Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has reached a milestone with the Almirante Tamandaré floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, operating in the Búzios field in the pre-salt Santos Basin, with record production rate of 270,000 barrels per day (bpd), surpassing its nominal capacity.The Almirante Tamandaré FPSO, chartered by Petrobras from SBM Offshore, averaged over 250,000 bpd throughout October…
Brazil's Petrobras has authorized studies for a logistics center in the Amazonian state of Amapa, where the state-run oil firm started exploring in a promising offshore block last week, state Governor Clecio Luis told Reuters.The company's logistics subsidiary Transpetro will do the studies…
Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras is in negotiations with SBM Offshore over two floating production vessels to be commissioned for its Sergipe deepwater projects, Petrobras head of Exploration and Production said on Wednesday.Petrobras hopes…
Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras and Norway's Equinor were the big winners in a Wednesday auction for areas in Brazil's offshore pre-salt region, acquiring one oil block each and partnering to develop a third.Australia's Karoon Energy also acquired one block…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras' could start oil and gas production in the Foz do Amazonas basin within seven years if large reserves are confirmed, the company's Chief Executive Magda Chambriard told Reuters on Tuesday.Brazil's environmental…
Petrobras has received the environmental license from Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059, located in deep waters off Amapá, near the mouth of the Amazon river.The well is located in 500 km from the mouth of the Amazon river and 175 km from the coast…
U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton has secured multiple contracts from Petrobras to provide completion and stimulation services for its deepwater fields offshore Brazil.The contracts entail vessel stimulation, intelligent completions…
Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured long-term contracts for two of its vessels with Petrobras for work offshore Brazil.The contracts, with a combined value of approximately $200 million, are for Skandi Chieftain high…
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has racked up 180 million reais ($33.7 million) in costs to keep a drillship on standby in the Foz do Amazonas basin, a company source and a local union said, as it awaits a regulator's decision on a drilling request…
Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras, for its subsea equipment support vessel AKOFS Santos, which will continue to operate offshore Brazil.Following a competitive tender process…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contract extensions with BP and Petrobras for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships.In aggregate, the fixtures represent approximately $243 million in firm contract backlog.In the U.S. Gulf of America…
French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a new order from Petrobras for its Submagnético Free Flow oil country tubular goods (OCTG) solution designed to prevent inorganic scaling in production strings.The order covers the production and installation of more than 30 units…
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has secured a contract from Petrobras to supply up to 50 subsea tree systems and associated services to support offshore oil and gas production across multiple fields in Brazil.The modern subsea systems…
Global technology company SLB has secured a major contract from Petrobras to provide services and technology for up to 35 ultra-deepwater wells in the strategically important Santos Basin.The wells, which are part of the second development of the Atapu and Sépia fields…
TechnipFMC has secured a significant contract, following a competitive tendering process, for subsea production systems by Petrobras.TechnipFMC will design, engineer, and manufacture subsea production systems to be deployed in an array of greenfield developments…
