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June 25, 2019 Petrobras has disqualified the Bluewater / Saipem consortium to bid for an FPSO charter for Parque das Baleias, keeping Yinson as the only competitor. The result of the qualification process was disclosed by the oil company on the 21st of June, after more than three months of analysis of the proposals. The... Continue Reading →
Drilling campaign is the first of the oil company as operator in the pre-salt June 24, 2019 Total E & P started the drilling of injection and production wells in the Lapa field, pre-salt of the Santos Basin. Four to six new wells are planned, which will be interconnected to the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba.... Continue Reading →
June 25, 2019 The technical area of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) recommended the approval, without restrictions, of Petronas' entry into the Espadarte and Tartaruga Verde projects operated by Petrobras in the Campos Basin. The decision is part of an opinion signed by Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, Superintendent General of Cade. Petrobras announced in... Continue Reading →
June 25, 2019 New Gas Market: Entry of operators aims to stimulate the economy and cause prices to fall The National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) has approved a resolution with a series of measures to open up the natural gas market in the country. Today and tomorrow the “New Gas Market” resolution, a federal government... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, June 25, 2019 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 06/03/2019, announces the beginning of the non-binding phase related to the sale of its total equity interest in eight exploration and production concessions, located in Bahia state, jointly designated as Rio Ventura Cluster. At this stage,... Continue Reading →
Enpro Subsea and DASS Can-K Pumps have announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deliver multiphase pumping solutions for topside and subsea well boosting. The announcement sees Can-K’s patented Electro Submersible Twin-Screw Multiphase (ESTSP) pump technology being combined with Enpro’s subsea systems expertise and patented Flow Access Modules (FAM) technology to create a retrievable subsea... Continue Reading →
Spanish oil firm Repsol has hired a Maersk Drilling drillship for offshore drilling in Mexico. Maersk Drilling said on Tuesday that Repsol’s Mexican subsidiary Repsol Exploración Mexico had hired its Maersk Valiant drillship for a two-well project. Repsol will deploy the 7th generation drillship delivered in 2013 at offshore Blocks 10 and 29 in the... Continue Reading →
June 24, 2019 EPIC Applied Technologies presented the lowest bid price to decommission the three fixed platforms of the Cação field, in the Campos Basin. The offer was US $ 30.1 million, 20% lower than that proposed by second-placed William Jacob Management (US $ 37.8 million) With headquarters in Houston, Texas, EPIC operates in the... Continue Reading →
June 24, 2019 ANP evaluates the renewal of the Roncador contract in the Campos Basin operated by Petrobras in partnership with Equinor (75% -25%), which became a partner in 2018. The extension of contracts implies the approval of new investment in the fields. - Roncador is one of the largest fields in the country, with... Continue Reading →
Norwegian seismic companies TGS-NOPEC and Spectrum are expected to complete their previously proposed merger in the third quarter of 2019. TGS-NOPEC on Friday afternoon said that both sets of shareholders had approved the proposed merger on the same day at extraordinary general meetings held at 5 p.m. “All resolutions proposed were approved by the shareholders... Continue Reading →
