Brazil
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September 30, 2019
SBM Offshore is participating in a competitive sealed-bid process to purchase the equity ownership in the leases and operating companies related to five Brazilian FPSOs owned by Serviços de Petróleo Constellation S.A.
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September 26, 2019
Subsea UK, the International Association of Drilling Contractors Brazil chapter and Subsea World Brazil magazine have worked in partnership to develop the Subsea & Drilling Brazil conference. The first of its kind event focusing solely on the subsea and drilling industries in Brazil is set to take place from 28 – 29 November in Rio de Janeiro.
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September 02, 2019
Subsea 7 today announced the award of a sizeable contract by Total E&P do Brasil for the development of the Lapa North East field, at 2,150 meters water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin.
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August 27, 2019
MODEC informed Petrobras that cracks were identified at the hull of FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, at the Espadarte field, in the Campos Basin, 130 km off the coast of Brazil.
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August 27, 2019
With an initial focus on Brazil’s 15th License Round blocks, the data is being acquired by the Geo Caribbean, and a portion of the survey will provide 3D data coverage where no other 3D data currently exists.
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August 15, 2019
This project bond was issued for the FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24 which has been deployed and is currently in operation at the Iracema Sul oil field, operated by Petrobras, in the "pre-salt" region offshore Brazil.
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August 07, 2019
PJ Valves, the specialist manufacturer and supplier of valves for the global energy industry, has been awarded three significant FPSO valve contracts for projects in Brazil, Mexico and Nigeria.
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August 01, 2019
Recent resumption of exploration programs puts Brazil on track to be one of the world's leading oil producers over the next 10 years, said Felipe Kury, director of Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency.
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July 31, 2019
Halliburton announced the execution of an integrated services contract with Petrobras for pre-salt development in the Santos Basin, driving efficiency by applying pre-salt expertise and integrating multiple product offerings and technologies.
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July 09, 2019
Mexico’s moratorium on auctioning off its oil riches to foreign producers is giving a leg up to nearby rivals Brazil and Guyana.
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July 09, 2019
Change at the top of Wintershall Dea in Brazil: Valerie Bosse is the new managing director of the Wintershall Dea Business Unit Brazil and is responsible for all previous Wintershall and DEA activities in the country.
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June 19, 2019
Equinor and Barra Energia have completed their transaction announced on July 4, 2018, whereby Equinor has acquired Barra's 10% interest in the BM-S-8 block in Brazil's Santos basin for a total consideration of $379 million.
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June 18, 2019
The government of the Brazilian state of Amazonas assigned the priority status to Rosneft’s project in the Solimões basin.
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June 12, 2019
Libra Consortium has announced the final investment decision to contract the Mero-2 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at Mero field offshore Santos basin in Brazil.
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June 12, 2019
SBM Offshore has announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), together with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), for a 22.5 years lease and operate of FPSO Mero 2, to be deployed at Mero field in the Santos basin offshore Brazil, 180 km offshore Rio de Janeiro.
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May 24, 2019
There is room to discuss postponement of at least one oil and gas auction in 2019.
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May 23, 2019
New routes to deliver the natural gas produced in the pre-salt could require $2 billion in investments, according to the Energy Research Company (EPE).
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May 14, 2019
McDermott International, Inc. has announced the award of a significant* contract by Petrobras for engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea risers and flowlines for the first phase of the Sepia field, located 174 mi (280 km) from the Rio de Janeiro coastline in Brazil.
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May 10, 2019
Industry body Subsea UK is inviting UK organizations to participate in the ‘UK and Brazil: Partners in Energy’ trade mission, which takes place in June.
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May 07, 2019
At the 50th edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Petrobras will highlight its technological journey to enable one of the main exploration and production projects of its portfolio: the development of the Libra block in pre-salt of the Santos Basin.
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May 06, 2019
Oilfield technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas and engineering company SÍMEROS Technologies have signed a collaboration agreement, which aims to deliver the first qualified thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) risers in the deepwater region of Brazil.
