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USS George Washington again on Guanabara Bay
This week, the view from our downtown Rio de Janeiro office has been transformed by the presence of the imposing United States aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), anchored in Guanabara Bay where she will remain until Friday, Ma
Production details
Enauta produced 27.000 boed of oil in February, 5% more than what the company recorded in the previous month. The main reason responsible for this was the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin, currently the company’s main asset. Enauta has th
Latest Production News
The National Oil Agency of Brazil released the monthly oil and gas production report for the month of January. Total production (oil + natural gas) was 4.487 million boed. From oil, 3.519 million bbld were extracted, a reduction of 1.
wilson sons & BP
Wilson Sons signed a contract with BP (British Petroleum) to provide logistical support services for oil exploration activities in the Pau Brasil block, in Guanabara Bay. The contract lasts for one year, and the support will be provided thr
Enauta reduces production
Enauta informed the company’s total production reached 40.6 thousand boed in September, a reduction of 79.4% compared to the previous month, when production reached 197.1 thousand barrels. The numbers were already ex pected by the market as
mcdermott award
McDermott has been awarded a transportation and installation contract by PRIO for the Wahoo field, in Campos basin. McDermott will perform the transportation and installation of approximately 30 kilometers of coated 10-inch rigid pipelines
enauta restart production?
Enauta informed they´ve resumed planning the return to production in Atlanta field, in the post-salt Santos Basin, in October. The initial expectation was to restart the process in September. however, the company stopped production in July
Brazil improves production
In the first half of 2023, the Brazilian government acquired an accumulated share of oil of 7.27 million barrels, coming from the production sharing regime. This volume is more than double of the same period last year, when it was
enauta’s drilling concluded
Enauta informed that it completed the drilling and completion of well 6 (7-ATL-6H-RJS) in the Atlanta field on schedule and within budget. In addition, the company announced that completion of well 7 (7-ATL-7HA-RJ), the last of the Atlanta
equinor celebrates arrival
Last week, Equinor celebrated the arrival of the Valaris drillship DS-17 in Rio de Janeiroto begin exploration in the Bacalhau field. The vessel will allow the company to increase thedrilling capacity through a better understanding of the p
PRIO production
PRIO announced its preliminary and non-audited oil operational data for the month ofMay. Frade field had a production of 49.164 boepd which was impacted by a maintenanceshutdown of three days at the beginning of the month. The cluster of Po
equinor oil production
Peregrino field, in Campos Basin, reached a production of 110 thousand barrels of oil perday. This number represents the maximum processing capacity of the FPSO Peregrino.After an extensive maintenance program, upgrades and repairs to the F
More oil in Atlanta
Enauta announced that it has found a new oil blend with “excellent petrophysical properties”in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. The Brazilian independent estimates the volumeat about 230 million barrels. The Brazilian company’s disco
baúna production back
Two months after having production stopped in the Baúna field because of a containmentincident associated with the high-pressure flare on the FPSO Cidade de itajaí, Karoonrestarted production at 100% capacity. The identification of the leak
Oil production at papa terra
Oil production at Papa Terra cluster has been temporarily interrupted by 3R Petroleum dueto restrictions on the offloading system on FPSO 3R-3 as the unit reached the limit ofthe available oil storage capacity. A damage was identified on th
saam growing
SAAM Towage Brazil concluded the purchase of 21 tugboats from the Brazilian shippingcompany Starnav, out of which 19 tugs currently operating in Brazilian waters and two additionalvessels that are in final construction phase. The agreed-upo
Karoon done with rig
Karoon Energy announced last week that it has completed the drilling program in SantosBasin, offshore Brazil, with drilling rig Noble Developer from owners NobleCorp. The vesselmobilised to Brazil in April, 2022 to carry out the Company´s f
Enauta resumes production
Enauta resumed production from well 7-ATL2HP-RJS (“2HP”), in Atlanta field having returned after an interruption that began in March, forced by a failure of a surface equipment. The company informed thatproduction was resumed after the rep
Pre-salt Production
Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) shared a new report with relevant information about the production levels on the pre-salt fields of the production sharing agreement. Following the good performance from the beginning of 2023, the combined produ
Wartsila closes deal with 3R
The Finnish company Wärtsilä has been awarded with a contract to supply the energy generation package for 3R´s FPSO P-63. The contract also foresees the optimized maintenance of the system for 5 years to guarantee desired performance and re
Fendercare Marine rebrands
Fendercare Marine announced its rebranding to James Fisher Fendercare, to simplify and streamline its identity for customers and the global markets it serves, by further aligning with its parent company James Fisher and Sons plc. As a world
Production on hold
Karoon announced that production from its Bauna oilfield and the recently on-stream Patola field offshore Brazil will remain suspended into May. Karoon and the fields’ FPSO operator Altera & Ocyan are undertaking both essential and proactiv
Karoon suspends production
The Australian oil company has shut down Baúna´s field production due to a containment incident associated with the high-pressure flare on FPSO Cidade de Itajaí. According to the company, production stoppage happened on March 28th, 2023 in
Papa terra production back on
3R Petroleum said that it is ready to resume production at the Papa-terra cluster after a stoppage due to an issue caused by the energy generation system of the Tension Leg Wellhead Platform (TLWP) 3R-2. Before the stoppage, Papa-terra was
Petrojarl I producing once again
Brazilian independent oil company Enauta has announced that FPSO Petrojarl I has started producing once again after a preventive maintenance on its water-cooling system. The company declared that the production unit has been producing in 98