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record in production
The National Oil and Gas Agency (ANP) disclosed its Monthly Bulleting with the national production consolidated data showing that Brazil broke the records, in July, in the total production (both oil and gas) as well as the pre-salt´s. The country produced an overall total 4,482 million boed. Interestingly, the previous record was from the previous […]
BW acquires clusters
BW Energy completed the acquisition of the Golfinho and Camarupim clusters, both in Espirito Santo basin, from Petrobras and taking over ownership and operatorship of approximately 10.000 barrelsof daily oil production. The company owns 100% working interest (WI) in the Golfinho and Camarupim clusters and 65% WI in the BM-ES-23 block. The Company’s overall estimate […]
petrobras exploration?
The Federal Public Ministry sent to the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) a recommendation for the agency to deny Petrobras’ request for reconsideration of the exploration of the block FZA-M-59, on the coast of Amapá and 500 km (about 310 miles) from the Amazon River´s Delta. The Federal Public Ministry also ordered that a […]
new hornbeck PSV
PSV 4500 HOS Springfield of owners Hornbeck Offshore has recently completed her voyage from Port of Spain and safely arrived in Guanabara Bay. With her arrival, Hornbeck now operates 5 vessels in Brazilian waters, being 4 foreign flagged and one Brazilian flagged. She is being mobilized to commence a charter in the coming weeks.
navalshore in Rio de Janeiro
Last week, Rio de Janeiro hosted Navalshore, Latin America’s leading shipbuilding and offshore event. With the presence of WSB Advisors, Navalshore brought together hundreds of national and international shipowners, shipyards, manufacturers and providers.There were 19 speeches between Tuesday and Thursday with over 86 exhibitors including companies such as Belov and Vale as well as some […]
petrobras AHTS award
Last week, Petrobras released the final and official results of its last AHTS TS tender from earlier this year. The opportunity which saw Posidonia Shipping’s candidate Atlantic Kingfisher as best qualified offer, had received an appeal from one of the other bidders claiming the vessel did not meet a few tender requirements. After an evaluation process by Petrobras, the […]
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 3.6 million barrels. The result was improved by the production of the fields of Mero (5 million […]
Anita Garibaldi is producing
FPSO Anita Garibaldi started production this week. The Petrobras vessel will operate simultaneously in the pre- and post-salt fields of Marlim and Voador, both in Campos Basin. The ship is part of the Campos Basin Renovation Plan, the world’s largest recovery program for mature assets. Today, the field produces around 565.000 boed and the goal […]
Signals of natural gas
Shell has informed the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) of the detection of natural gas signals in well 1-SHEL-35A-RJS, in block C-M-659, Campos Basin. The well is in a water depth of 2.940 meters and was drilled by Maersk Developer. The block was acquired by Shell in October 2019, during the 16th Bidding Round, for R$714 million. The company is […]
More vessels in Brazil?
The president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, declared that the Brazilian state oil company intends to increase the building of ships aiming the oil and gas exploration. The company has ear marked R$ 1.7 trillion (around 8.5 trillion dollars) until 2026, promised by the federal government through the PAC (Growth Acceleration Program in free translation) […]
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 Phase 1 set of wells, is scheduled still for the current quarter. These two wells, together with […]
petrobras new FPSO tender
Petrobras has released a tender for chartering a FPSO to work on the Barracuda and Caratinga Fields Revitalization Project. The vessel will have the capacity to produce 100,000 boed and six million cubic meters of gas. Owners must submit their offers by March 18, 2024. According to Petrobras, the revitalization in Campos Basin, where Barracuda and Caratinga are located, […]
solstad secures extensions
Solstad Offshore secured two contract extensions for vessels Normand Pioneer and Normand Carioca. Normand Pioneer will continue to support subsea activities for PRIO, having been granted an extension of 18 months. While Normand Carioca, the only remaining PSV in Solstad’s fleet following the sale of its entire category to Tidewater, will be converted to a […]
totalenergies new tender
TotalEnergies has issued two tenders for the charter of offshore support vessels. One of the opportunities aims to charter up to three PSVs with commencement expected for the window between Q1-Q3 2024. The company is offering a five-year firm plus two options of two years each for a PSV built 2013 onwards, DP2, 750m2 of free deck […]
AHTS Thor II
AHTS 21000 Thor II of owners Star Matrix (India) has recently concluded her term contract in Brazil. The vessel arrived in Brazilian waters July 2022 and has since been engaged in the AL-SUB project for end-client Petrobras. Throughout the Superpesa contract, she retrieved anchors, chains, suction piles and torpedo piles for Petrobras in Campos basin. […]
Petrobras PSV results
Petrobras released this week the official results for the multiple-category PSVs tender that sought to charter up to 9 vessels with delivery for December 2023. Expectations were high and it was common sense in the market that Petrobras would end up awarding a good number of vessels for this opportunity as this was seen as a “second round” from a previous tender last year where […]
UMS results
Two accommodation tenders by Petrobras (N15 and N16) have recently closed. The tender foresees a contract period of 1460 days firm and requires the units to have 450 PAX capacity for Petrobras. The N15 tender had Aquarius Brasil offered at a daily rate of USD 109.888,00 followed by Posh Arcadia and Posh Xanadu, both at […]
FPSO Atlanta is sold
The Malaysian company Yinson has exercised the purchase option and acquired FPSO Atlanta from Enauta. It will be installed in the field of the same name, in the Santos Basin. Phase one of the Atlanta development is expected to begin production in mid-2024 through six wells. Yinson acquired the FPSO through the acquisition of AFPS […]
belov’s new OTSV
Belov Mares, the brand new PSV acquired by Belov Engenharia has concluded its modifications to the Petrobras OTSV contract. All adaptations took place in Belov’s own yard in Salvador, Bahia and the vessel has already arrived in Rio de Janeiro for trials and inspection by Petrobras. The charter of Belov Mares as OTSV came as […]
Oceanpact with AHTS
Oceanpact has taken over the two AHTSs Skandi Saigon and Skandi Pacific from DDW Offshore, a subsidiary of investment company Akastor. The two vessels were hired by Oceanpact under a bareboat agreement plus purchase obligation back in 2021. Now with the completion of the firm period, the Brazilian owners have disbursed USD 18MM for both […]
buzios field production
Petrobras informed that the Búzios field, Santos Basin, the largest in the world in ultra-deep waters, reached in June the production of 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. This result was reached just five years after the beginning of operations in the field. The Búzios field operates with five FPSOs: P-74, P-75, P-76, P-77 and […]
petrobras decarbonisation
Petrobras is taking another step towards the decarbonisation of its activities in the oil and gas market. This time, the Brazilian oil company issued a tender to hire studies to assess future scenarios for the decarbonisation of maritime transportation. The contract involves the evaluation of options to decarbonise vessels through logistics and digitalization, hydrodynamic and […]
PSV availability
PSV 3000 Marlin Yare from owners Bravante has successfully concluded her term charter as an OSRV with Petrobras and is now available for spot and term opportunities. She is a UT755L design, DP1, 264m2 of free deck area and was built in 2001. In case of interest or for charter enquiries, please contact WSB Advisors […]
new UMS PB tender
Petrobras is once again in the market. This time, the Brazilian oil company seeks an UMS (floatel vessel) for a 600-day firm plus 600 days option contract. The tender is divided in two batches: The first one will be under the close dispute mode and the mobilization period is yet to be informed by Petrobras. […]
bram and 3R
AHTS 15000 Bushbuck has recently arrived in Rio de Janeiro. The vessel, under Bram Offshore management, has been mobilized and is expected to commence a long-term charter with 3R Petroleum in the coming weeks. In the meantime, AHTS 9000 Elizabeth C is engaged with 3R as Bushbuck’s front runner. Besides the Bram vessels, 3R has […]