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Petrobras and Shell Raise Stakes in Brazil’s Atapu and Mero Pre-Salt Fields

Dec 05, 2025

Petrobras and Shell have increased their participation in Brazil’s Atapu and Mero pre-salt reservoirs after securing additional equity in an auction held by Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA).The consortium formed by Petrobras (80%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo (20%), acquired 3.500% participation in the production sharing agreement of the Mero shared reservoir, offering a final amount of $1.47 billion…

Petrobras Makes High-Quality Oil Find in Campos Basin Well

Nov 17, 2025

Brazil’s Petrobras has identified the presence of 'excellent quality' oil in the post-salt section of the Campos Basin, following the drilling of an exploratory well in the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block.The 4-BRSA-1403D-RJS well lies 108…

MODEC Selects TMC Compressors for Brazil’s Gato do Mato FPSO

Nov 10, 2025

Norway’s TMC Compressors said it has secured a contract to deliver a large-capacity marine compressed air system to MODEC’s new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Gato do Mato, bound for Brazil.TMC will supply compressors to provide control and service air aboard the vessel…

Maersk Supply Service, MDL Complete Riser Installation at Brazil’s Mero Field

Oct 28, 2025

Maersk Supply Service, with the support of Maritime Developments (MDL), has completed a complex dynamic riser assembly installation at Brazil’s Mero field in the pre-salt Santos Basin, connecting the deepwater site to a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) sensor grid…

Equinor Starts Production at Bacalhau Field Offshore Brazil

Oct 16, 2025

Equinor and its partners has started production from the large Bacalhau field in Brazil, whose recoverable reserves exceed 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).Bacalhau is located in the pre-salt region of Brazil's Santos Basin in ultra-deep water of over 2…

Swedish Firm to Deliver Carbon-Neutral Surveys for Baltic Sea OW Projects

Oct 13, 2025

Swedish offshore survey specialist Njord Survey has signed a long-term framework agreement with German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to support offshore wind development in Baltic Sea.Under the agreement, Njord Survey will deliver…

Brazil Sets $1.9B Minimum for December Pre-Salt Auction Bids

Oct 08, 2025

Brazil's government has set a minimum total payment of 10.2 billion reais ($1.91 billion) for an upcoming auction offering stakes in three pre-salt oil fields already in production but not yet contracted, state-run firm Pre-Sal Petroleo (PPSA) said…

Shell’s Brazil-Bound FPSO Starts Taking Shape

Oct 06, 2025

MODEC has held a steel strike ceremony for the part of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at Shell’s field offshore Brazil.The ceremony was held at the COSCO Qidong Shipyard, marking…

Brazil: BP Makes Largest Oil and Gas Discovery in Decades

Aug 04, 2025

BP has made an oil and gas discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil, its largest discovery in 25 years.BP drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos Basin, 404 kilometers (218 nautical miles) from Rio de Janeiro…

Clean Power Starts Flowing from China’s Furthermost Offshore Wind Project

Jul 10, 2025

The first set of turbines at the 800 MW Dafeng offshore wind project have started delivering power to the Chinese grid.On July 4, China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG)’s offshore wind project in Dafeng, Jiangsu achieved its first grid connection…

Subsea7, OneSubsea to Work on New Phase of Equinor’s Deepwater Brazilian Field

Jul 09, 2025

Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA) partners Subsea7 and SLB OneSubsea have signed a contract with Equinor for the development of a concept study for the Phase 2 of the Bacalhau project, offshore Brazil.The contract, for which the details have not been disclosed…

FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão Starts Production

May 27, 2025

SBM Offshore announces that FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão is formally on hire as of May 24, 2025 after achieving first oil and the completion of a 72-hour continuous production test leading to final acceptance.As part of the Mero-4 project, the FPSO will be connected to 12 wells…

First Oil from Mero-4 FPSO in Brazil pre-salt

May 27, 2025

Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced the start of production at the floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil…

Petrobras Finds Oil in Aram Block Offshore Brazil

May 09, 2025

Petrobras has identified the presence of high-quality oil with no contaminants in the pre-salt of Santos Basin, in an exploratory well in Aram block, offshore Brazil.Well 3-BRSA-1396D-SPS is located 248 km from the city of Santos-SP, at a water depth of 1…

MODEC, Sumitomo Partner Up for Delivery of Gato do Mato FPSO

Apr 28, 2025

MODEC has executed a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the delivery of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Shell, which will be deployed offshore Brazil.MODEC and Sumitomo Heavy Industries signed…

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