MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Mar.2026, Words: 199) — Through drilling of an exploration well in the Marlim Sul field, Petrobras said it has identified the presence of […]
Tag: Pre-Salt
Brava says ANP approves AIP for Jubarte pre-salt shared reserve
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 171) — Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved the production individualization agreement (AIP) for the […]
Petrobras announces approval of AIP for the Jubarte pre-salt reservoir by ANPÂ
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 216) — Petrobras reported that the production individualization agreement (AIP) of the Jubarte pre-salt shared reservoir, located in the Campos […]
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 TamandarĂ© (BĂşzios 7) — with production potential up to 225,000 barrels […]
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EAI Southern Cone NRG Dashboard 4Q:24 [PDF Download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Dec.2024) — Energy Analytics Institute‘s Southern Cone NRG Dashboard 4Q:24 with upstream, downstream, midstream, liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewable, new energies and other […]
Baker Hughes to Supply Petrobras with Flexible Pipe Systems
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Oct.2024) — Baker Hughes signed significant contracts with Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras to provide 77 km of flexible pipe systems to be deployed in Brazil’s pre-salt fields. The […]
FPSO Maria Quitéria Starts Operating in Campos Basin
(Petrobras, 15.Oct.2024) — The Maria QuitĂ©ria platform ship produced its first oil on 15 Oct. 2024 in the Jubarte field, pre-salt in the EspĂrito Santo portion of the Campos Basin. […]
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Petrobras: Highlights on 4Q:22 Production, Sales [PDF Download]
(Petrobras, 8.Feb.2023) — Petrobras commented on its production and sales in 4Q;22 and 2022. “In 2022, we delivered an excellent operational performance, meeting all production targets for the year, with […]
Petrobras Highlights 2Q:21 Output, Sales
(Petrobras, 22.Jul.2021) — In 2Q21, Petrobras continued to operate safely and had a solid operating performance, despite the persistence of the pandemic scenario. The average production of oil, NGL and […]
Petrobras Inks Itapu Coparticipation Deal
(Petrobras, 12.Jul.2021) — Petrobras signed with PrĂ©-sal PetrĂłleo S.A. (PPSA) the Itapu Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Contract (ToR) and the Production Sharing […]
Brazil May Gas Production Up From Year, Month Prior
(Argus, 18.Jun.2021) — Brazilian natural gas production in May rose by nearly 18pc from a year earlier and by more than 2pc from the prior month. Output reached 134mn mÂł/d […]
Shell Updates On South American Assets In Annual Report
(Shell, 1.Apr.2021) — Shell provided details in its 2020 annual report related to its operations in South America from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. What follows is a summary from the […]
Petrobras Reports Record Production In 2020
(Petrobras, 7.Jan.2021) — Petrobras registered records in its 2020 annual oil production and total annual production (oil and gas) of, respectively, 2.28 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and […]
Equinor Awards Bacalhau Drilling Contracts
(Equinor, 10.Nov.2020) — Equinor has, on behalf of the partners ExxonMobil and Petrogal Brasil, awarded Baker Hughes, Halliburton and Schlumberger contracts for drilling and well services on the Bacalhau field […]
Petrobras Cuts E&P CAPEX To $40-$50bn From $64bn
(Petrobras, 14.Sep.2020) — Petrobras reports on the revision of the Exploration & Production (E&P) segment portfolio in face of the crisis caused by COVID-19. The revision aims to maximize the […]
Total Launches Mero Field 3 FPSO Development
(Total, 17.Aug.2020) — Total and its partners have taken the investment decision for the third phase of the Mero project (Libra block), located deep offshore, 180 kilometers off the coast […]
Petrobras Inks Charter Deal For Mero 3 FPSO
(Petrobras, 14.Aug.2020) — Petrobras signed a letter of intent with the company MISC Berhad for the chartering and services for FPSO (floating production storage and offloading unit) Marechal Duque de […]
Petrobras Reports Record July BĂşzios Production
(Petrobras, 5.Aug.2020) — Petrobras reports platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) installed in the BĂşzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new monthly production records in July, of 615,000 […]
Petrobras Awards Saipem $325mn Buzios Subsea Deal
(Saipem, 6.Jul.2020) — Saipem has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system to serve the BĂşzios pre-salt project, in water depths from […]
Petrobras Eyes LNG Units For Pre-salt Gas
(Reuters, 3.Jul.2020) — Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is considering installing offshore units to liquefy the growing natural gas production from the so-called pre-salt area, the company’s emissions and climate […]
Supermajors Are Flocking To This Booming Oil Frontier
(Oilprice.com, 30.Jun.2020) — Exxon is moving to rapidly expand its exploration footprint in this little-known venue, French Total SA is spudding its first well here, small-cap Eco Atlantic – of […]
Petrobras Says Buzios Oil Field Achieved New Record
(Reuters, 29.Jun.2020) — Brazil’s Petrobras said that its platforms P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77 located in the deepwater Buzios oil field, the largest in the world, achieved record production levels […]
Petrobras Starts Production In Atapu Pre-salt
(Petrobras, 25.Jun.2020) — Petrobras reports that it started today the production of oil and natural gas from the shared deposit of Atapu, through platform P-70, in the eastern portion of […]
Petrobras Hits New Fuel Oil Export Record
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras exported a record 1.11mn t of fuel oil in May, marking a return to the company’s focus on higher-margin fuel exports after the Covid-19 […]
Petrobras Starts EWT At Albacora Field
(Petrobras, 17.May.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 11 May 2020, informs that it started yesterday the Extended Well Tests (EWT) in the Discovery Assessment Plan […]
Petrobras Warns Economy Has Changed Forever
(Reuters, 15.May.2020) — Brazil’s Petrobras took a 65.3 billion real ($11.2 billion) impairment on its exploration and production assets on Thursday, warning investors that changes in consumer behavior resulting from […]
Petrobras On Equalizations In Lula, Atapu and SĂ©pia
(Petrobras, 13.May.2020) — Petrobras, regarding the press releases disclosed on 18 March 2019 and 11 September 2019, which announced the approval of Production Individualization Agreements (AIP) of the Lula, Atapu […]
Oil Drop Could Cut 20% Off Exploration Budgets
(Reuters, 17.Mar.2020) — The recent collapse in oil prices could chop $300 million to $600 million off 2020 exploration budgets in Brazil, which has emerged as one of the world’s […]
Petrobras Hits New Production Record
(Reuters, 10.Feb.2020) — Brazil’s Petrobras hit a new production record in the fourth quarter, of over 3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), thanks largely to the ramp-up […]
Ecopetrol Targets Higher CAPEX In 2020
(Ecopetrol, 25.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. reported that in 2020 the Ecopetrol Group (GE) plans to invest an expected US$4.5 to US$5.5 billion, 25% to 53% higher than the estimated 2019 […]
Shell And Partners Add Pre-salt Production
(Shell, 14.Nov.2019) — New, deep-water production has come online from the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin. Shell Brasil PetrĂłleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil) and its consortium partners today announced the start of […]
Don’t Count On Oil To Reignite Latin America
(Project Syndicate, Mauricio Cárdenas, 5.Nov.2019) — Some regard Latin America as the world’s new oil frontier, and think that the region could potentially add three million barrels per day to […]
Petrobras, Brazil’s Gov’t Near Marketing Deal
(Reuters, Gram Slattery, Marta Nogueira, 22.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s Petrobras could take over marketing of the government’s share of crude from offshore oilfields, a government official told Reuters, adding significantly to […]
Ecopetrol Buys Into Gato do Mato Discovery
(Ecopetrol, 21.Oct.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that its subsidiary Ecopetrol Ă“leo e Gás do Brasil Ltda has entered into an agreement with Shell Brasil PetrĂłleo Ltda. to acquire 30% of […]
How Brazil’s $26bn TOR Auction Works
(Reuters, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 16.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s Senate passed the main text of a bill defining the distribution of proceeds from a blockbuster auction of oil prospecting rights, […]
Chevron Grabs 5 Blocks In ANP’s 16th Bid Round
(Chevron, 10.Oct.2019) — Chevron Brasil welcomes the results of Brazil’s 16th Bid Round. We are pleased to be part of the following five successful consortia, including two as the operator: […]
Pre-salt E&P May See Spending Boost
(WoodMac, 6.Aug.2019) — Brazil’s natural gas market reforms have taken a major step forward, with plans in place which are set to open up opportunities across the gas value chain, […]
Petrobras Reports Modest Output Growth
(Reuters, Ana Mano and Gram Slattery, 26.Jul.2019) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA posted a modest production boost in the second quarter, but failed to live up to […]
Brazil, Bolsonaro And Oil: A Future In The Balance
(The National, Robin Mills, 11.Nov.2018) — New president may make unpleasant listening but he says he wants to open up the country’s energy industry, which would be a good thing. […]
Royal Dutch Shell Provides 3Q:18 Highlights For Brazil And Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Nov.2018) — Royal Dutch Shell provided an update related to portfolio developments in Brazil and Argentina during the third quarter 2018. Third Quarter 2018 Portfolio […]
Petrobras Stops Chevron Plan To Drill In Brazil Offshore Block: Sources
(Reuters, Alexandra Alper, Marta Nogueira, 30.Oct.2018) — A decision by Petrobras not to invest in drilling new wells has derailed Chevron Corp’s plan to resume exploration in a Brazilian offshore […]
Petrobras Fires Up New Platform In Offshore Lula Field
(Reuters, 24.Oct.2018) — State-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro said on Wednesday it had started production on its eighth platform in the offshore Lula field, Brazil’s most productive, as it ramps […]
Aker Solutions Wins Subsea Order for Libra’s Mero Field Offshore Brazil
(Aker Solutions, 5.Oct.2018) — Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide a subsea production system and related services for the Mero 1 project within the Mero field […]
ExxonMobil Grabs Additional Acreage in Brazil’s 5th Pre-Salt Bid Round
(ExxonMobil, 28.Sep.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after it won the TitĂŁ exploration block with co-venturer Qatar Petroleum during Brazil’s 5th pre-salt bid round. […]