(World Oil) – DOF Group ASA has secured four long-term charter and service contract awards with Petrobras in Brazil following a competitive tender process. Skandi Iguaçu, one of the biggest AHTS vessels ever built in Brazil with a 350mt+ bollard pull (BP) and large winch storage capacity has been contracted for four years with expected commencement in February 2026 in sequence
(World Oil) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer Petrobras approved dividends slightly below expectations amid a trade war that has created economic uncertainty and undermined oil prices. Petrobras will pay $2.1 billion USD (11.72 billion reais) in first-quarter dividends, it said in a filing Monday. Expectations were for a $2.2 billion payout, according to an average of six analyst forecasts reviewed
(World Oil) – Halliburton announced a contract award from Petrobras for integrated drilling services across several offshore fields in Brazil, the result of a competitive process. The contract scope includes drilling services for development and exploration wells over a three-year period. In this contract, Halliburton will provide iCruise® intelligent rotary steerable system (RSS) to reduce well time and place wells accurately,
(Oil Price) – Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, in partnership with Colombia’s state-run Ecopetrol, has confirmed the largest natural gas discovery in Colombia’s history. Drilling results from the Sirius-2 well, located in the Guajira Offshore Basin, have revealed over 6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas in place—enough to potentially double the country’s existing reserves. Petrobras holds a 44.44% stake in the
(World Oil) – Baker Hughes announced today significant contracts with Petrobras to provide 77 km of flexible pipe systems to be deployed in Brazil’s pre-salt fields. The agreement was signed Oct. 15, 2024, following an open tender. The multi-year project includes risers and flowlines for hydrocarbon production and associated gas and water injection with support for equipment storage, maintenance and
(World Oil) – Petrobras is pushing to extract as much oil as possible from its existing fields in Brazil while simultaneously hunting for new reserves to prevent production from starting to decline in the 2030s. The mantra “all the oil counts” will guide the company’s next strategic plan that will be unveiled in late November, members of the management team
(World Oil) – Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, achieved record production at its refineries in September 2024. The Total Utilization Factor (FUT) of its refineries reached 96.8%, the highest monthly figure this year, according to the company. In the third quarter of 2024, Petrobras recorded an average FUT of 95.2%. This period also saw a significant increase in the processing
World Oil (Bloomberg) – TotalEnergies is interested in partnering with Petrobras on projects outside of Brazil as the French supermajor expands in Latin America’s most populous nation, Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne said Monday. Namibia, Suriname and Angola were among the areas Pouyanne mentioned as potential cooperation zones. In Brazil, the offshore Mero project in the so-called pre-salt region, where
World Oil (Bloomberg) – A Colombian judge ordered Ecopetrol SA and Petroleo Brasileiro SA to halt the drilling of an offshore gas well in the nation’s Caribbean waters after an Indigenous community sought legal protection. The community in the area of Taganga, near the city of Santa Marta, claimed their consent should have been requested before the companies were allowed
World Oil (WO) – Petrobras achieved the main target of the Uchuva-2 well, confirming the extent of the natural gas discovery made in 2022 while drilling of the Uchuva-1 well. This well adds relevant information for the development of a new frontier of exploration and production in Colombia, reinforcing the volumetric potential for natural gas in the region. Uchuva-2 well,
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Ecopetrol SA expects offshore natural gas from Colombia to come online as soon as 2029, two years later than previously anticipated and not in time to curb a looming fuel shortfall. Colombia is set to face a gap between its domestic supply of natural gas and total demand beginning next year. The fuel gap of around
World Oil (WO) – Baker Hughes announced a significant order from Petrobras for workover and plug and abandonment (P&A) services in pre-salt and post-salt fields offshore Brazil. The multi-year offshore project, set to start in the first half of 2025, will be managed with Baker Hughes’ integrated solutions portfolio to optimize performance for Petrobras. Baker Hughes’ integrated approach will deploy
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