(Reuters) Top oilfield services firm SLB reported a 14% rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, as strong international oil and gas drilling demand helped offset a slowdown in North America activity. Companies such as SLB have gained from a rise in demand in international and offshore exploration and production, especially in the Middle East and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras and bp sign Memorandum of Understanding for business and research in various segments of activity
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with bp to promote cooperation and business opportunities between the companies. The non-binding agreement covers topics such as Sustainable Fuels, Carbon Credits, Biorefining and Exploration and Production. The companies also aim to work together on research, development, and innovation projects.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras plans to contract more support vessels without imposing minimum local content
Petrobras plans to launch, later this year, tenders for support vessels. The company plans to contract 38 vessels by 2025, including the 12 PSV type ships (Platform Support and Supply Boat) that appear in the tender launched by the company at the end of March. The expected investment should reach US$ 2.5 billion. In addition... Continue Reading →
BP Streamlines Organizational Structure and Makes Executive Team Changes
(OE) Oil major BP has simplified its organization structure and made executive team changes in an effort to streamline its business operations. BP said it will continue to have three businesses - production and operations, gas and low carbon energy. and customers and products – enabled by trading and shipping. The current regions, corporates and... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistance
(Reuters) - State-run energy firm Petrobras has hit growing resistance from Indigenous groups and government agencies to its premier exploration project, which would open the most promising part of Brazil's northern coast to oil drilling. Environmental agency Ibama denied Petrobras a license for exploratory drilling offshore in the Foz do Amazonas area last year, citing... Continue Reading →
Norway Clears TGS and PGS Merger
(OE) Norwegian seismic firms TGS and PGS have received merger approval from the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA), brining them one step closer to establish a premier energy data company. The merger between the companies, first announced in September 2023, has been subject to review by the competition authorities in the UK as well as in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs memorandum of understanding with Chinese company CNCEC
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that yesterday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the China National Chemical Energy Company (CNCEC) covering several areas, especially renewable energies and energy transition. The partnership also provides for the evaluation of potential commercial agreements in the areas of oil exploration; fertilizer production from natural gas and other... Continue Reading →
Ecopetrol and Petrobras should collaborate on green hydrogen, Colombian president says
(Reuters) - Colombian state energy company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN), opens new tab and its Brazilian counterpart Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab should work together on developing green hydrogen, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "There is a project that I think we could look at through our two big oil... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about mothballed fields sale in the Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Executive Board, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its entire stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda (Perenco). Production from the two fields was interrupted in March 2020... Continue Reading →
Petrobras obtains environmental license for drilling in the Potiguar Basin, on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin
Petrobras received the environmental license from Ibama for drilling two exploratory wells in the BM-POT-17 maritime block, in deep waters of the Potiguar Basin, on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin. The first well will be drilled 52 km off the coast. Drilling is expected to begin in the coming weeks, after the rig arrives at the... Continue Reading →