Paris-headquartered geosciences company CGG said it has commenced a new, large, long-offset BroadSeis survey located in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil.The Nebula 3D survey is supported by industry funding.With an initial focus on Brazil’s 15th License Round blocks…
The decommissioning of 21 old oil rigs in the Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro state, will cost around 50 billion reais ($12 billion) over the next five years, a state official said.All 21 old rigs that will be decommissioned are operated by state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA…
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras sold stakes in a set of oilfields known as Polo Macau, located in the country's Potiguar Basin, to SPE 3R Petroleum for $191.1 million, the company said on Friday.Petrobras, or Petróleo Brasileiro SA…
Norway's BW Offshore is considering whether to buy Brazil's Maromba oilfield from Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) and Chevron, for an undisclosed price, the Oslo-listed company said on Monday.A final deal is subject to board approvals and other conditions…
Brazil's oil regulator said on Monday that is has started an investigation into an oil spill at an offshore platform owned by Petroleo Brasileiro SA.On Saturday, about 188 cubic meters of oil leaked from the offshore P-58 platform, which is located in the Campos basin…
Brazil's National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) foresees by the end of March the signing of an agreement with Petrobras to end the controversy involving the unification of the areas within the Parque das Baleias, in the north Campos Basin…
Brazilian independent PetroRio announced Wednesday that it has acquired Chevron’s stake in the deepwater Frade field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil for an undisclosed sum.The share purchase agreement sees the U.S. supermajor sell its 51…
BW Offshore announced Firday it has secured another one-year extension for the lease and operation of the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Polvo in the Campos basin offshore Brazil.The agreement signed with PetroRio extends the firm period from Q3 2019 to Q3 2020…
Although much of the hype surrounding the Brazilian oil and gas market is directed toward the Santos Basin pre-salt, recent and older pre-salt discoveries in existing areas and on recently-awarded blocks within Campos Basin offer significant…
Petrobras has awarded Aker Solutions a contract to provide maintenance and modifications services for nine platforms at oil and gas fields in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.The Campos Basin extends approximately 100,000 square kilometers.…
Petrobras reports that, in March its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.66 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with 2.56 million boed produced in Brazil and 99 thousand boed produced abroad…
Statoil and partners were the high bidders for four blocks in the Campos basin in Brazil’s 15th licensing round held on 29 March. With the new licenses, Statoil strengthens its position in Brazil and increases synergies with current projects…
Norway's Statoil is set to triple its production in Brazil after agreeing to acquire a 25% stake in the Roncador oil field in Brazil's Campos Basin from Petrobras. Statoil CEO Eldar Sætre (left) and Petrobras…
Petrobras has signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with Norway's Statoil to commit to assessing cooperation opportunities aligned with their business strategies relating to deepwater mature fields. The agreement is in continuity with a memorandum of understanding signed in August 2016…
Keppel Offshore & Marine's BrasFELS shipyard in Brazil has delivered the Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to MODEC. The FPSO was completed safely, on time and within budget…