Brazil

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September 22, 2023
The primary objective is to identify suitable geological formations for carbon storage.
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September 21, 2023
The concession is located approximately 200 km from Rio de Janeiro, in water depths up to 2900 m. It contains natural gas and oil/condensate recoverable volumes of above 1 Bboe. Lead Image: Copyright, Equinor
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September 20, 2023
Akselos' digital twin RB-FEA technology is 1000x faster than legacy simulation solutions and allows for limitless scale and accuracy. This will enable the Enauta team to fully integrate the engineering real-time simulation into a real operational life environment.
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September 14, 2023
Transocean Ltd. announced a three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila with a national oil company for work offshore Brazil.
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September 13, 2023
The FPSO platform will undergo various legal and technical procedures before it is taken to the Mero field, in the Libra section of the pre-salt layer of the Santos basin.
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September 11, 2023
Valaris Limited announced new contracts and contract extensions, with an associated contract backlog of approximately $65 million.
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August 31, 2023
Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. announced a two‐year contract extension with a major operator in Brazil for the use of the 6” 15K Trident Intervention System to facilitate well interventions, as well as plug and abandonment operations. 
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August 29, 2023
The company’s internal estimate is 38 MMboe of proven recoverable resources, predominantly oil, of which 19 MMboe developed and producing and 19 MMboe undeveloped, defined infill opportunities. BW Energy has identified a further 0.7 Tcf of recoverable gas accumulations for potential future development. 
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August 23, 2023
A major impact study that environmental authorities are demanding as a requirement isn’t necessary for the project, the attorney general’s office, or AGU, said in an opinion that was released on Tuesday.
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August 09, 2023
The attorney general’s office, or AGU, will issue an opinion that it is not necessary for Petroleo Brasileiro SA to conduct a major environmental impact study to begin prospecting oil in the so-called Foz do Amazonas, a region off the country’s northern coast, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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June 21, 2023
The FPSO’s design incorporates SBM Offshore’s industry leading Fast4Ward new build, multi-purpose hull.
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June 07, 2023
The innovative 2D-cubed technology utilizes a structurally conformable interpolation engine that transforms 2D data into a comprehensive 3D volume, which can be interpreted on a regional scale.
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June 06, 2023
Strohm was awarded a contract with independent E&P operator PRIO (formerly known as PetroRio) to provide its composite pipe solutions to support operations at its Frade field.
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June 01, 2023
The project has already drilled 5 producing wells and 5 injectors. These wells will produce up to 150,000 bbl of crude oil, 6 MMcm of natural gas and inject 220,000 bbl of water per day.
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May 29, 2023
The Brazilian company has had an oil rig in place since early December, awaiting approval to drill in block FZA-M-59, costing around $1 million a day.
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May 17, 2023
The well is in progress and the oil-bearing interval was verified through wireline logging and fluid samples, which will be further characterized through laboratory analyses.
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May 11, 2023
Equinor has, on behalf of the BM-C-33 license offshore Brazil with partners Repsol, Sinopec Brasil and Petrobras, awarded a contract for subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) to TechnipFMC, and a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for the delivery of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to MODEC Inc.
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May 08, 2023
The concept selected for BM-C-33 is based on an FPSO, capable of processing natural gas and oil/condensate and specifying these for sale without a need for further onshore processing.
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April 27, 2023
The P-82 FPSO will be one of the largest vessels to be deployed in the Búzios field, an ultra-deepwater oil and gas field covering an area of 853 square kilometers in the Santos Basin, around 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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April 12, 2023
The FPSO vessel has three power modules, each with two Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines. Under the new contract, Wärtsilä will continue to have an onboard crew operating the modules on a 24/7 basis.
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April 06, 2023
The region is one of three countries ExxonMobil is attempting to capitalize on. While assets in Guyana and U.S. shale are looking positive, Exxon still hasn’t made an oil discovery in Brazil.
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