Brazil's state-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro, will sign a contract to build and lease a floating production ship for its Libra offshore project this month, company Chief Executive Maria das Gracas Foster said on 18 September, as reported by Reuters…
Petrobras expects pre-salt production to account for 50% of its total production by 2020, Carlos Tadeu Fraga, Petrobras’ general manager for pre-salt E&P told attendees at Rio Oil and Gas 2014 on Wednesday. Fraga (pictured) stepped in…
Endeeper and Petrobras entered into a two-year contract for provision of services related to Endeeper's software package for petroleum geology. The contract allows the development of new modules for Petroledge, Hardledge and RockViewer systems in addition to software training…
Baker Hughes has been developing completion technology and well control with Petrobras in deepwater ever since its first intelligent completion system contract in the early 2000s. Claudio Paschoa found out more. Baker…
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has won two contracts with a total value of over US$2 million with Brazilian operator Petrobras. In the first, Wood Group Kenny has begun a conceptual engineering study of two alternatives of pipeline heating systems for the Petrobras pre-salt Lapa field…
The Cidade de Mangaratiba FPSO has begun its journey from the BrasFels shipyard in Angra dos Reis to the Iracema South area of Petrobras’ Lula field, offshore Rio de Janeiro. The FPSO will be connected to wells in the pre-salt layer of the Santos basin…
Petrobras announced drilling has started on the first exploration well on the Libra pre-salt area in the Santos basin offshore Brazil. Drilling on Libra, discovered in 2010, and estimated to contain 8-12 billion boe, comes as marine production…
Petrobras confirmed more hydrocarbon pay was found at the Jupiter prospect in the Santos basin pre-salt block BM-S-24 offshore Brazil. Map of Jupiter area. Image from Petrobras News Agency The…
Daniel Camerini at Ativatec’s workshop at UFRJ’s Technology Center in Rio de Janeiro. Photo by Claudio Paschoa. Claudio…
Brazilian drilling contractor Odebrecht Oil & Gas (OOG) announced that Roberto Simões will take over as the company CEO. Simões has been VP at Odebrecht since 2012, replacing Roberto Ramos. Odebrecht SA incorporated Odebrecht Óleo e Gás in 2006…
For the first time ever, a female Brazilian engineer will receive the highest global petroleum engineering award, presented by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Petrobras announced on 17 July. Petrobras CEO Maria das Graças Silva…
Dutch floating platform leaser SBM Offshore NV will not participate in the upcoming Petrobras Tartaruga Verde and Libra tenders, the company announced 12 June, adding that the decision resulted from conversations held between the two giants on 28 May…
Petrobras announced today that it has confirmed the Sagitario well discovery (formally 1-SPS-98 / 1-BRSA-1063 -SPS) initially announced 25 February 2013 while in the drilling phase. Located in the ultra-deepwater presalt area of the Santos basin…
Petrobras announced that its total oil and natural gas production in Brazil in December 2013, was 2.362MMboe/d, up 0.8% on the 2.342MMboe/d extracted in November. Oil production averaged 1.964MMbpd, up 0.4% on November's production of 1.957MMbpd…
RFID is nothing new, but companies are adopting the technology in hopes of streamlining the way they do business offshore. By Audrey Leon Offshore logistical operations can be complicated. Companies need to keep tabs on all equipment…
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