pre-salt

A newbuild hull has been selected for facilities buildout.

Petrobras completed a drillstem test (DST) in the Júpiter Discovery Assessment Plan, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt carbonate reservoir.

Operators celebrate first major deepwater project sanctioned since the early-2020 oil crash.

In its push to boost deepwater production, Petrobras is aiming to launch a leasing tender to build an FPSO described as Brazil’s largest-ever oil platform. Decommissioning work begins in the Campos and the Sergipe-Alagoas Basins.

P-68 is Petrobras’ fourth FPSO to begin operations this year following the startups of P-67 at the Lula field and P-76 and P-77 at the Buzios field.

Chinese firms stepped in for the majors in Brazil’s two underwhelming offshore auctions.

The round included a near-$1 billion signature bonus on a Campos Basin block awarded to a Total-led consortium.

Petrobras has awarded TechnipFMC with an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for the Mero 1 pre-salt field, located in the Santos Basin at 2100 m offshore Brazil. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of all rigid lines, as well as the installation and precommissioning of all the infield risers and the …

Petrobras and Shell have brought online the Lula field’s seventh FPSO as the firms continue to ramp up production from the pre-salt Santos Basin.

The paper provides a fast-track approach to perform screening assessment of multiple subsea concepts.