Brazil’s state run oil and gas company Petrobras has acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 blocks offered in the bid. It also secured, in its technicians’ opinions, the blocks with the [...]
BP and partners Total, Petrobras and Petrogal were yesterday named winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offshore Brazil in the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP’s) 11th bid round. BP will be operator in two of the blocks. The companies have committed to explore concession blocks FZA-M-57, FZA-M-59, FZA-M-86, FZA-M-88, FZA-M-125, and FAZ-M-127 in the Foz [...]
Press Release – Marine Cybernetics AS (MC) recently signed its first contract for delivery of HIL testing (Hardware in the Loop) to a total of 6 MODU (Mobile Drilling Units) new builds to be hired by Petrobras in Brazil. Marine Cybernetics has for many years worked actively to get into this market, and this marks an important milestone in [...]
Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda. (EBR), a jointly owned Brazilian company by Toyo Engineering Corporation and SOG – Óleo e Gás S.A. (SOG) , a leading engineering company in Brazil, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract to install topsides units for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system. The contract [...]
On Thursday, May 9, Petrobras ended its participation in the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), in Houston (USA), with a technical session on subsea technology systems. In addition to the ongoing projects and those undergoing testing, the Company presented the outlook for this segment. The OTC is the world’s largest offshore oil exploration and production event. [...]
Women can get to the top. In order for this to happen, growth should be a step by step process, along with experience and personal and professional maturity. This was one of the opinions given by Petrobras CEO, Maria das Graças Silva Foster, during the event called “Wise: Women in the Industry Sharing Experiences”, which [...]
The plans to build a center of excellence for the shipbuilding industry in Brazil were highlighted in the presentation made by Paulo Sergio Rodrigues Alonso, Petrobras Local Content Advisor to the President and the Executive Coordinator of Prominp, during an event sponsored by the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce (Bratecc), which took place today (May 8), [...]
Carlos Tadeu Fraga, Executive Manager for Petrobras’ Pre-salt Exploration and Production, announced yesterday at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2013) that, between 2008 and April 2013, the cumulative production from the pre-salt reservoirs in the Campos and Santos Basins has reached 192.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (oil and gas). According to the executive, daily [...]
Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras last night announced the discovery of good quality oil in the Transfer of Rights area referred to as Entorno de Iara, in the Santos Basin pre-salt region. Well 1-BRSA-1146-RJS (1-RJS-711), known as Entorno de Iara 1, is located at a water depth of 2,266 meters, 235 km off the coast [...]
Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras presents long-term technological strategy for deepwater production. Executive emphasizes, at the OTC, the importance of the company’s partnership with universities and suppliers
