Brazil
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February 01, 2024
Wood will continue to provide maintenance solutions to optimize the Peregrino wellhead platforms and floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, delivering engineering, prefabrication and outfitting, offshore installation, commissioning and Turnaround (TAR) support.
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January 30, 2024
SLB digital technologies for surface automation, autonomous on-bottom drilling, and directional drilling were combined to enable 99% of a 2.6 km section to be drilled in autonomous control mode. Over a five-well program, a 60% increase in rate of penetration was achieved, resulting in faster well delivery while reducing cost and carbon emissions.
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January 19, 2024
The oil and gas field is located in the Barreirinhas basin in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, and has total proved plus probable ("2P") oil reserves of 1.9 MMboe.
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January 08, 2024
This pilot unit, using a pioneer high pressure subsea separation technology (HISEP), will separate oil from CO2-rich gas at the bottom of the ocean and reinject the gas directly into the reservoir.
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January 05, 2024
The contract is anticipated to commence late in the fourth quarter 2024, following completion of the rig’s current contract with Petrobras, which is expected to finish in September 2024.
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January 03, 2024
TechnipFMC has been awarded a major integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI™) contract by Petrobras to deliver the Mero 3 HISEP project, which uses subsea processing to capture carbon dioxide-rich dense gases and then inject them into the reservoir.
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January 02, 2024
The FPSO Sepetiba, also known as Mero-2, has an operational capacity of 12 MMcmg and 180,000 bopd.
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December 28, 2023
Ocyan has a 23-year track record delivering high-quality maintenance solutions to the offshore oil and gas sector, including the operation of subsea construction and decommissioning projects.
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December 26, 2023
Current oil production from Parque das Conchas is approximately 35,000 boed day from 25 wells connected to the FPSO Espírito Santo. In the first half of 2023, average production was 28,000 boed.
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December 23, 2023
The drilling of the Pitu Oeste well, located 53 km (33 miles) off the coast of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, is expected take three to five months as Petrobras seeks more geological information about the area.
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December 22, 2023
Seadrill Limited has clinched significant 1,064-day fixed-term contracts for both the West Auriga and West Polaris through a competitive bidding process led by Petrobras.
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December 13, 2023
FPSO Atlanta has a production capacity of 50,000 bopd and a maximum offloading storage capacity of 1,251,000 bbl.
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December 12, 2023
The ANP is offering a total of 602 oil blocks that span areas on land in the Amazon basin to deepwater regions in northeastern and southern Brazil under concession contracts, with minimum signing bonuses totaling 259 million reais ($52 million).
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December 11, 2023
Halliburton Company has announced that it will work with Libra Consortium, lead by Petrobras, to develop a digital twin for a pre-salt field system in Brazil.
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December 03, 2023
When completed, FPSO Raia will have the capacity to process 126,000 boed and 16 MMcmgd, with a storage capacity of 2 MMbbl of crude oil.
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November 30, 2023
Brazilian Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira told a meeting of the group on Thursday that the country would join its charter from next year. The charter, open to all oil producing countries, doesn’t bind signatories and provides a platform for dialog and exchange of views.
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November 29, 2023
The first contract is for the proposed Whiptail oil field development located in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The second contract is for the Raia project, the development of a pre-salt gas and condensate field in the Campos basin.
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November 22, 2023
(WO) — BW Energy has finalized the acquisition of the FPSO Cidade de Vitoria from Saipem S.p.A. The FPSO, currently yielding approximately 10,000 barrels per day from the Golfinho field offshore Brazil, is under the operational umbrella of BW Energy's local operating organization.
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November 20, 2023
Subsea7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by Shell for the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure associated with the FPSO Fluminense in the Bijupirá and Salema fields of the Campos Basin, at 700m (2,296 ft) water depth, the company said on Nov. 20.
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October 31, 2023
The contract amendment scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of 76 km of rigid risers and flowlines for the steel lazy wave production system.
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October 26, 2023
The project's underwater system has reduced the average well interconnection time by 15%, by incorporating a new solution for installing rigid pipelines, which has contributed directly to the record ramp-up time.
