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Petrobras wins shallow water legal battle

May 25, 2017

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has a won a legal battle for the sale of a set of shallow water fields, in the states of Ceará and Sergipe. The Brazilian giant revealed today (25May) that the 3rd Federal District Court of Sergipe dismissed…

Petrobras axes Adrenal Spirit charter deal

May 22, 2017

Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) sent a termination notice to Teekay Offshore for the Arendal Spirit charter contract last month, in which the company says it is disputing the grounds of the termination and is reviewing its legal options. The…

First Libra FPSO arrives in Brazil

May 22, 2017

Teekay has announced that the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Pioneiro de Libra arrived in Brazilian waters on 17 May. The FPSO unit set sail on 28 March from the Jurong shipyard in Singapore, where the conversion of the unit has been taking place since 2014…

Petrobras flows at Lula Sul

May 18, 2017

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) started production from the Lula Sul field offshore Brazil with the P-66 floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit. Image from Petrobras Twitter. Lula…

Heerema inks Peregrino II jacket deal

May 16, 2017

Image of Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, CEO, Heerema Fabrication Group; and Martijn Smit, general manager, South Atlantic Holding, signing the contract. Image from Heerema.  Heerema…

LQT inks GoM, South America work

May 15, 2017

LQT Industries has been awarded multiple Gulf of Mexico projects including aluminum accommodation rental packages, construction, and refurbishment projects. LQT is providing aluminum accommodation packages for major oil and gas operators on two separate offshore platforms…

Odebrecht names new CEO

May 15, 2017

Odebrecht has named Luciano Nitrini Guidolin as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Newton de Souza. Guidolin will continue the business restructuring process and meet the challenge of bringing Odebrecht back to…

SeaBird inks South America 2D LOI

May 09, 2017

SeaBird Exploration signed a letter of intent for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is estimated to start in the first half of Q3, and will have a duration of approximately two and a half months.  SeaBird will be using the Northern Explorer for the project.

Anadarko makes third Colombia discovery

May 04, 2017

Anadarko has made its third discovery in deepwater offshore Colombia, with the Gorgon well. The Gorgon-1 well encountered 260-360ft net of natural gas pay, according to Anadarko.  Partner Ecopetrol said the well showed gas presence in two different exploration targets…

OTC: Petrobras seeks $35/bbl breakeven price for Libra

May 03, 2017

Petrobras shared innovations and efficiency gains related to the Libra field at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. Petrobras says collaboration between Libra area partners has produced a US$13/bbl reduction to the project's breakeven price…

Court allows Petrobras block transfer

May 03, 2017

A federal regional court in Brazil will allow the transfer of Petrobras' BM-S-8 exploration block, which includes the Carcará field, to Norwegian major Statoil, Petrobras announced today 2 May. 'With the favorable decision of the court…

Pemex signs Schlumberger multiclient data deal

May 01, 2017

Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has signed an agreement to license data from the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) multiclient seismic survey in the Salina del Istmo province of the southern Gulf of Mexico, said Schlumberger (SLB)…

The journey from Tupi to Lula

May 01, 2017

Jerry Lee profiles the development of Brazil’s giant Lula field, offshore Rio de Janeiro. The FPSO Cidade de São Vicente was brought in to perform extended well tests on a Lula NE well in 2011…

Sticky business

May 01, 2017

Offshore enhanced oil recovery pilots in the North Sea are paving the way towards helping to get more heavy oil out of the ground. Elaine Maslin reports. Biopolymer containers on Heidrun’s deck…

IEA: Oil discoveries, new projects hit record lows

Apr 28, 2017

Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which warned that both trends could continue this year…

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