(OED) Italian oil and gas firm Eni's giant oil find offshore Ivory Coast last year won the 'discovery of the year' award, and Eni also secured the title of the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer, an accolade awarded as part of Wood Mackenzie’s annual Exploration Survey. Eni's exploration director Luca Bertelli won the Lifetime Achievement Award, too.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Buys Its First Guyanese Crude Cargo
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has bought its first cargo of Guyanese crude for refining domestically, the company told Reuters, as South America's newest producer expands its market reach. With the start of a second floating production facility in February, Guyana now sells two light and sweet oil grades with plans to pump up to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on news in the media regarding reserve for profit distribution
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in relation to the video published in the media about the reserve for profit distribution, clarifies that the information that there is a reserve of R$ 200 billion for distribution of profits by the company is not true. The amount of R$ 208.6 billion cited in Petrobras' Individual Financial Statements... Continue Reading →
Bluefield Geoservices zeroes in on US offshore wind market
Subsea geotechnical services provider Bluefield Geoservices is expanding its operations in the US with the latest export cable route site investigation for an undisclosed ‘major’ offshore wind project offshore the Northeast US. As part of the project, Bluefield will execute in situ cone penetration test (CPT) and vibrocorer sampling, onshore and offshore lab testing, and reporting along... Continue Reading →
DOF Subsea has secured the extension of four contracts with Petrobras.
DOF Subsea has secured the extension of four PIDF contracts with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras. The extensions will demand a fleet of at least three vessels operating for 18 months in direct continuation to the original schedule, performing flexible pipelines, risers and subsea equipment inspection in the Campos Basin, Santos Basin, Marlin Field... Continue Reading →
Bolsonaro’s pick for Petrobras CEO could be fast-tracked amid management turmoil
(Reuters) - The sudden resignation of Petrobras' CEO may speed up the accession of a government-backed candidate to the top job, four sources said, an appointment seen aimed at giving the state a greater say over fuel pricing in Latin America's No. 1 economy. On Monday, Petrobras (PETR4.SA) announced that Jose Mauro Coelho was stepping down as... Continue Reading →
CGX Frontera JV direct exploration work at Corentyne offshore Guyana
(OM) Following constructive discussions with the government of Guyana, joint venture (JV) partners CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corp. will focus exclusively on the exploration opportunities in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana. The decision follows the discovery at the Kawa-1 exploration well on the Corentyne Block. CGX will continue to integrate its findings from the Kawa-1 well into... Continue Reading →
PGS to deliver several 4D surveys offshore West Africa
PGS has won a “significant” acquisition contract comprising several 4D surveys by an international oil company offshore West Africa. The acquisition is scheduled to start in early November and is expected to be complete in early May 2023. “We are very pleased with this contract award, which secures work for Ramform Vanguard until next summer season. Combining the Ramform acquisition platform and our GeoStreamer technology will... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil CEO expects tight oil market to last years
(Reuters) - ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods on Tuesday said it would take time for energy market volatility to end and that he expects three to five years of fairly tight oil markets. Speaking at a panel at the Bloomberg Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Woods added that the company had asked the U.S. administration for... Continue Reading →
Guedes says privatizing Petrobras via “Novo Mercado” would boost value sharply
(Reuters) - Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Monday that privatizing state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) via migration to the "Novo Mercado" segment of the Brazilian stock exchange would increase its market cap from 450 billion reais to 750 billion reais ($145 billion). The Novo Mercado is a segment of the B3 exchange with stricter governance... Continue Reading →