A partnership between companies is a lot like a marriage: some are good, some are strained. That was the tenor of a Wednesday morning panel discussing perspectives on E&P in the South Atlantic that included operators Petrobras, Total, Shell鈥
Beijing-based PetroChina Co. Ltd. announced that two of its subsidiaries will purchase the Peruvian assets of Petrobras for US$2.6billion (HK$20.16billion) according to a statement sent to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on 13 November 2013鈥
Subsea 7 has been awarded to new contracts for pipelay support vessels with Petrobras worth an estimated US$600 million. The contracts are for operation of the pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) Seven Mar and Seven Condor on a day rate basis for approximately three years鈥
Petrobras President Maria das Graças Silva Foster announced at public hearing in the Brazilian Senate that the company plans to invest R$4 billion in 2013 and R$21.2 billion between 2013-2017 in information technology and telecommunications鈥
Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) completed its semisubmersible P-55 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel nearly six years after it was contracted. It passed testing and certification in the Rio Grande dock (ERG-1). The鈥
The board of directors for Petrobras has approved the sale of 100% of the shares issued by Bogota-based Petrobras Colombia Ltd. (PEC) to Perenco for US$380 million, the company announced on 13 Sept 2013. Petrobras Colombia is selling鈥
Technip signed a four-year frame agreement with Petrobras for projects modifications services for the Rio de Janeiro Operations Unit, including existing offshore platforms located in the Campos Basin area, Brazil. The services comprise basic and detailed design鈥
Petrobras leads subsea pumping development to overcome deepwater production problems Subsea boosting has evolved since the first subsea multiphase pump was installed, in 1994, by Shell at Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea. That pump鈥
Oil and natural gas production in May On May 18, 2013, Petrobras set a new pre-salt production record, with output of 322,100 bo/d. 11,000 bo/d up from the previous record of 311,500 bo/d set on April 17, 2013. In addition to encouraging figures for pre-salt production鈥
Brazil is a veritable diamond in the rough for foreign and local investors alike. Firms are investing in new centers of technology, fabrication, and worker training to alleviate the country鈥檚 skills and infrastructure difficulties. Brazil is very much the place to be at the moment鈥
Petrobras announced that in February 2013 total production of oil and natural gas in Brazil reached 2,316 thousand boe/d. Including the share operated by the company for its partners, total volume produced was 2,414 thousand boe/d, This volume corresponds to a 2鈥
Subsea 7 has announced the award of three contracts with a combined value in excess of US$300 million from Petrobras. The work includes the installation of flexible lines by the Seven Seas, under two lump-sum contracts and one day-rate contract鈥
Tupi South discovery may link to Lula field Petrobras has found good quality oil in the Tupi South (Sul de Tupi) area of the Santos Basin pre-salt, the company announced on 8 January 2013.Petrobras said the well encountered reservoirs鈥
Over the last 18 months or so, Petrobras has a string of reported discoveries to its credit. Company CEO Maria das Graças Silva Foster said the 2011 discoveries alone added 1.24 billion barrels of equivalent oil to Petrobras鈥 numbers, with 1 billion of that coming from the pre-salt area鈥
Petrobras cancels rig contract with Ocean Rig Petrobras has cancelled a leasing contract with Ocean Rig, the Brasilian NOC announced on 29 November 2012.Petrobras had announced in February that it planned to lease five drilling rigs鈥
