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Strohm, a business that specializes in composite pipe technology, announced on Thursday that it had opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro and that it was establishing a center of excellence for developing its Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) technology as part of its South American expansion strategy. "Strohm is extending its footprint in Brazil... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil dropped to below $66 a barrel on Thursday, its lowest since May, pressured by concerns about weaker demand as COVID-19 cases rise, a stronger U.S. dollar and a surprise increase in U.S. gasoline inventories. Circulation of the Delta variant in areas of low vaccination is driving transmission of COVID-19, the World Health... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana and Suriname expect continued exploratory drilling over the next two years by oil majors in their joint offshore basin after a string of recent discoveries, government officials and corporate executives said at a conference on Wednesday. The neighboring South American countries, along with Brazil, attracted the most attendees to sessions at the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) sees its investments in Brazil's offshore helping the company achieve a goal of lowering carbon emissions in its oil and gas production, country head Juan Lessmann said on Wednesday. Exxon's board is considering a pledge to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 amid pressure from big investors to address... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras clarifies pieces of news in the media about the supply of natural gas for electric power generation. The company clarifies that it has expanded the supply of fuel for thermal power plants, which allowed to increase, between September 2020 and June 2021, the thermoelectric power generation of its plants and... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger has this week introduced a service called Autonomous Directional Drilling, which, the company says, includes solutions to steer autonomously through any section of the wellbore. According to Schlumberger its intelligent and dynamic downhole automated control system instantly interprets and acts on data, enhancing well construction performance," the company said. Autonomous Directional... Continue Reading →
The four contracts for surplus volumes of the Transfer of Rights - Búzios and Itapu (already signed) and Sépia and Atapu (which will go up for auction next December) - should account for 56% of production under the sharing regime by 2030, producing 4 billion barrels of oil in the decade. In total, the estimated... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The ANP's Special Bidding Committee approved the registration of Chevron, Ecopetrol, Murphy Exploration, Petrobras, Shell and TotalEnergies in the 17th bidding round, scheduled for October 17th. -- The 17th round foresees the offer of 92 exploratory blocks, all offshore, divided into 11 sectors of four Brazilian sedimentary basins – Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar and Santos... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BHP Group (BHP.AX) has agreed to sell its petroleum business to Woodside Petroleum in a merger to create a top 10 independent oil and gas producer worth A$38.5 billion ($28 billion) with growth assets in Australia and the Americas. BHP's exit from petroleum, which made up just 5% of its annual earnings, speeds up its... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling firm Valaris has secured contracts with Shell Namibia Upstream B.V. and Shell Sao Tome and Principe B.V. offshore Namibia and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively, for its drillship VALARIS DS-10. The contracts for the 2017-delivered offshore rig are each for one well. The exact start date for the first contract has yet to... Continue Reading →
