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Equinor Starts Production from Peregrino C Platform Offshore Brazil

Oct 13, 2022

Equinor's latest platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its first oil on October 10 at around 20:00 local time.Peregrino phase 2 will extend the life of the Peregrino field to 2040. Phase 2 adds 250–300 million barrels of oil, while at the…

Ecuador to Launch Auction for Offshore Blocks in 2024

Oct 10, 2022

Ecuador is planning to offer, most likely in 2024, blocks for offshore exploration and production of natural gas at the Gulf of Guayaquil, following auctions for onshore areas to be completed next year, Energy Minister Xavier Vera said on Monday…

FPSO Anita Garibaldi Leaves China Shipyard for Brazil

Oct 07, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas firm Petrobras said Thursday that the Anita Garibaldi FPSO had left the DSIC Marine Yard shipyard, in Dalian, China, and is now en route to Brazil. The FPSO, being supplied by MODEC will be deployed at the the Marlim and Voador fields…

Petrobras Taps Brazil Treasury Official for Executive Post, Sources Say

Oct 06, 2022

Brazilian Treasury official Esteves Colnago has been tapped for a position on the executive board of Petrobras, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, as part of a broad shakeup at the state-run oil company under its new chief executive.It was not immediately clear if Colnago…

Petrobras Hires Radix for Well Engineering and Subsea Engineering Work

Oct 06, 2022

Radix Engineering and Software has closed a R$49 million (~$9.5 million) contract with Petrobras in Brazil to develop and maintain scientific software focused on Well Engineering and Subsea Engineering. The contract will create 50 new jobs.Radix…

Petrobras Orders 10th FPSO for Búzios Field

Oct 04, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has ordered a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Singapore's Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters.The FPSO, named P-82, will be deployed at the giant Búzios oil field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area…

Veolia Water Technologies' Seawater Treatment Process Module for One Guyana FPSO

Oct 04, 2022

Veolia Water Technologies has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply a seawater treatment process module for the One Guyana FPSO, that will operate in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block, offshore Guyana.The Yellowtail - SBM Offshore/McDermott…

Valaris Secures Rig Contract Extensions Worth $95M

Oct 04, 2022

Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured new contracts and contract extensions worth $95 million in total.The contracts were awarded subsequent to the issuing of Valaris' most recent contract awards and fleet status update on September 1…

Petrobras Taps Shearwater for Large OBN Survey Offshore Brazil

Oct 03, 2022

Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS said Monday it had won a contract in Brazil for a large deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey.The company will conduct the survey over the Petrobras-operated Grand Iara Project, involving the Berbigão, Sururu…

DOF, Solstad Offshore Win PSV Deals in Norway, Brazil

Oct 03, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel owners DOF and Solstad on Monday said they'd secured vessel work in Norway and Brazil, respectively.DOF said that Norway's Equinor Energy AS had exercised its option to extend the firm period of the contract for Skandi Flora platform supply vessel by one year…

Brazil: Manati Field Output Interrupted Due to Low Gas Demand

Sep 30, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Friday that the production at the Manati field offshore Brazil has been interrupted due to the reduction in gas demand.'According to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), field operator and buyer of the gas produced by Manati…

Anna Nery FPSO Arrives in Brazil

Sep 30, 2022

Malaysian FPSO leasing specialist Yinson has informed that the Anna Nery FPSO has arrived in Brazil.The Anna Nery FPSO, built in China by Cosco Qidong shipyard, will be deployed at Petrobras' Marlim offshore field in Brazil. Now that the vessel has arrived in Brazil…

CBO Taps Wärtsilä for Offshore Vessel Fleet Decarbonization

Sep 29, 2022

Finland-based marine enginer maker and maritime technology provider Wärtsilä and Brazil-based offshore vessel owner Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) have signed an agreement for decarbonisation modelling. The objective is to support and…

Petrobras Orders $2.8B FPSO from Keppel O&M

Sep 29, 2022

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a $2.8 billion contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the construction of a large FPSO for deployment at the Buzios field offshore Brazil.Scheduled for delivery in 1H 2027, the P-83 is a repeat order of the P-80 FPSO that Keppel O&M secured in August 2022…

Petro Rio to Buy TotalEnergies' Stake in Itaipu Field

Sep 26, 2022

Brazilian oil company Petro Rio has signed a deal with TotalEnergies for the acquisition of a 40% interest in the BM-C-32 Block (“Itaipu Field” or “Itaipu”).Together with the 60% interest in Itaipu acquired from BP in July 2021, this transaction…

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