Brazil
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The country’s 17th Bidding Round attracted bids on just five of the 92 blocks on offer… and all from Shell.
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Sale of the assets could raise around $1 billion.
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This paper describes a comprehensive approach to mitigate systemic failure in gas-lift valves in presalt wells.
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Excelerate, once disqualified from the proceedings, ends up with lease agreement to December 2023.
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Brazilian state oil company will charter two pipelay support vessels for 3 years plus options.
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Contractor, operators will work to bring thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) flowline and riser technology to market.
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Brazil has plans to create a competitive gas market. Equinor is operating two big projects that could offer a model for how a company not named Petrobras could market gas produced offshore.
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The paper explores the biology of the invasive Tubastraea sun coral, aiming to identify methods to eliminate or diminish its spread.
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Extended-reach drilling is becoming more of a mainstream technology as the industry seeks to squeeze difficult reserves and reduce the footprint of projects in fragile environments.
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The sole bidder for the Bahia liquefied natural gas regasification terminal in Brazil was turned away for noncompliance of tender rules.