"Mero" News

Petrobras Boosts 2023 Oil and Gas Production for 3.7%

Jan 29, 2024

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has reached total oil and natural gas production of 2.78 MMboed in 2023, which is an increase of 3.7% from the production recorded a year before.Commercial production of oil and natural gas was 2.44 MMboed and oil production 2…

Potential Offshore Wind Projects Under Assessment for Santos Basin

Jan 17, 2024

Petrobras, Shell Brasil, TotalEnergies, CNPC, and CNOOC, along with the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), have started a series of offshore wind measurements in the Santos Basin to gather data for potential floating wind projects at Búzios and Mero fields offshore Brazil…

TechnipFMC Bags $1B Contract with Petrobras

Jan 04, 2024

TechnipFMC has been awarded '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…

Subsea 7 Bags 'Major' Contract Offshore Brazil

Oct 31, 2023

Offshore services firm Subsea 7 today confirmed the award of a major contract amendment by Petrobras for the development of the Mero 4 field located approximately 200 kilometres off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 2,200 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin…

CNOOC, Petrobras Announce Strategic Cooperation Agreement

Aug 29, 2023

Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant CNOOC has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras, Chinese government-backed media outlet The Paper reported on Tuesday, citing CNOOC.The agreement stated that the…

SBM Offshore Completes Financing of Alexandre de Gusmão

Jun 20, 2023

SBM Offshore has signed the project financing of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão for a total of US$1.615 billion.The project financing is provided by a consortium of 12 international banks with insurance cover from three international export credit agencies…

Brazil-bound FPSO Sepetiba Departs BOMESC Shipyard in China

Jun 19, 2023

The Brazil-bound FPSO Sepetiba sailed away from the BOMESC shipyard in China on June 16, 2023, following completion of the topsides integration and onshore commissioning phases.The unit—SBM Offshore’s third Fast4Ward FPSO—is transiting to the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil…

Petrobras Taps Maersk, Alcatel for Mero Field PRM System

Feb 15, 2023

The Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has awarded Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Maersk Supply Service (MSS) the contract for the supply and installation of a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) system on the giant Mero field offshore Brazil…

Guanabara FPSO Hits Maximum Production Capacity, Petrobras Says

Jan 16, 2023

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras said that the Guanabara FPSO installed in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, had reached its maximum production capacity, with the mark of 180 thousand barrels of oil per day (bpd). The milestone was reached about eight months after the unit started operating…

Petrobras Awards 3-year Contracts for Maersk Anchor Handler Trio

Mar 07, 2023

Danish offshore support vessel owner Maersk Supply Services has secured three-year contracts for three of its L-class anchor handlers with Petrobras in Brazil.Petrobras will use the vessels for a broad scope of anchor handling activities and offshore drilling rig movements…

Maersk Supply Service Pens Major Contract for FPSO Work in Brazil

Jan 26, 2023

Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service said Thursday it had signed an assignment agreement with TechnipFMC for work in Brazil.The scope covers the pre-installation of the mooring system and hook-up of the FPSO P-78. The FPSO P-78 will be the seventh FPSO in the Búzios field…

China's CNOOC Eyes Record Oil, Gas Production for 2023

Jan 11, 2023

China's CNOOC Ltd has set its 2023 production target at a record 650 million to 660 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), about 8% above last year's goal.  The state-controlled offshore oil and gas company produced about 620 million boe last year…

Guanabara FPSO Mooring System Installed with Just One Vessel

Sep 02, 2022

Heavy lift shipping and offshore transport and installation contractor Jumbo Offshore reports it has executed the transport and installation of a torpedo pile mooring system, including mooring for flexible risers, umbilical for the Libra Consortium's…

Petrobras Starts Oil and Gas Production from First of Four Mero Field FPSOs

May 02, 2022

Oil and gas production has started from FPSO Guanabara offshore Brazil, the first definitive production system installed in the Petrobras-operated Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Three more FPSOs are planned for deployment at the Mero field…

First of Four FPSOs Deployed at Petrobras' Mero Field

Feb 02, 2022

The Guanabara FPSO has arrived at the Mero field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has informed.The FPSO, also known as Mero 1, will be the first 'definitive' oil production system at the Mero field…

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