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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the material fact released on August 4, 2021, informs that it is making today the payment of the 1st installment of the remuneration anticipation to shareholders related to fiscal year 2021. The gross amount distributed, in the amount of R$ 21,000,003,096.30, corresponds to a gross amount of... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/12/2021, informs that today it received cash payment of US$ 2.9 billion for the obligations of its partners CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. (CNODC) and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (CNOOC) in the Búzios Coparticipation Agreement (Agreement). With this payment, Petrobras will issue... Continue Reading →
U.S. energy companies are moving to require that employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations as infection rates rise across the United States and health surveys show that energy workers remain among those most reluctant to get inoculations. Calls to require vaccinations for employees working at close quarters in oilfield and refinery operations came as the U.S. Food... Continue Reading →
Australian engineering firm Worley has appointed Tiernan O'Rourke to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). "Tiernan will commence in the position later this calendar year and will be based at Worley’s headquarters in North Sydney," Worley, which on Monday announced an important contract with Chevron in Australia, said. O' Rourke is currently the CFO of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A fire that struck an offshore oil platform operated by Mexico's state-run Pemex cut the company's production by 444,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to the lack of natural gas to re-inject into crude fields, a company document showed on Monday. At least one person died and five others were missing following an... Continue Reading →
A fire on a Pemex-operated platform offshore Mexico has resulted in the deaths of five workers and injuries to six while two workers are still missing. The fire erupted on the E-Ku-A2 platform located in the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, 22 August 2021. After the fire was brought under control, the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has contracted awarded contracts for two pipelay support vessels owned by DOF and TechnipFMC. Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said Tuesday that the contracts, for three years each, are for the vessels Skandi Vitória and Skandi Niteroi, secured via JV partner TechnipFMC and via Norskan Offshore, respectively. Both vessels are Brazilian-built and flagged and owned... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it began producing oil and natural gas from FPSO Carioca, the first platform in Sépia field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The platform, a FPSO type (floating production storage and offloading unit of oil and gas), is located approximately 200 km off the coast of the state... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) IBAMA released the map showing the location of offshore wind energy generation projects that are in the licensing process. Of the 23 projects, only one belongs to an oil company. It is the Aracatu wind farm, owned by Equinor, which will have a generation capacity of 4 GW. The Aracatu I and Aracatu II... Continue Reading →
Canadian-based firm Frontera Energy and CGX Energy have started drilling at the Kawa-1 exploration well, offshore Guyana, using Maersk Drilling's Maersk Discoverer semi-submersible drilling rig. Also, the firms have exercised the option to drill a second well with the rig. The Kawa-1 well spudded on Sunday, August 22, and it is expected to reach total... Continue Reading →
