BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.May.2026, Words: 406) — The P-79 platform, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, began production, ahead of the date scheduled in PETROBRAS’ business plan 2026–2030 (BP 26–30). The P-79 platform, an FPSO-type unit, features a new hull design equipped […]
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FPSO Almirante Tamandaré Comes Online in the Pre-Salt Santos Basin
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Feb.2025) — The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Almirante Tamandaré (Búzios 7) — with production potential up to 225,000 barrels of oil per day (b/d) and processing potential of 12 million cubic meters of gas daily (MMcm/d) — started production […]
McDermott Awarded FEED Contract in Mozambique
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2024) — McDermott, through a consortium with Saipem and China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 in Mozambique. Rovuma LNG Phase 1 is a joint venture between ExxonMobil Development Africa B.V., Eni […]
Petrobras on Start-up of Almirante Barroso FPSO
(Petrobras, 31.May.2023) — Petrobras started the production of the FPSO Almirante Barroso platform, in the Búzios field, with capacity to produce daily up to 150 thousand barrels of oil and 6 million m3 of gas. FPSO Almirante Barroso will contribute to the oil production of the Búzios field, which currently averages 560,000 […]
Petrobras Inks Deal with Keppel for P-80 Platform
(Petrobras, 15.Aug.2022) — Petrobras informs that, as a result of the progress of the development project for the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, it signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited for the construction of platform P-80, the ninth unit to be installed in the field. This […]
Petrobras On Mero Production Individualization Agreement
(Petrobras, 13.Dec.2021) — Petrobras announces that the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved, at the Collegiate Board Meeting No. 1074 held on 9 December 2021, the Production Individualization Agreement (AIP) of the Mero accumulation, located in the Santos Basin. The Mero joint reservoir comprises: – Mero […]
CNODC Yet To Express Interest In Búzios Field
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 29 September 2021, informs that the partner CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. has not expressed interest in exercising the option to purchase an additional share of 5% in the Production Sharing Contract of the Transfer of Rights Surplus, […]
Petrobras Confirms Oil At Buzios Well
(Petrobras, 22.Dec.2020) — Petrobras confirmed oil of excellent quality with the drilling of well 9-BUZ-48D-RJS, located in the extreme northwest of Búzios field in the Santos Basin. The well is located 188 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro and was drilled at a water depth of 1,850 meters. […]
PPSA Sale Plan Stokes Oil Contract Debate
(Argus, 12.Aug.2020) — The Brazilian government’s plan to sell state-owned pre-salt marketing company PPSA has stalled amid congressional foot-dragging over a change in pre-salt contract terms. Addressing reporters late yesterday, influential economy minister Paulo Guedes confirmed that the delay in selling the firm contributed to the departure of secretary Salim […]
Petrobras On Oil Finds In Búzios And Albacora
(Petrobras, 11.May.2020) — Petrobras confirmed oil of excellent quality in the Southeast area of the Búzios field and greater potential in the pre-salt of the Albacora field. POÇO 9-BUZ-39DA-RJS Located in the Southeast area of the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, 210 km from Rio de Janeiro, the […]
Why ExxonMobil’s Guyana Success May Have Hurt Petrobras
(The Motley Fool, John Bromels, 20.Nov.2019) — Oil is a big business with even bigger money attached. That’s why governments that control oil assets are eager to auction them off to the highest bidder in the hopes of getting a major payout. But Brazil’s recent oil block auction didn’t go […]
Brazil’s Pre-salt Encore Flops
(Argus, 7.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s pre-salt auction today mirrored the lackluster results from yesterday’s much-hyped Transfer of Rights offer, raising questions about bonus pricing, the appeal of the country’s production-sharing terms and state-controlled Petrobras’ first-right mandate. Petrobras teamed up with a Chinese partner to take just one of the five exploration […]
Brazil Approves 14 Firms For November Oil Tender
(Reuters, 30.Sep.2019) — Fourteen companies have been officially approved by Brazilian authorities to participate in an oil bidding round in November, in which total signing bonuses are expected to be the biggest so far, exceeding $25 billion, national oil regulator ANP said on Monday. As widely expected, the companies participating include […]