Orders for production floaters have bounced back over the past month driven by rising crude prices, according to Jim McCaul, head of offshore business intelligence firm World Energy Reports. McCaul bases his assessment on data in a new floating production systems report prepared by World Energy Reports. The report provides details for 206 floater projects... Continue Reading →
Petrobras suspends MODEC from bidding over FPSO issues
Japan’s floating solutions provider MODEC has received a notification from Brazil’s Petrobras that its eligibility to participate in new competitive bidding by Petrobras has been suspended for 13 months from 31 March 2021. MODEC said on Thursday that the main basis for this administrative sanction is losses to Petrobras presumably caused by the performance of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on S-10 Diesel record sales
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that in March it recorded total diesel sales in the amount of 791 thousand bpd, representing growths of 35% and 17% when compared to sales in the same month of 2020 and 2019, respectively. Also in March 2021, Petrobras surpassed the sales record for S-10 Diesel, with low sulfur... Continue Reading →
Petrobras publishes its 2020 Sustainability Report
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that it published today its 2020 Sustainability Report. In addition to presenting its operating, economic, social, environmental and governance performance, the report shows Petrobras’ advances in environmental and social indicators and the support in the fight against the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Brazilian society, thus expanding the... Continue Reading →
ENAUTA PROJECTS TO INVEST U$ 145 MILLION UNTIL 2022 IN EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION AND SUBSEA
The company estimates to disburse resources in exploration, development and production in the order of U$ 40 million in 2021 and U$ 105 million for 2022. The projection has a variation margin of 20% negative or positive. Of the total set aside for this year, US$ 19 million will go to the Atlanta field, including... Continue Reading →
Brazil reached 20.273 billion barrels of 3P reserves (proven + probable + possible) in 2020
The ANP published the twentieth edition of the Annual Bulletin of Resources and Reserves (BAR), with consolidated information on the Brazilian oil and natural gas reserves declared in 2020. In this edition, reserve data per unit of the federation, the proportion of proven, possible and probable reserves by basin, accumulated production by basin and state... Continue Reading →
Biden admin aims for U.S. leadership in offshore wind: official
(Reuters) - The Biden administration aims to transform the United States into the world’s leading producer of energy from offshore wind after years of lagging behind Europe, a senior official said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s cabinet earlier this week unveiled a plan to boost the industry that promised new acreage, faster permitting, and billions... Continue Reading →
Colombia provisionally approves ExxonMobil fracking pilot project
(Reuters) - Colombia has provisionally approved U.S. oil company ExxonMobil Corp’s plan to develop a pilot project for hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, in the country’s Valle Medio del Magdalena basin, the oil regulator said on Wednesday. With the Platero investigative project ExxonMobil becomes the second company to begin a fracking pilot project in Colombia,... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil signals better first-quarter earnings as oil prices climb
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp expects rising first-quarter results across its three major businesses, with an at least $2 billion improvement from prices for oil and gas driving profits, the company signaled in a securities filing on Wednesday. The largest U.S. oil producer last year posted four consecutive quarterly losses as falling oil prices and... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum raises R$ 822.8 million with new issue of shares
3R Petroleum (RRRP3) raised R$ 822.8 million with a new issue of shares (follow-on), four months after debuting on the Stock Exchange with an IPO that raised R$ 690 million. According to the relevant fact, R$ 559.5 million will go to the capital account of the oil company, and R$ 263.3 million will remain in... Continue Reading →