherford International filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, after struggling to assimilate the companies it bought during a quest for growth, taking on too much debt and fighting to recover from falling oil prices in 2014 that hammered the energy industry. Weatherford, which got its start in 1941 and had... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil has been named the upstream industry’s most admired explorer, according to Wood Mackenzie. The energy intelligence group said that the accolade was awarded in conjunction with its annual Exploration Survey. Mike Cousins, ExxonMobil’s SVP of exploration and new ventures, accepted the award at the second Wood Mackenzie Exploration Awards ceremony, held... Continue Reading →
Italian oil company Eni has started the early production phase from the Miztón field in Area 1, located in the Campeche Bay offshore Mexico, making Eni the first international company to start offshore production in Mexico after the Energy Reform. This is the first step in the development of Area 1, estimated to hold 2.1... Continue Reading →
June 28, 2019 The ANP opened the First Cycle of the Permanent Offer with the approval, by the Special Bidding Commission (CEL), of the offer guarantee accompanied by a declaration of interest in one of the areas offered by one of the companies already registered to participate. The public session for the presentation of First... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2019 The process of selling part of Petrobras' refineries should not attract the interest of big oil companies, but rather of fuel distributors and refining operators. The opinion was presented by the deputy minister and former Minister of Mines and Energy of the government Michel Temer, Fernando Coelho Filho (DEM-PE), during an event... Continue Reading →
The Cabiúnas 1 consortium, owner of the Rota 2 gas pipeline, was authorized to increase the capacity of the natural gas from pre-salt fields to 16 million m³ / day for the Cabiúnas processing unit in Macaé (RJ) ). Owned by Petrobras, Shell, Petrogal and Repsol Sinopec, Rota 2 started the operation in 2016... Continue Reading →
