tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:50:15 +0000http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)Blogger403125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-6709824747377690125Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:12:00 +00002013-10-17T07:12:43.975-07:00GranEnergia Strikes US$500mn Platform Deal With Petrobras Brazil - Oil & Gas - 11 Oct 2013 - Petrobras Brazilian oil and gas logistics firm GranEnergia has agreed to build three offshore maintenance platforms in Brazil for state-owned oil company Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) with an investment of US$500mn. As part of the deal, the first unit, dubbed Olympia, will begin operating http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/10/granenergia-strikes-us500mn-platform.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-5276614858088516987Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:16:00 +00002013-09-18T07:16:23.863-07:00 Chevron Settles Brazil Spill for $41.6M Integrated energy behemoth, Chevron Corp. recently entered into an agreement with prosecutors in Brazil for settlement of lawsuits concerning an oil spill, off the country’s coast of Rio de Janeiro.Per the contract, Chevron is liable to pay $41.6 million as compensation for the spillage of about 3,000 barrels of crude oil in Nov 2011, during the http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/09/chevron-settles-brazil-spill-for-41.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-4621027982645781811Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:24:00 +00002013-09-17T15:24:03.045-07:00The agreement for the construction of platforms P-75 and P-77 was signed on Monday (Sept. 16), at Palácio Piratini, in Porto Alegre, with the RIG Consortium, which is formed by Queiroz Galvão, Camargo Correa, and IESA. The ceremony was attended by the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and our CEO, Graça Foster.The President remarked that ten years ago nobody believed that Brazil could have a http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/09/petrobras-signed-agreement-for-p-75-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-8008288742342055815Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:14:00 +00002013-09-11T11:14:00.515-07:00 Furnas Centrais Eletricas has awarded a contract to ABB for construction of a new indoor transmission substation to power the Maracana soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.Covering design, supply, install and commission a new indoor substation for replacement of the existing installation in Grajau, the $30m contract will also supply power to the http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/09/abb-wins-contract-to-construct-indoor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-4761620946150171825Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:42:00 +00002013-09-11T10:42:55.447-07:00 Brazilian oil companies Barra Energia, QGEP Participacoes SA (QGEP3.BR) and OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA (OGXP3.BR) received approval to develop the Oliva offshore oil field, Barra Energia said Tuesday.The Oliva field sits in the same area where billions of barrels of crude oil were found trapped under a thick layer of salt off Brazil's coast, and the three companies eventually hope to http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/09/brazils-anp-approves-development-plan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-5748805918037416278Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:27:00 +00002013-08-19T04:28:06.679-07:00 EIG Global Energy Partners LLC is interested in buying more assets from troubled Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista, a person familiar with the U.S. investment company's plans said days after it closed a $544 million deal that gives it control of a major new port. EIG, however, is not actively negotiating with Batista's Rio de Janeiro-based EBX Group, said the person, who declined to specify which http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/ig-may-bid-for-more-of-brazilian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-3237037102395925735Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:26:00 +00002013-08-19T04:26:45.776-07:00Brazil's National Energy Policy Council was expected to approve Tuesday an auction of natural gas concessions scheduled for November, said the director of the country's National Petroleum Agency, or ANP.The ANP will put up for bid 240 exploration blocks in seven inland basins at the auction, the ANP's Magda Chambriard said. The blocks are focused on natural gas exploration, including so-called http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/brazil-to-approve-12th-round-natural.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-8004576242550491612Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +00002013-08-12T09:00:26.384-07:00Ecuador--Four companies, including Sinopec International Petroleum Service Ecuador S.A., the local unit of China state-owned Sinopec, and Brazil's Norberto Odebrecht, have submitted bids for a tender to build a 46,000 barrels per day multipurpose oil pipeline project in Ecuador, state-run company Petroecuador said.Petroecuador said Consorcio International PPC and ICC Conkor also submitted http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-new-pascuales-cuenca-210-kilometers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-3454633206210259805Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:57:00 +00002013-08-12T08:57:32.513-07:00Huisman has secured new contracts for 10 pipelay systems with various major offshore pipelay contractors. The new contracts include:Three 550 t Tiltable Lay Systems (TLS) and one 325 t Vertical Lay System (VLS) for Subsea 7.Two 650 t TLS and two 340 t VLS for Technip-DOF.One 275 t VLS and one 570 t Multi-lay System for Ceona.The equipment will be built at the various Huisman production facilitieshttp://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-pipelay-orders-for-huisman-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-600263556072448707Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:10:00 +00002013-08-11T06:10:50.707-07:00 Agito AS, a world-leader in providing modeling and simulation of complex dynamic systems, is pleased to announce the opening of Agito Technical Dynamics do Brasil. Brazil is one of the major regions for development of offshore oil & gas production, and this office will meet the increasing demand for dynamic analysis in the region and ensure that our clients in Brazil receive local http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/agito-as-opens-office-in-brazil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-7434097513215927009Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:08:00 +00002013-08-11T06:08:34.090-07:00 Installed in Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul State, South part of Brazil, the site will have the capacity to produce 120 steel towers per year, enough to supply approximately 350 MW of electricity. This factory will supply the southern region of Latin America, a market currently experiencing strong growth. The ceremony was attended by Tarso Genro, Governor of Rio Grande do Sul State, and other localhttp://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/wind-power-alstom-inaugurates-its-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-7845643188254286880Wed, 07 Aug 2013 21:23:00 +00002013-08-07T14:23:14.795-07:00The discoveries made in the Pre-Salt raise us to a new level of reserves and oil production, ranking us in a prominent position among the major energy companies.With the experience they have acquired developing fields nestled in deep waters, our technicians are now ready to develop the accumulations discovered in the pre-salt.To this end, they are already adapting the technology and the logisticshttp://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/08/operations-in-pre-salt-petrobras.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-4974255266822122550Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:54:00 +00002013-07-31T03:54:57.535-07:00The first of four giant riser systems that engineering group Subsea 7 is building for Brazilian offshore oil fields was ready to sail on Friday, energy firm BG said, a relief for Subsea 7 after big, costly delays to the project.Subsea 7 warned last month it was suffering a series of issues at the $1 billion ultradeep Guará-Lula project, resulting in a cost blowout and a six-month delay in the http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/subsea-7-ready-for-next-phase-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-2504994686499228185Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:43:00 +00002013-07-31T03:43:35.826-07:00 Offshore shipbuilder Vard has reported a loss of NOK44m ($7.2m) in the second quarter 2013, down from a profit of NOK278m in the same period last year.The first half earnings stood at NOK136m, a 75% drop on 2012's NOK548m. Cashflow has also tumbled in the first half from NOK1bn in 2012 to a negative NOK277m in 2013. Cash and cash equivalents have fallen to NOK2bn on 30 June this year, down http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/vard-falls-into-red.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-6868979875977850590Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +00002013-07-31T03:30:59.689-07:00 Suez Environnement (SEV), the second-largest water company in Europe, won a supply contract for vessels involved in offshore oil production in Brazil.Degremont, Suez’s water-management subsidiary, was awarded an engineering and procurement contract for four water-supply units for Keppel FELS Brasil and its affiliates Lindel Private Ltd. and Estaleiro BrasFELS Ltda.The water-supply units, two ofhttp://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/suez-wins-water-supply-contract-for-oil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-449770704472643433Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:11:00 +00002013-07-15T14:11:04.311-07:00On 9 July, the Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) of Brazil published the initial tender protocol and draft production sharing contract for its first licensing round for the vast pre-salt reserves in the country’s Santos basin, which will be auctioned on 21 October in Rio de Janeiro. This auction follows the success of the 11th licensing round of oil and gas rights http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/brazil-tender-documents-released-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-4607139428133505387Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:32:00 +00002013-07-15T06:32:11.535-07:00SBM announces FPSOs contracts with a consortium comprised of Petrobras (65%), BG Brasil - BG Group (25%), and Petrogal - Galp (10%). of Lula field. SBM Offshore announced today (15 July) that contracts have been executed with BM-S-11 subsidiary Tupi BV on 12 July 2013 for the twenty-year charter and operation of the two (2) FPSOs Cidade de Maricà andCidade de Saquarema. Both FPSOs are destined http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/sbm-announces-fpsos-contracts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-8917768592521210951Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:29:00 +00002013-07-12T04:29:08.776-07:00 France-based engineering and construction firm Technip has secured a contract from Petrobras to deliver flexible pipes for the development of Iracema Sul field, which is situated in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil, at a water depth of up to 2,500m.The value of the contract is estimated to be around EUR500m.Under the contract, Technip will supply almost 250km of flexible pipes for oil http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/technip-to-provide-flexible-pipes-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-1411696314998500492Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:49:00 +00002013-07-12T03:49:26.377-07:00Brazil will require oil and gas companies to test the shale gas potential at a number of onshore exploration blocks that it is offering as part of its 12th licensing round, the country's energy regulator said Tuesday.Brazil's 12th Bidding Round at the end of October will offer onshore sedimentary basins of Parana, Parecis, Parnaiba, Reconcavo, Acre and Sao Francisco, which Brazil's National http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/brazil-to-require-shale-probes-as-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-5154984686948889960Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:58:00 +00002013-07-10T05:58:37.268-07:00Offshore staffFORNEBU, Norway – Repsol Sinopec Brazil has contracted Managed Pressure Operations (MPO) to provide managed pressure drilling (MPD) systems and riser gas handling services.The three-year contract, with options for a further two years, involves use of the equipment for an ultra-deepwater operation in the Campos basin offshore Brazil.Charles Orbell, head of MPO, which is part of Aker http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/aker-win-brazil-contracts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-2196559264236727307Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:20:00 +00002013-07-10T04:20:59.091-07:00  Subsea 7 Subsea 7 announced the award of three contracts from Petrobras with a combined value (at the time of contract signature) of approximately US$1.6 billion for the construction and operation of three new-build flexible pipe-lay support vessels (PLSVs). The work scope of each of these 5 year contracts is similar to that of the PLSVs which Subsea 7 currently operates http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/subsea-7-awarded-contracts-for-three.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-6058131337866924495Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:02:00 +00002013-07-03T11:02:21.492-07:00 LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - The scale of Brazil's offshore oil reserves should be bringing a bonanza to service and equipment companies. Instead, dominant national company Petrobras' negotiating tactics and government demands are combining to squeeze industry margins. Oil service companies - suppliers of everything from rigs to teams of engineers - cite issues in Brazil for contributing to a http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/07/petrobras-brazil-stranglehold-saps-oil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-2685873177655972879Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:10:00 +00002013-06-20T14:10:46.214-07:00 Technip was awarded by Petrobras a major contract(1) for the supply of flexible pipes for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil, at a water depth of up to 2,500 meters. The contract covers the qualification and supply of up to 250 kilometers of flexible pipes for oil production, gas lift, water and gas injection as well as related http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/06/technip-awarded-major-flexible-pipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-2592810402743659832Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:21:00 +00002013-06-18T05:21:29.616-07:00 Petrobras (“Company”), in compliance with the provision in CVM Instruction No. 358, of January 3, 2002, announces that today its Board of Directors approved the restructuring of its petrochemical portfolio, and the subsequent merger of its wholly-owned subsidiaries Comperj Participações S.A., Comperj Estirênicos S.A., Comperj MEG S.A. and Comperj Poliolefinas S.A. The referred to corporate http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/06/petrobras-announces-restructuring-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116920516862054393.post-4380977787477904139Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:58:00 +00002013-06-13T13:58:38.820-07:00 Petrobras signs refinery accord with Korea's GS Energy Petroleo Brasileiro SA has signed an accord with a unit of South Korea's GS Holdings Corp that could lead to a partnership to build a Brazilian refinery.Under the non-binding accord GS and Petrobras will explore forming a joint venture to build the "Premium II" low-sulfur diesel refinery near Fortaleza on Brazil's northeastern coast, the http://brazilextra.blogspot.com/2013/06/petrobras-signs-refinery-accord-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brazil Extra)0