Brazil
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September 18, 2018
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.
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July 31, 2018
Aberdeen-based inspection technology and service provider for the oil and gas industry, Innospection, Shell Brazil and SENAI CIMATEC technology institute in Salvador, Brazil, have recently signed a partnership agreement to develop a robot-based technology for in-service inspection of cargo oil tanks of FPSOs.
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July 30, 2018
Petrobras, following up on the disclosures made on 09/22/2017 and 03/02/2018, informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the full sale of its exploration, development and production rights in onshore fields of SergipeTerra 2 Cluster, located in Sergipe state.
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July 2018
On March 1, U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. The E&P industry is telling Congress and the administration that this is a bad idea. The real question is “Why Was Anyone Surprised?”
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July 04, 2018
Equinor and Barra Energia have signed an agreement for Equinor to acquire Barra’s 10% interest in the BM-S-8 licence in Brazil’s Santos basin.
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June 25, 2018
Petrobras has announced the start of production at Tartaruga Verde field, in the deep waters of the Campos basin, by means of FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes.
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June 15, 2018
Equinor and Petrobras have completed their transaction announced in December 2017, whereby Equinor has acquired a 25% non-operated interest in Roncador oil field in Brazil’s Campos basin.
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June 07, 2018
Equinor, ExxonMobil and Petrogal Brasil presented the winning bid (75.49% profit oil) for the Uirapuru production sharing contract in the Santos basin. Petrobras exercised its right to enter the consortium and will be the operator with 30% equity.
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June 06, 2018
ExxonMobil said it has completed the purchase of half of Equinor’s interest in the BM-S-8 Block, offshore Brazil, which contains part of the 2-Bbbl, pre-salt Carcara oil field.
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June 03, 2018
Ivan Monteiro has been named to head Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras on an interim basis, replacing CEO Pedro Parente who resigned Friday.
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May 31, 2018
Presently, ultra-deepwater Brazilian pre-salt prevails by delivering high productivity performance assurance to the industry expectations and to the government advantage, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
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May 16, 2018
BW Offshore has contracted liquid handling and pump specialist PG Flow Solutions to supply water booster pumps to the FPSO operator’s life extension project for the Polvo FPSO.
Article
May 2018
Despite the rise in crude prices, many Latin American countries are still grappling with considerable debt and declining production rates.
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April 27, 2018
Working for multi-client geoscience data company, TGS, Fugro continues the hunt for hydrocarbon seeps, this time offshore Brazil.
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April 24, 2018
Petrobras has started production of Búzios field, in the pre-salt of the Santos basin, by means of platform P-74.
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April 17, 2018
Petrobras liquids production is expected to grow to 2.7 MMbpd by 2021 with Roncador field representing 8.3% of all production in 2021.
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April 13, 2018
BP has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to explore areas of cooperation with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras).
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April 08, 2018
Vallourec has announced that it has signed new contracts for the supply of products and services to the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras.
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April 03, 2018
TGS announces the Brazil Southern basins SeaSeep Project in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil. The project will cover existing TGS surveys in these hydrocarbon rich basins as well as the highly prospective pre-salt trend where many untested structures exist.
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April 03, 2018
Wintershall is continuing its growth course and has now been awarded exploration licenses in Brazil. In its 15th bidding round, Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has awarded interests in seven licenses to Germany's largest internationally active oil and gas producer
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April 02, 2018
ExxonMobil has increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after winning eight additional exploration blocks during Brazil’s 15th bid round.
