brazil offshore industry


Saturday, January 21, 2023
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Offshore

Oil Rig That’s Treading Water Is Costing Brazil $1 Million a Day

By Mariana Durao and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) –The conflict between Brazil’s ambitions to become a more responsible environmental steward while

January 21, 2023
Total Views: 9920

Monday, May 16, 2022
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Offshore

Shell Joins Exxon in Losing Brazil Bet

By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Expensive offshore exploration setbacks for international oil majors including Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. are

May 16, 2022
Total Views: 4089

Friday, December 17, 2021
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Offshore

Total, Shell Emerge As Top Bidders in Brazil’s $2 Billion Offshore Auction

By Gram Slattery, Marta Nogueira and Sabrina Valle RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – France’s TotalEnergies , Royal Dutch Shell, Petrobras,

December 17, 2021
Total Views: 877

Monday, July 26, 2021
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Offshore

Oil Majors Hunt for One Last Big Discovery Off Brazil

Last year, Brazil was one of the few that raised output, adding more than any other non-OPEC country apart from Norway, and it wants to double crude output by

July 26, 2021
Total Views: 1095

Thursday, November 7, 2019
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Maritime News

Big Oil Stuns Brazil in Back-to-Back Auction Flops

By Marianna Parraga, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in

November 7, 2019
Total Views: 5

Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Offshore

Brazil’s Biggest-Ever Oil Auction a ‘Total Disaster’ as Bidders Stay Away

By Sabrina Valle, Peter Millard and Luiza Ferraz (Bloomberg) –Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil deposits flopped, sending the real tumbling, after

November 6, 2019
Total Views: 17

Friday, October 19, 2018
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Maritime News

Exxon Makes Major Bet on Brazil as Petrobras Eases Its Grip

By Sabrina Valle and Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — In a single year, Exxon Mobil Corp. has gone from being a tiny bit player in Brazil to the

October 19, 2018
Total Views: 12

Thursday, October 26, 2017
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News

Big Oil Is Heading to Rio With $50 Crude No Longer a Nightmare

By Sabrina Valle and R.T. Watson (Bloomberg) – Leaner and fitter after three years of low prices, Big Oil is descending on Rio de Janeiro to join a

October 26, 2017
Total Views: 65

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Maritime News

How One Lone Oil Rig Embodies the Brazil Boom That Never Was

  By Sabrina Valle and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Oil majors had big plans for Brazil, but you can’t tell by looking at the country’s offshore

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 31

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Offshore

Brazil’s Oil Auction Today Was a Total Bust

  By Jeb Blount, Marta Nogueira and Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Brazil attracted little interest in a new oil and gas

October 7, 2015
Total Views: 3

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
News

Petrobras Said to Interrupt Drilling at Biggest Brazil Discovery

Petroleo Brasileiro SA halted drilling at its largest oil discovery in deep waters, two people with knowledge of the matter said, underscoring the technical

February 10, 2015
Total Views: 10

Thursday, October 10, 2013
News

Brazil Oil Union Plans Indefinite Strike

Brazil's national oil worker's federation could start an indefinite strike on Oct. 17 if a pay dispute with state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileira SA is not

October 10, 2013
Total Views: 1

Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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News

Farstad Wins New Contracts Offshore Brasil

Farstad announced the winning of three new contracts today worth a total of NOK 150 million for operations offshore Brazil. The contracts consist of: Shell

September 17, 2013
Total Views: 2

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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News

$5 Billion of Brazilian Seafloor Up for Auction, Offshore Drillers Flock to Brazil

For the first time in five years, more than 60 oil companies are set to bid on exploration permits offshore Brazil, taking on risks of drilling in virgin

May 14, 2013
Total Views: 7

Monday, May 13, 2013
Offshore

Petrobras Raises $11 Billion in Record Bond Sale

Petrobas sold $11 billion of bonds abroad on Monday, the most ever for an emerging- market issuer, as it seeks to develop the biggest offshore oil find in the

May 13, 2013
Total Views: 4

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Offshore

Idling Ships Cause Complaints Along Rio de Janeiro Seafront

A new vista is competing with the sun, surf and swimsuits at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana and Ipanema beaches: a traffic jam of cargo ships

December 11, 2012
Total Views: 3

Friday, October 5, 2012
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Engineering News

Wilson, Sons Delivers Pair of CAT-powered PSVs to Brazilian Customer, 4 More on the Way

Damen Shipyards announced today the delivery of two, PSV 4500 platform supply vessels, plus another four which are currently under construction and destined

October 5, 2012
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Offshore

GE Inks Record Contract With Petrobas

General Electric Co. (GE) and Brazilian energy company Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR) have signed the world’s largest subsea wellhead production

September 18, 2012
Total Views: 2

Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Offshore

Transocean CEO: Brazil Injunction is Unwarranted and Flawed

HOUSTON–A Brazilian appeals court has denied a request by the national oil regulator to suspend an injunction barring Transocean Ltd. (RIG) and Chevron

September 12, 2012
Total Views: 3

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Offshore

Brazil Court Allows Chevron Exec to Leave Country

RIO DE JANEIRO–A federal court in Brazil will allow one of the executives charged in a criminal lawsuit related to a November spill at an offshore

September 6, 2012
Total Views: 2