Brazil
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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.
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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.
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March 30, 2018
Shell Brasil Petroleo, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), today won four additional deep-water exploration blocks in the Campos and Potiguar basins, bringing its total operated presence offshore Brazil to 18 blocks.
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March 29, 2018
Statoil and partners were the high bidders for four blocks in the Campos basin in Brazil’s 15th licensing round held on March 29. With the new licenses, Statoil strengthens its position in Brazil and increases synergies with current projects.
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March 27, 2018
As the global natural gas trade expands amid a boom in supplies from the U.S. to Australia, at least one major energy consumer may be sitting on the sidelines: Brazil.
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March 12, 2018
Petrobras has announced that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage regarding the transfer of Petrobras’ total stake in the Piranema and Piranema Sul fields.
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March 05, 2018
Oil production growth from the United States, Brazil, Canada and Norway can keep the world well supplied, more than meeting global oil demand growth through 2020, but more investment will be needed to boost output after that, according to the International Energy Agency's latest annual report on oil markets.
