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Clutch of equity partners block bankruptcy filing at beleaguered Brazilian rig builderThe future of bankruptcy-threatened Brazilian rig-builder Sete Brasil remains highly uncertain after five equity partners voted to block a proposed filing for bankruptcy protection, according to sources involved.Failure to secure long-term financing and the reluctance of state-controlled Petrobras to commit to charters that presented construction risks and paid above today’s market rates, have brought Sete Brasil to its knees.Petrobras has proposed reducing the number of rigs to be chartered to just 10 - down from 28 under the original agreement - and cutting the charter period to just five years, renewable for five more.Petrobras has also been pressing for dayrates to be re-set in line with the much lower market rates of today.These offers have convinced some of Sete Brasil's shareholders and lenders that there is no longer any possibility of covering the costs of the rig-building project, which has been virtually on hold since October 2014.Some equity partners, such as investment bank BTG Pactual, came out openly in favour of entering bankruptcy protection and facing up to the huge write-offs.One shareholder, the Petrobras pension fund Petros, has held out against opening judicial proceedings.Spain's Banco Santander has also resisted this move - the bank is a shareholder but is also among the lenders that kept Sete Brasil alive with bridging loans, with more to lose in the case of a bankruptcy.Lenders have since tapped a government-sponsored shipyard guarantee fund to mitigate their losses, but the latest crisis meeting, held last Friday, resulted in resistance to bankruptcy protection actually growing, participants have stated.Two institutional pension funds, Previ (Banco do Brasil) and Funcef (Caixa Economica Federal) joined Petros, while Bradesco bank joined Santander in voting against the judicially administered proceedings.BTG Pactual, Vale pension fund Valia, plus EIG, Lakeshore Partners and Luce Venture voted in favour of bankruptcy protection, with one abstention.The 11 equity partners instead decided to schedule another meeting for the second week in March, sources said.Sete Brasil has hired consultancy firm Alvarez & Marsal to study possible restructuring or mitigation strategies, but faces growing risk of collapse under the weight of debts and liabilities already standing at an estimated $17 billion.Some sources involved in the long-running talks said some partners are talking openly about the danger of the company being forced into administration, without the cash even to withstand bankruptcy protection proceedings.The Petrobras strategy, arguably sealing the fate of Sete Brasil, is not without risks.One of the Sete Brasil investors, US energy investment giant EIG Management, has filed a lawsuit against the oil company, seeking damages of $221 million on behalf of its own clients.The lawsuit alleges that Petrobras undermined the viability of the project, making the fund's investment "worthless" and claims that the real reasons for its failure were related to the massive corruption scheme unearthed by the Car Wash probe.
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Brazil’s Petrobras is understood to be considering using subsea equipment to be supplied via existing frame agreements with FMC Technologies and Aker Solutions to serve the giant Libra pre-salt development in the Santos basin instead of issuing a fresh tender to the market, writes Fabio Palmigiani.Petrobras initially signalled that it would invite contractors including Aker Solutions and FMC, plus the likes of rivals OneSubsea and GE Oil & Gas to bid for a multi-million dollar contract covering the manufacture and supply of up to 23 highly-specialised subsea trees for Libra.However, in a sign that Petrobras is further slashing investments, sources told Upstream that the company has opted to squash the proposed tender, and instead will try to convince its partners in Libra to use subsea trees contracted through existing separate frame agreements with FMC and Aker.“That is the talk on the market right now,” said one source, though he added that it was not yet clear if Libra partners such as European majors Shell and Total would support the plan and that they might instead prefer a fresh tender.“Nothing has been set in stone at this point,” this source said.Petrobras and FMC signed a frame agreement in March 2012 worth $1.5 billion that calls for the delivery of up to 130 subsea trees for a wide range of pre-salt projects.One year later, Petrobras signed a similar deal with Aker Solutions for the deployment of as many as 60 subsea trees in the pre-salt.Petrobras still has many subsea trees to receive under these two frame agreements as its pre-salt expansion plans move slower than originally expected, hence the apparent desire to use such equipment at Libra.Another source said PPSA, the pre-salt company responsible for overseeing the Libra production sharing contract, would also look closely at such a Petrobras move, as the state-run entity is committed to have the lowest oil cost for Libra so it can secure a higher share of the profit oil for the federal government.The PSC rules give PPSA the power to veto any strategies it may consider inadequate for the Libra development.There is also the case of the field specifics. It is said that Petrobras will require subsea trees capable of handling pressures up to 10,000 pounds per square inch for Libra.Petrobras will need 27 subsea trees in all for the Libra first-phase development, including 10 for the series of extended well tests to be carried out by the Pioneiro de Libra floating production, storage and offloading vessel starting in early 2017, and another 17 for the Libra pilot project, expected on stream in 2020.However, Petrobras has already selected four such subsea trees from FMC, to be used in the extended well tests, leaving an additional 23 units to be contracted.
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UP Offshore的UP Esmeralda PSV以20800美元的日费率夺得头名。此外，其UP Amber, UP Pearl，和UP Jasper PSV也以21500美元的日费率力压竞争对手。而就在半年前，巴油刚刚依据巴西籍海上支持船优先政策终止了UP Offshore公司的UP Esmeralda, UP Pearl和UP Amber PSV的租约。
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Contractor submits lowest bids in re-tender for large vessels, just six months after Brazilian giant terminated contracts for three of its unitsUP Offshore has submitted the lowest bids and emerged as the frontrunner to secure as many as four long-term contracts with Petrobras for the charter of large platform supply vessels to operate off Brazil.Petrobras asked offshore shipping companies to submit proposals for 4500-deadweight tonne PSVs for delivery in mid-2016, offering contracts for a two-year period, renewable for an additional two years.Petrobras issued the re-tender in late 2015 after a failed attempt to charter such vessels earlier in the same year, blaming high prices.Bahamas-registered UP Offshore beat the competition after offering the UP Esmeralda vessel for a dayrate of $20,800.It also bid the UP Amber, UP Pearl and UP Jasper vessels for dayrates of $21,500 each. The possibility of signing new charters comes less than six months afterPetrobras terminated contracts of the Panama-flagged PSVs UP Esmeralda, UP Pearl and UP Amber to prioritise domestic tonnage.Siem Offshore finished a close second with the Siem Supplier vessel for $22,274, followed by Norskan Offshore with the Skandi Caledonia vessel for $22,768, Deep Sea Supply with the Sea Spider vessel for $23,500 and Olympic Maritima with the Olympic Princess vessel for $23,655.Farstad Shipping bid the Far Service vessel for $23,950, Mare Alta proposed the Monty Orr Tide vessel for $24,007 and Maersk Supply Service offered the Maersk Vega vessel for $24,375.Bram Offshore offered nine vessels — Bram Buzios, Bram Belem, Kudu, Oryx, Sable, Santos Sailor, Santos Scout, Santos Service and Santos Solution — for dayrates of $24,422 each.Maersk also proposed the Maersk Ventura vessel for $24,475, followed by UP Offshore with the UP Agate vessel for $25,000, Starnav with the Starnav Aquarius vessel for $25,793 and Mare Alta with the Saavedra Tide vessel for $26,093.Petrobras only disqualified two commercial bids, claiming prices came too high — Deep Sea Supply with the Sea Brasil vessel for $31,750 and Asgaard Navegacao with the GSP Altair vessel for $32,000.One source said he expects Petrobras to charter up to 10 PSVs through this tender process.“Petrobras is presently analysing all the documentation so it can begin negotiations with contractors,” said the source.Petrobras currently has a fleet of less than 300 offshore support vessels operating in the country, according to Brazilian association Abeam, of which 120 are PSVs of different classes.
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Brazil’s state-run Petrobras has taken Fugro’s newbuild inspection, maintenance and repair vessel Fugro Aquarius on a contract for work off the country.The 83-metre vessel will provide remote-operated vehicle support for the operator under the one-year charter, with an optional one-year extension.Operations will start in April under the deal, for which a value was not disclosed.
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World Wide Supply (WWS) is facing termination of another two vessel charters off Brazil after failing to gain renewal of operating certificates with state-run client Petrobras.The Oslo-listed shipowner said in a statement its application to renew the annual certificates for its platform supply vessels World Emerald and World Sapphire had been blocked by local rules giving priority to Brazilian-flagged tonnage.The vessels’ current certificates are due to expire on 21 June and 10 August, respectively.“The company and its agents will negotiate with Petrobras to see if this issue can be resolved. If not the charter of these vessels can be terminated from the day the certificate expires,” WWS stated.The impending terminations of the company’s remaining charters with Petrobras would mean the owner would have all of its six PSVs laid up unless it can find alternative employment, which is unlikely in a lacklustre market.Another pair were laid up in December after having their deals terminated with Petrobras, adding two existing units that were idled last September.The exodus of foreign-flagged vessels off Brazil is set to exacerbate an oversupply situation in the depressed North Sea market where dayrates have plunged on drastically lower utilisation due to cutbacks by oil companies.WWS recorded average utilisation last year of only 33.2% and an average dayrate of just $73,000.
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Petrobras’ dominant position in the highly-productive pre-salt province off Brazil could be challenged after the country’s Senate passed a bill that could pave the way for other players to become operators of acreage there.The bill, which was passed by 40 votes to 26 on Wednesday, could lead to an end to a requirement that Petrobras is the sole operator of pre-salt blocks and must take a stake of at least 30% in all tracts.The bill will now go on to the lower house of Congress and to President Dilma Rousseff, who is believed to be warming to the idea of letting other operators take control of pre-salt resources.Rousseff, a former energy minister, played a key role in drafting the nationalist restrictions that keep Petrobras in control of the pre-salt, sanctioned by her predecessor President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2010.However, the severe financial problems now being faced by Petrobras and the tepid response to Brazil’s 2015 licensing round have forced a change of heart, according to a recent report from Brazil’s O Globo newspaper, which cited unnamed sources close to Rousseff.As previously reported by Upstream, the Rousseff administration has mulled retreating to a new position that would give Petrobras the right of first refusal on “strategic” areas, such as the pre-salt, but end the current obligation to take at least 30% of the equity in all pre-salt contracts.
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The China Development Bank (CDB) has agreed to provide debt-laden Petrobras $10 billion in financing, furthering the growing ties between the Brazilian giant and East Asia.The term sheet was signed by Petrobras president Aldemir Bendine and the CDB president Zheng Zhijie in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.Drafts of the financing contracts "are already being negotiated", Petrobras said. The drafts "include the implementation of a trade agreement to supply oil to Chinese companies".Petrobras said the terms are similar to contracts signed by Petrobras and CDB in 2009. That agreement also amounted to $10 billion in financing and included an oil-supply component whereby Brazil would provide 200,000 barrels per day of oil to China's state oil firm Sinopec for a decade.The deal announced Friday is the latest example of Chinese financial institutions putting up cash for Petrobras, which has towering debt and a massive capital budget to fund. S&P recently downgraded Petrobras' foreign currency bond to BB: junk status.Last year, Petrobras secured another $10 billion in funding to help in the development of its pre-salt operations, through agreements with CDB, the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and the Export-Import Bank of China.As Chinese dollars has flowed in, Petrobras' construction needs have migrated east, with contracts for some of the operator's floating production facilities getting re-assigned to Chinese yards due to uncertainty that the projects could be completed in Brazil.Petrobras intends to sell about $14 billion of assets this year in an bid to cut its $130 billion in debt.
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Petrobras has been given board approval to sell off a basket of onshore assets in Brazil as well as permission to talk exclusively to a potential buyer of a stake in its Argentine business.In a statement to Brazilian stock market regulators, the state-controlled company said the domestic onshore assets would be offered through a competitive bidding process.In another regulatory filing, Petrobras said its executive board had also given the green light to engage in exclusive negotiations with Pampa Energia regarding the sale of a stake in Companhia Petrobras Argentina.The period of exclusivity is set for 30 days and terms and conditions of sale are subject to approval by the administrative board of Petrobras.
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巴油叫停六个州的陆上勘探钻井
受低油价的影响，巴西国家石油公司（Petrobras）近日停止了巴西六个州的陆上勘探钻井工作，这六个州分别为：Espirito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Rio Grande de North和Ceara。
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Petrobras is to call a complete halt to onshore exploration drilling in six Brazilian states due to the continued low oil price, according to a report.The under-fire state oil giant is stopping exploratory drilling in the states of Espirito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceara, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported on Tuesday.The newspaper cited an unidentified Petrobras source with information on the development.“Every reduction that you make in exploration drilling affects future production somewhere down the line,” the source reportedly said.Brazilian newspapers quoted oil workers union sources last week as saying that drilling was halting in the state of Bahia, but many reproduced a misleading statement that Petrobras was “leaving” the state.The union report in fact contained data, from Petrobras, showing that exploration drilling will indeed cease, while the number of rigs working on production wells in that state would decline to 17 from 20.Petobras has repeatedly slashed its capital expenditure to cope with lower oil prices - the most recent cuts gave the company a five-year investment plan of $98 billion - and the company is widely expected to include onshore assets in its divestment plan.A high-ranking Petrobras manager told Upstream recently that “nothing was sacred” when it came to assessing onshore assets for sale, but added that some of these areas remained “strategic” to the company.Data managed by Brazilian hydrocarbons regulator ANP states that domestic onshore production was running at 163,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in December 2015, of which 159,000 boepd is in the hands of Petrobras.
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巴油开始在Sepia油田进行早期生产测试
据悉，巴西国家石油公司（Petrobras）已开始在Sepia盐下层油田进行早期生产测试。
Sepia油田位于Santos盆地，距离里约热内卢海岸185公里。Sepia油田的早期生产采用的是BW Offshore公司的Cidade de Sao Vicente FPSO，预计在早期生产测试阶段1-RJS-691井可日产原油2万桶，产出的原油将通过穿梭油轮运送至陆上。
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Petrobras has started up test flows from its Sepia field in the Santos basin as the Brazilian company's board also gave the go-ahead to open talks on asset sales in Argentina and at home onshore.The early productions system at the pre-salt field was started with the BW Offshore Cidade de Sao Vicente floating production, storage and offloading system, the state oil giant said on Wednesday.Output during the test period is set to be around 20,000 barrels per day of oil from the 1-RJS-691 well.The floater is expected to remain on site for around 180 days during the test period.Production from the field, which lies about 185 kilometres from the Rio de Janeiro coast, will be transported in shuttle tankers.
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Top international oil companies with assets off Brazil have joined forces to fight a new law that establishes further taxation for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Rio de Janeiro state, writes Fabio Palmigiani.Shell, Statoil, Chevron, Galp Energia and Repsol Sinopec this week filed a class action to prevent the law — which would charge a flat tax of 2.71 reais ($0.67) and impose an 18% goods and services tax on every barrel of oil equivalent produced in the Campos basin — coming into force on 29 March.The Rio de Janeiro government expects the tax will raise about 1.8 billion reais this year, slightly more than the 1.6 billion reais it is losing on oil royalties because of the sharp fall in crude prices.“Shell understands that fiscal predictability is one of the major factors behind its investment decisions. The company believes that development policies in the oil and gas sector will increase revenue on regional, state and federal levels,” the company said.Several cities in Rio de Janeiro saw their finances collapse last year, as they are heavily dependent on oil royalties.
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Brazil’s Petrobras has quashed its deal to sell out of the Bijupira-Salema field in the Campos basin to compatriot independent PetroRio, two weeks after Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell also canned its stake sale agreement.The move by the beleaguered state oil giant means it will remain on 20% at the field, with Shell remaining on 80%.In a brief statement late on Monday Petrobras did not explain why it had decided to terminate the stake sale agreement with PetroRio that had been hatched on 1 July.The deal was worth $25 million but had not been sanctioned by Brazil’s market regulator ANP.Shell announced in mid-February that it had cancelled negotiations to sell its share of the field to PetroRio, also axing the planned sale of the Fluminense floating production, storage and offloading vessel to the same player.The deal was to be worth $150 million.“Shell cannot elaborate on why the deal was not concluded because the terms of the negotiation are confidential,” the company said at the time.PetroRio said after Shell cancelled the sale that it will continue its growth strategy through the acquisition of producing fields.The Fluminese FPSO has production capacity of 70,000 barrels per day of oil and 2 million cubic metres per day of natural gas.
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Africa Oil Corp周二宣布，其已经完成与Maersk Olie og Gas A/S区块出让交易，该区块为埃塞俄比亚South Omo和RiftBasin区块。AfricaOil从Maersk Oil那里获得1280万美元的收入。根据交易，Africa Oil和Maersk Oil各持埃塞俄比亚裂谷盆地区块25%权益、各持埃塞俄比亚South Omo 区块15%权益。（rigzone，2月23日）
道达尔在阿根廷Toerra del Fuego地区的VegaPleyade天然气与凝析油田已经开始投产。该油气田开发包括一座水深164英尺的井口平台。道达尔作为作业者拥有37.5%权益，项目的生产能力为1000万立方米天然气/天（7万桶油当量/天）。WintershallEnergia和Pan American Energy分别拥有37.5%和25%权益。（rigzone，2月25日）
Western Gas Partners LP已经同意以7.5亿美元从阿纳达克石油公司手中收购Springfield Pipeline LLC的100%股份。Springfield Pipeline LLC拥有Springfield石油天然气集输系统的50.1%股份，该集输系统包括能力为7.95亿立方英尺的548英里天然气集输管线和能力为13万桶/天的241英里石油集输管线，分布在德克萨斯州南部Dimmit、La Salle、Maverick和Webb郡。收购的资产还包括24台压缩机站、26万桶仓储能力和7.5万桶/天稳定化能力。该交易预计到2016年3月15日完成。（WesternGas，1Derrick，2月25日）
切萨皮克以3.85亿美元出售阿纳达克盆地资产
切萨皮克能源公司已经与FourPoint Energy LLC签署最终协议以3.85亿美元出售其在阿纳达克盆地西部所有余下的石油天然气资产。这些资产包括：3500口生产井权益，产量中67%为天然气，33%为石油与天然气液，面积47.3万净英亩。交易预计在2016年4月29日完成。（FourPointEnergy，1Derrick，2月25日）
据报道，由于对巴西Queiroz Galvao Oil & Gas (QGOG)公司的行政诉讼已结束，QGOG公司目前已被移出巴油黑名单，可重新参与巴油新一轮的招标。QGOG作为Queiroz Galvao集团的子公司，主营钻井平台和作业支持船业务。QGOG是被移出巴油黑名单的第二家企业，此前的TKK Enginering公司已于去年7月份被批准重新参与巴油新一轮招标。目前因涉腐被列入巴油黑名单的企业仍有31家，此外还有68家企业也在不同程度上被禁止和巴油签订新合约。
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A Petrobras informou ontem ter retirado a Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) da lista de empresas que estão impedidas de arrematarem novos contratos ou participarem de novas licitações da estatal. De acordo com a petroleira, a retirada da fornecedora da relação de bloqueio cautelar se deve ao arquivamento de processo administrativo contra a QGOG por parte da Controladoria Geral da União."A Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás foi desbloqueada devido ao arquivamento de processo administrativo por parte da Controladoria Geral da União (CGU) e está, no momento, passando pelo processo de DDI - Due Diligence de Integridade da Petrobras", informou a Petrobras, em nota, ao Valor.A QGOG é o braço do grupo construtor Queiroz Galvão responsável pelo fornecimento de sondas e embarcações para o setor de petróleo e gás natural. A construtora, aliás, permanece na lista de empresas impedidas de serem contratadas pela estatal.Esse é o segundo caso de desbloqueio de fornecedor da Petrobras por arquivamento de processo administrativo pela CGU. A outra empresa desbloqueada pelo mesmo motivo foi a TKK Engenharia, em julho do ano passado.Com a exclusão da QGOG, a lista de empresas com bloqueio cautelar totaliza agora 31 companhias. Além delas, outras 68 empresas estão cumprindo suspensão aplicada pela Petrobras, que também as impede de serem contratadas.A lista de empresas em bloqueio cautelar temporário foi criada pela Petrobras em dezembro de 2014, incluindo 23 companhias ou grupos empresariais que haviam sido citados como integrantes de cartel na operação Lava Jato, da Polícia Federal.Em dezembro, o diretor de Governança, Risco e Conformidade da Petrobras, João Elek, disse que a companhia pretende realizar uma auditoria em praticamente todos os fornecedores, para apurar se as empresas estão atuando de acordo com as novas exigências de conformidade estabelecidas pela estatal.
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巴油提出Sete Brasil重组新方案
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A Petrobras voltou à mesa de negociação e apresentou uma proposta para os sócios da Sete Brasil, empresa de sondas criada para construir e alugar os equipamentos de exploração no pré-sal.A Folha apurou que a estatal propõe alugar dez sondas por cinco anos, renováveis por mais cinco. Originalmente, a Sete alugaria 28 sondas por um prazo máximo de 15 anos.Mas, com a recessão e a crise em que as duas empresas mergulharam, especialmente após o envolvimento delas na Lava Jato, foram obrigadas a rever seus planos.Outro fator decisivo foi a queda do petróleo, de US$ 100, quando a Sete Brasil foi idealizada, para cerca de US$ 30, agora. Também pesou a desvalorização do real.Por esses motivos, a Petrobras não queria mais alugar as sondas. No mercado internacional, o aluguel de uma sonda sairia por US$ 300 mil. As da Sete custariam US$ 424 mil por dia à estatal.A Folha apurou que os sócios da Sete começaram a avaliar os cenários depois de receber a nova proposta. As discussões devem começar nesta semana. O preço do aluguel diário das sondas será o tema principal. A Petrobras só aceita negociar a um preço menor que o inicialmente previsto.A estatal nem sentou à mesa e já impôs condições: quer que o banco Rotschild –que já atende a estatal– seja o responsável pela condução desse processo por ambas as partes.A Sete já havia contratado o escritório Alvarez & Marsal para cuidar de seu caso. A Petrobras é sócia minoritária da Sete, que já havia contratado um escritório especializado em reestruturação para cuidar de seu caso.
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Noble钻井公司将暂时撤离巴西市场
据悉，美国钻井公司Noble Corporation正准备于今年第二季度将其Noble Dave Beard半潜式钻井平台驶离巴西。Noble Dave Beard半潜式钻井平台和巴油的租约将于今年四月下旬终止，且并未获得巴油的续约。随着该平台驶离巴西，Noble钻井公司在南美洲将仅剩一艘Noble Houston Colbert自升式钻井平台。目前该自升式钻井平台正在阿根廷为道达尔公司作业。
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US drilling contractor Noble Corporation is preparing to temporarily exit Brazil in the second quarter with the de¬mobilisation of the semi-submersible rig Noble Dave Beard.The rig is due to roll off contract with Petrobras in late April and will not be renewed by the state-controlled company.“Costs are expected to increase slightly in the second quarter due primarily to an anticipated demobilisation expense associated with the Noble Dave Beard’s transit out of Brazil,” said Noble chief financial officer James MacLennan.After the Noble Dave Beard departs from Brazil, the company will be left with a single rig in South America, the jack-up Noble Houston Colbert, which is chartered to Total in Argentina until early June.Noble senior vice president of marketing and contracts Simon Johnson said the company is “cautiously optimistic” regarding future work programmes for the Noble Houston Colbert and five other rigs with charters expiring soon.
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Paragon Offshore申请破产保护
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SÃO PAULO - A Paragon Offshore, fornecedora americana de sondas para a Petrobras, informou nesta segunda-feira que iniciou seu processo de recuperação judicial no Tribunal de Falências do Distrito de Delaware, nos Estados Unidos, para tentar reestruturar sua dívida.Como anunciado anteriormente, no dia 12 de fevereiro, a Paragon entrou em um acordo com 77% dos integrantes de dois grupos de detentores de títulos e 89% de credores. Cada um desses grupos receberá um pagamento em dinheiro em troca da redução do principal da dívida ou da modificação dos termos dos empréstimos.A empresa também informou que pediu ao tribunal permissão para pagar certos credores e continuar operando durante a recuperação judicial, mecanismo chamado de “first-day motion”. Esse movimento garantirá que os fornecedores da Paragon, assim como seus funcionários, continuem sendo pagos por seus serviços. A companhia espera manter liquidez suficiente durante o processo de reestruturação para seguir operando.A Paragon e seus pares têm sido prejudicadas pela queda nos preços do petróleo ao longo de 2015, situação que tem se gravado nos dois primeiros meses deste ano. Os baixos preços têm forçados produtores de petróleo, que contratam equipamentos de perfuração, a cortar despesas, cancelando seus contratos com fornecedoras desses serviços. As operadoras de sondas Hercules Offshore e Vantage Drilling também entraram em recuperação judicial no ano passado.
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SapuraKencana向巴油交付第四艘PLSV
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A fourth pipelaying support vessel built and operated by a joint venture between Malaysia's SapuraKencana and Bermuda-based Seadrill has started work for Brazilian giant Petrobras.SapuraKencana revealed Friday the Sapura Jade PLSV had started work on schedule supporting Petrobras' operations off Brazil.SapuraKencana's 50:50 joint venture in Brazil with Seadrill, known as Sapura Navegacao Maritima, was awarded long-term contracts in November 2011 and in June 2013 worth a combined $4.1 billion to build and operate six PLSVs for offshore deep-water flexible pipelay work.The Sapura Jade is the fourth of those vessels to start work in Brazil and follows on from the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topazio, and Sapura Onix.The final two PLSVs, the Sapura Esmeralda and the Sapura Rubi are set to be delivered later this year.The Sapura Jade is equipped with a 550-tonne vertical lay system for the deployment of a range of flexible products in up to 3000 metres of water and is also fitted with remotely operated vehicles developed and built by SapuraKencana’s Australian subsidiary, Total Marine Technology.
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巴油提前终止Dryships公司PSV租约
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Petrobras has quashed a charter deal for a platform supply vessel belonging to Greek owner DryShips, which is now seeking to restructure its debts.The Brazilian state giant has given notice of termination of the contract for the Vega Crusader from 6 March, 10 months ahead of schedule.
The termination represents a loss in contracted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to DryShips of around $2.2 million for the remainder of 2016.The Greek shipping company, of which the principal shareholder, George Economou, is also behind rig owner Ocean Rig, has started discussing debt restructuring with its lenders, given the extended downturn in the drybulk shipping market. An expected sale of three capsize bulkers to entities controlled by Economou has also fallen through.Ocean Rig had itself on Monday revealed that Total has quashed the long-term charter of a drillship Ocean Rig Apollo off Congo Brazzaville, while also confirming that Premier Oil has axed its charter of the semi-submersible Eirik Raude off the Falkland Islands.
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Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil reportedly plans to scrap new oil and gas production taxes before they are due to take effect next month, as the global oil and gas industry continues to struggle.The state, responsible for 68% of Brazil's oil production and 44% of its natural gas output, decided late last year that it would charge a flat tax of 2.71 reais ($0.67) on every barrel of oil and gas produced in the Campos basin.The Rio state government also passed an 18% goods-and-service tax on each barrel of oil.The government expected to raise about 1.8 billion reais this year from the new tax, and planned to direct the new funds towards social services that have suffered amid a faltering economy.According to Reuters, citing a knowledgeable source, the government has now decided not to implent the tax, which reportedly would have pushed the breakeven price on a barrel of pre-salt oil to $60 to $80 a barrel, from the current pre-tax $40 to $50 a barrel.
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Libra油田取得新的石油发现
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State-run Brazilian giant Petrobras has proved up additional resources at its Libra discovery in the pre-salt Santos basin with a successful appraisal well.Petrobras said thiss week that Libra appraisal well 3-BRSA-1305A-RJS (3-RJS-739A), on the north-west portion of the block, had been successfully tested, confirming the extension of a huge reservoir of light oil described as excellent in both quality and well productivity.The probe, at 5527 metres, found a 270-metre hydrocarbon column of pay.Two drill stem tests, performed on two different intervals, "have confirmed the excellent productivity of these reservoirs" and good oil quality, similar to prior wells 2-ANP-2A-RJS and 3-RJS-731.Another well, dubbed 3-RJS-742, was spudded on 6 February and will be drilled to a depth of 5527 metres. The well's oil-bearing zone was identified by wireline logging and fluid samples, Petrobras said.First oil from Libra is expected in the first quarter of 2017 and will be produced through the Pioneiro de Libra floating production, storage and offloading vessel. The 50,000-barrel per day unit will conduct a series of extended well tests at the field.Petrobras operates Libra with 40% and is partnered by Shell and Total, both on 20%, CNPC and CNOOC, both on 10% and state-owned contract manager PPSA.
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PetroRio收购Bijupira-Salema油田计划破产
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Shell has cancelled negotiations with Brazilian independent PetroRio for the sale of an 80% stake at the Bijupira-Salema field in the Campos basin, writes Fabio Palmigiani.PetroRio announced in January 2015 an agreement to acquire the stake and operatorship of Bijupira-Salema from the Anglo-Dutch supermajor for $150 million.The deal also included the Fluminense floating production, storage and offloading vessel, which has production capacity of 70,000 barrels per day of oil and 2 million cubic metres per day of natural gas.“Bijupira-Salema will remain in Shell Brazil’s operated portfolio. Shell cannot elaborate on why the deal was not concluded because the terms of the negotiation are confidential,” Shell said.PetroRio said that it will continue its growth strategy through the acquisition of producing fields, and remains active in seeking investment opportunities that create value for its shareholders.The company announced plans last July to acquire a 20% working interest in Bijupira-Salema from Petrobras for $25 million, but Upstream understands that Brazil’s market regulator ANP has yet to sanction the deal.
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壳牌在Barreirinhas盆地的勘探期限被延长
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Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell has been given a 15-month extension to carry out exploration work at its new acreage in the Barreirinhas basin off Brazil, suggesting drilling activities in its 10 blocks in the northern equatorial margin may only begin in late 2018.Shell Brazil president Andre Araujo broke the news of the extension, granted by the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP), at a company press conference this week in Rio de Janeiro.“The ANP recently granted us another 450 days to conduct our exploration programme in Barreirinhas,” Araujo said.The five years covering the first exploration period in Barreirinhas was due to expire in August 2018, but the ANP extension now gives Shell until November 2019 to conclude work in the area. Shell holds 100% stakes in two blocks in Barreirinhas — BAR-M-298 and BAR-M-340.The company also holds a 65% stake in BAR-M-215, BAR-M-217, BAR-M-252 and BAR-M-254, in partnership with Thailand’s PTTEP and Japan’s Mitsui holding 25% and 10% working interests, respectively.Shell also has 50% stakes in blocks BAR-M-300, BAR-M-342, BAR-M-344 and BAR-M-388, together with Petrobras with 40% and Galp Energia on 10%.Shell has commitments on blocks BAR-M-252, BAR-M-340, BAR-M-342, BAR-M-344 and BAR-M-388, including three wells at BAR-M-344. It is understood that Shell has already started the environmental licensing process for drilling. “We are going to fulfill all of our commitments in the Barreirinhas basin. There are several wells that need to be drilled, but this is business as usual,” said Araujo.French player CGG is currently carrying out a 14,500-square kilometre multi-client 3D seismic survey in the region that also encompasses Shell’s blocks, with the company being the main sponsor.The blocks were acquired by Shell through its takeover of BG Group of the UK.
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巴油退休高管出任IHC公司顾问
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Dutch maritime group Royal IHC has appointed former Petrobras upstream boss Jose Miranda Formigli as an advisor to help in the development of the company's strategic business plan for Latin America."We are delighted on having Formigli to support us in our strategy for growth in the region. Formigli is a very experienced and knowledgeable person in the oil and gas business," said Fabio Pereira, IHC sales director for Latin America.IHC, which years ago won contracts to build and deliver 10 flexible pipelaying support vessels to work for Petrobras, revealed plans to expand its footprint in Brazil last October during the OTC Brasil 2015 conference."I'm very excited in participating in this project with Royal IHC. This represents a unique opportunity ... particularly to overcome the current challenging times," said Formigli.Since retiring from Petrobras a year ago, Formigli has also joined the innovation board of Aker Solutions to advise on strategy and is helping Australia-based Karoon Gas to develop its Kangaroo and Echidna light oil discoveries in the Santos basin.IHC entered Brazil in April 2013 and currently employs about 25 people. The goal is to have more than 100 workers by the end of the decade, when local revenues are expected to increase to $250 million.
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Cidade de Marica FPSO开始在Lula油田生产
据悉， Cidade de Marica FPSO已经开始在Lula油田生产，目前第一口井的产量约为35000 bpd。Cidade de Marica FPSO可日产15万桶原油和600万立方米天然气，目前正在Lula Alto区域生产，作业水深2120米，距离海岸270公里。Cidade de Marica FPSO于2015年7月驶入巴西Brasa船厂进行总装。随着该FPSO的完工，其孪生FPSO Cidade de Saquarema也紧接着驶入了Brasa船厂进行总装，计划于今年第二季度驶往Lula Central区域作业。这两艘FPSO均归合资公司所有，其中SBM持股56%，Mitsubishi Corporation持股20%，Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha公司持股19%，Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas持股5%。Lula油田位于BM-S-11区块，巴油拥有该区块65%的股权，英国BG公司和葡萄牙Petrogal公司各拥有其25%和10%的股权。
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Petrobras has started producing from its Cidade de Marica floating production, storage and offloading unit in the pre-salt Santos basin off Brazil.The floater, owned by a consortium containing SBM Offshore, is now in operation at the Lula Alto area of the Lula field in BM-S-11, the Brazilian state oil giant said on Tuesday.The unit has capacity to produce up to 150,000 barrels per day of oil and 6 million cubic metres per day of gas.One source told Upstream that production from the first well had started up at around 35,000 bpd of oil, consistent with the very high flows achieved so far in the heart of Brazil’s pre-salt province.The floater is stationed about 270 kilometres from Brazil's coast in 2120 metres of water.The Cidade de Marica arrived at Brazil's Brasa shipyard in July for integration of modules. It was followed into the yard by the Cidade de Saquarema, which is slated for delivery to Petrobras in the second quarter to join the sister unit at the Lula field, but at the Lula Central area.The twin FPSOs were both constructed from the blueprint of the Cidade de Ilhabela, which started production in November last year.The FPSOs are owned and operated by a joint venture between SBM (56%), Mitsubishi Corporation (20%), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (19%), and Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas (5%).The Lula field sits in Block BM-S-11, where Petrobras is operator on 65% and is joined by UK player BG - now part of Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell - on 25% and Portugal’s Petrogal on 10%.
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Lula油田产量增势强劲
据巴西国家石油管理局（ANP）公布的数据显示，Lula油田2015年12月的产量为442,200 boed，几乎占到了巴西石油总产量的五分之一。其中Lula油田去年12月份的天然气产量达到了20.6MMcmd，占巴西天然气总产量的20.5%。Lula油田投产已有五年，目前有18口生产井，分别连接至4艘FPSO进行生产，其中三艘FPSO的产量已进入平稳阶段。Lula油田每口井的平均产量为24,500 bpd，其中产量最高的7-LL-31D-RJS井于2015年12月份已达到了34,280 bpd。目前Lula油田的第五艘FPSO Cidade de Marica已开始作业，第六搜FPSO Cidade de Saquarema也将于今年第二季度开始作业，这两艘FPSO均可日产15万桶原油。此外，2020年前还将有四艘FPSO赶赴Lula油田作业，届时Lula油田的石油产量预计将达到1.4MMboed。为了运输产自Santos盆地的天然气，巴油已于上周开始运营Route 2天然气输气管线。Route 2连接位于Macae市的Cabiunas天然气终端，输气能力13 MMcmd。此外，第三条输气管线Route 3也计划于2017年第四季度投入运营，输气能力18 MMcmd。
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Flow of oil increasing rapidly at giant pre-salt field, which already accounts for almost a fifth of Brazil’s entire production.Output from the giant Lula pre-salt field off Brazil is outstripping expectations and increasing at rapid rates, with production units now ramping up significantly faster than the first units to be brought online.Fresh data from Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) show that the Lula field produced 442,200 barrels per day of oil in December 2015, representing almost a fifth of the country’s entire output of 2.53 million bpd in the period.The record-breaking numbers for Petrobras at Lula were achieved from just 18 oil producing wells linked to four floating production, storage and offloading vessels, of which three are already at plateau.It also comes just a little over five years after the first FPSO — Cidade de Angra dos Reis — was deployed on the field, indicating that despite the problems in the ongoing Car Wash corruption scandal, Petrobras is still delivering on the production side even if not at the rates originally promised.Lula is producing on average 24,500 bpd per well, but some are flowing at much higher rates. According to the ANP, the 7-LL-31D-RJS well was the top producer in December 2015 at 34,280 bpd. While it took Petrobras a little over 18 months to reach peak production at the first two FPSOs at Lula, the company achieved the same target in just 12 months with the third floater, and is already producing more than 80,000 bpd at the Cidade de Itaguai FPSO just six months after first oil.A fifth FPSO, Cidade de Marica, entered operations in Lula this week, and a sixth, Cidade de Saquarema, is due online in the second quarter. Each unit is able to produce 150,000 bpd.By the end of the decade, four additional FPSOs are planned to be installed at Lula, increasing the production capacity of the field to about 1.4 million bpd. Natural gas output from Lula reached 20.6 million cubic metres per day last December, more than twice that of the next biggest field, Mexilhao, at 8.3 MMcmd, and representing about 20.5% of the country’s entire gas production.To assist in the export of pre-salt gas from the Santos basin, Petrobras last week began operating a second pipeline in the area. Route 2 has transportation capacity of 13 MMcmd, linking pre-salt production systems to the Cabiunas gas treatment facility in Rio de Janeiro state.Route 2 will be connected to the Route 1 pipeline, in operation since 2011, and with capacity to offload 10 MMcmd.A third pipeline, Route 3, will be capable of transporting 18 MMcmd once operational in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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BG has asked the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to suspend the contracts for the blocks that it operates in the Barreirinhas Basin. The oil company wants an extension of the contract deadlines in the area equal to the delays in obtaining the environmental licenses for activities in the region.The request covers the contracts for blocks BAR-M-215, BAR-M-217, BAR-M-252, BAR-M-254, BAR-M-298, BAR-M-300, BAR-M-340, BAR-M-342, BAR-M-344 and BAR-M-388. The areas were sold in 2013. The first exploratory period for the blocks ends in August 2018. BG contracted a 1,3500 km2 survey of 3D data in the area by CGG, but approval for the project by the regularoty agency Ibama took almost a year and a half and work on the survey did not begin until the end of 2015.
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Brazilian giant only seeing output of 19,000 barrels per day of oil at flagship development in Campos basin, but is optimisticBrazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is facing on¬going challenges at the Papa Terra heavy oil field, a groundbreaking offshore development in the deep waters of the Campos basin.It is proving tough for the company to boost output amid high water production at the field.Petrobras started production from Papa Terra in November 2013 by means of the P-63 floating production, storage and offloading vessel.Converted from the very large crude carrier BW Nisa at Cosco Shipyard in China, the P-63 is able to produce 140,000 barrels per day and 1 million cubic metres per day of natural gas, with re-injection capacity of 340,000 bpd of water.However, more than two years after first oil, Papa Terra is only producing 19,000 bpd of oil, and as much again of water.The operator is staying optimistic.“Papa Terra is still at its early phase of production development and, at this stage, variations in the production curve are normal,” Petrobras said.
To deal with the considerable amount of water that is already being produced and in an effort to increase recovery, Petrobras is studying using a pilot project of polymer injection at the field next year.The use of the polymer solution is designed so that the injected water is mixed with the polymer to increase the viscosity of the water, enabling Petrobras to extract more oil.“From the information obtained to date, the company is working to adjust the project so it can increase oil production,” said Petrobras.The combined Papa Terra development also features the P-61 dry-tree tension-leg wellhead platform, which is linked to the Beta tender assist rig, and helps serve the P-63.The P-61 was finally deployed in the field in March 2015 after a complex marine installation process that lasted over a year due to severe weather conditions.Papa Terra was planned to be developed using 17 subsea completed wells, including six oil producers, 10 water injectors and one gas injector connected to the P-63 through flexible risers with electric heating, and another 13 surface completed wells at the P-61.
All 19 oil production wells are to be fitted with submersible centrifugal pumps, with output from the TLWP transferred in a multi-phase flow to the FPSO, located some 350 metres away.“The system itself is very complex and expensive. In addition, the use of the TLWP is something new to Petrobras. This is the first such unit ever to operate in Brazil, but despite the novelty of the project, the oil flows from Papa Terra are definitely disappointing,” said one source.Well PPT-16, the first with dry completion linked to the P-61, is only producing about 3500 bpd, almost half the average of the wells connected to the P-63 FPSO.That same well was disconnected from the P-61 last June for maintenance due to problems at the submersible centrifugal pump, and output was only restored two months later.Papa Terra produced a record 33,900 bpd in June 2014 with five horizontal wells linked to the FPSO on stream.
According to data from market regulator ANP, there are now only three of these wells in operation, plus the PPT-16 at the P-61. Papa Terra is producing 15 degrees API oil from three turbidite sandstone reservoirs, comprising one of Eocene age and two of Cretaceous age.According to Petrobras, there is no estimated date to reach peak production of 140,000 bpd at Papa Terra, as future flows will depend on the productivity of new wells that have yet to be drilled by the Beta tender assist rig.Petrobras operates Papa Terra with a 62.5% stake and is partnered by US supermajor Chevron with the remaining 37.5%.
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BRAZILIAN independent Parnaiba Gas Natural (PGN) has started production at its third natural gas field in the onshore Parnaiba basin.Output at the Gaviao Branco field, estimated to hold 3.24 billion cubic metres of gas in place, began on 1 February. PGN expects to link a total of eight wells in the area to reach production of 1.5 million cubic metres per day of gas.PGN also finished constructing the infrastructure — 80 kilometres of pipes that cost 500 million reais ($126.2 million) — to receive the gas from Gaviao Branco and other fields expected to enter production soon in the Parnaiba basin.The gas treatment unit is able to handle 5 million cubic metres per day and will also process gas from the Gaviao Branco Sudeste, Gaviao Caboclo and Gaviao Branco Norte fields.In late December, PGN started production from the nearby Gaviao Vermelho field. PGN is currently producing about 4.9 MMcmd, mostly from the Gaviao Real field, but estimates output will grow to 8.4 MMcmd by the middle of the year.
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Petrobras reported that its proven reserves fell 20% in 2015 to 10.516 billion barrels of oil equivalent, reaching their lowest level since 2001.Petrobras booked proven reserves of 8.774 billion barrels of oil and 278.4 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2015. The figures are in accordance with US Securities & Exchange Commission standards.Petrobras added just 20 million barrels of oil equivalent of new proven reserves in 2015, related to the discovery of new accumulations close to existing infrastructure in the Albacora Leste and Golfinho fields in Brazil, and the El Mangrullo field in Argentina.Petrobras produced a total of 932 million boe last year and chopped its proven reserves by 1.69 billion boe based on technical criteria and economic factors amid sharp falls in oil prices.
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Petrobras will decommission all of the platforms of the Marlim field in the campos Basin, and replace them with two new units foreseen in the asset’s revitalization plan. The measure is part of a review of the agreed development plan as approved by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) at the end of last year. The two new FPSOs that will be installed in the area willhave capacity to process 100,000 bopd.Currently, installed processing capacity in the fields is 750,500 b/d, distributed between seven production platforms. However, only a quarter of that capacity is busy with oil production. In 2015, Marlim produced 184,800 bopd.The problem is that for every barrel of oil produced, the field produces almost a barrel and a half of water. In 2015, Marlim produced 256,000 b/d of water, totaling 440,000 bopd and water.The requirements of the ANP call for investments to boost the recovery factor of the assets, managing the production of water and access to new sections of the reservoirs.Asked to comment, Petrobras had not responded by the time this article was prepared for publication.
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Brazilian oil production grew 8.8% in 2015, reaching 2.436 million barrels/day, which represents the highest result in history. This growth was possible thanks to the Santos Basin, where pre-salt operations offset losses in the nation’s major oil province, the Campos Basin, which lost an average of 50000 b/d.On February 2, Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) released data from December, when production stood at 2.532 million b/d, which was 6.42% higher than in November.
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Galp, Statoil, Shell and Chevron are hiring law firms to file individual lawsuits against Law 7182 and Law 7183 imposing new taxes on companies with oil and gas production in Rio de Janeiro, sanctioned by Gov. Luiz Fernando Pezao in the end of 2015. The tendency is that the individual suits will emphasize obtaining preliminary injunctions against the new measures. The legal disputes must be initiated between February and March of this year.In addition to the individual initiatives, the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP) will file a joint suit representing all of its member companies.The two laws will come into force at the end of March, if Pezao does not veto the new measures. The new tax rates also threaten Petrobras, BG and Petrorio, companies that also have production projects in the state.
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Petrobras is working on the final details of its new five-year business plan, and intends to make a formal announcement to the market within the next few weeks, writes Fabio Palmigaini.According to Petrobras chief executive Aldemir Bendine, the new investment plan that will run to 2020 will factor in the sharp drop in oil prices and the depreciation of the Brazilian real versus the US dollar.“The current level of Brent prices is something quite challenging for the company, and these price swings seen in recent weeks are one of the main reasons why we are debating with caution the new business plan,” Bendine said.He said Brent prices are not expected to recover in the short-term, adding that Petrobras is investing to improve its efficiency, so it can be prepared for tough times in the near future. “We will be competitive, no matter if Brent prices remain on the low side, said Bendine.“We think about our projects for the long run, some 10, 20 years ahead, but I admit the current mindset is for low oil prices.“Of course we are worried with Brent trading at $30 per barrel, but it’s not the end of the world. We need to have discipline to be able to do our job in this scenario.”Pre-salt remains “extremely competitive”, said Bendine, adding the company will use all its technology and expertise to increase its efficiency to better develop its projects beneath the salt canopy.Bendine said: “We want the company to have a good capital structure. We want to be a low-cost company when it comes to the pre-salt development.”Bendine refused to set a specific date to release the new business plan, but suggested an announcement may happen in March.In mid-January, Petrobras revised down its investment plan through 2019, slashing spending by 25% to $98.4 billion, the lowest level since the $87.1 billion allocated to the 2007 to 2011 plan.
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The Cabiunas consortium – consisting of Petrobras, BG, Petrogal and Repsol Sinopec – received autorization on February 5 from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to operate Rota 2. The gas pipeline connects the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster to the Cabiunas Terminal (Tecap) in Macae, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.The 24” diameter Rota 2 is 402 km in length (398 km offshore, 4 km onshore), and can transport up to 13 million m3/day of natural gas. The project investment was valued at 4.9 billion reais and is Brazil’s longest offshore pipeline.The consortium has up to 90 days to send the agency a detailed timeline of the actions necessary to ensure the adequacy of pipeline’s measurement systems to Tecap.
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Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is due to receive bids on 15 February in a re-tender for the contracting of a new 3D seismic survey covering the south-eastern portion of the Libra field in the Santos basin pre-salt province, writes Fabio Palmigiani.Upstream understands that Petrobras has invited major seismic players, including CGG, Petroleum Geo-Services, Fugro, Polarcus, FairfieldNodal, TGS-Nopec and Seabed Solutions, to submit offers in the tender.The campaign will feature the acquisition, processing and interpretation of 1056 square kilometres of 3D seismic, preferably using multi-azimuth techniques, to be carried out in the beginning of the second half.The re-bid follows a tender launched in late 2014 that was cancelled after Petrobras received no proposals from contractors.One source said Petrobras is expected to launch a separate tender later this year, this time covering the seismic mapping of the north-west portion of Libra. The data to be collected will assist Petrobras in the future production development of the whole area.First oil from Libra is eyed for the first quarter of 2017 by means of the Pioneiro de Libra floating production, storage and offloading vessel.The 50,000-barrel per day unit will conduct a series of extended well tests at the field.Meanwhile, Petrobras is currently tendering for a larger FPSO to start output at Libra in 2020.The state-controlled company has recently postponed the date to receive commercial offer to 8 April from 11 February.Petrobras operates Libra with a 40% stake and is partnered by European majors Shell and Total with 20% each, and Chinese oil companies China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Corporation with 10% each.
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The Brazilian government is preparing a stimulus package in an effort to inject new life into the country’s battered oil and gas sector, writes Fabio Palmigiani.Mines & Energy Minister Eduardo Braga said the government is drafting a proposal designed to extend concession contracts for blocks awarded in the first 10 licensing rounds, reduce oil royalties, give greater flexibility for local content rules and prolong the Repetro tax exemption for an additional 20 years.Meanwhile, the government is also preparing to send out an ultimatum, giving operators up to 180 days to resume output at non-¬productive onshore and offshore fields, or areas that risk being returned and re-tendered at a future date.According to Braga, the goal is to make it easier for oil companies to invest in the Brazilian hydrocarbons sector, even at a time when oil prices are trading near their lowest level in 12 years.The extension of concession contracts will mainly benefit Petrobras and will cover areas awarded in the so-called Round Zero, held in 1998, which ratified the company’s rights over dozens of producing fields.The concession rights for big fields such as Marlim, Barracuda and Albacora are due to expire in 2025, and it is understood that the government is looking to provide an extension for an extra 27 years.Braga said the same logic will likely be applied for blocks acquired in the subsequent 10 ¬licensing rounds.The plan also involves prolonging the Repetro initiative — a special tax regime in Brazil that allows for the import of goods destined for research and production activities in the oil and gas sector — for two more decades.Created in 1999 to help boost interest in the country after the end of Petrobras’ monopoly, the Repetro tax loophole is due to expire in 2020. Braga also said a possible reduction in oil royalties and changes to local content rules need more discussion, and will likely be presented at a later date.The government is also trying to secure more investments in the short term at existing fields by forcing oil companies to spend money to continue producing at areas where output ceased in the past year.According to data from market regulator ANP, there are 39 small fields in such conditions — 31 ¬onshore and eight offshore.The list of offshore fields where production has been halted by more than a year includes Namorado NE, Coral, Dourado,Piranema South, Cacao, Biquara, Dentao and Abalone.All but one are operated by Petrobras. Abalone is operated by Shell.
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Dutch vessel contractor SBM Offshore said the US Department of Justice has re-opened a previous inquiry into bribery allegations involving the company.The investigation into the floater specialist follows a record $240 million settlement that the company reached in November 2014 with Dutch and US authorities relating to corruption charges in Angola, Brazil and Equatorial Guinea.Those allegations against SBM involved an estimated $200 million in bribes paid between 2007 and 2011.As for the re-opened investigation, SBM said it is "seeking further clarification about the scope of the inquiry"."(SBM) remains committed to close-out discussions on this legacy issue, which the company self-reported to the authorities in 2012 and for which it reached a settlement with the Dutch Public Prosecutor in 2014," SBM said.SBM said in an annual financial update on Wednesday that ongoing discussions with with Brazilian authorities and state-owned Petrobras "have progressed".The contractor has now set aside $245 million "for a possible settlement"."While discussions are at an advanced stage, timing of a settlement announcement as well as the size of any potential final settlement amount remain to be confirmed," SBM said.SBM has been in talks with the Brazilian comptroller general's office about a leniency deal related to the corruption scandal at Petrobras.Last December, Brazilian prosecutors charged 12 people with involvement in the bribery scheme.SBM said the Justice Department has "made information requests in connection with that inquiry".SBM reported net income of $24 million in 2015, a drop from $84 million in 2014.The result included non-recurring items that generated a net loss of $157 million - "all relating to compliance issues", SBM said.
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The first shipment of Iranian crude oil to the European Union in more than three years is poised to depart as soon as Monday, Iranian officials said.
A tanker chartered by French energy giant Total SA is expected to sail with 2 million barrels on Monday, the officials said. Two others will carry 1 million barrels each for Spain's Compa Espaola de Petrleos, or Cepsa, and Litasco, the trading arm of Russia's Lukoil, they said.
The ships are carrying a portion of a flood of new oil that Iran says it is producing since world powers agreed to lift Western sanctions related to the country's nuclear program. Those sanctions crippled Iran's oil industry, reducing its export capacity by more than 1 million barrels a day.
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壳牌CEO Ben van Beurden表示：“这对于壳牌来说是历史上最重要的时刻，该举将显著提高我们的储量和产量，将大大提高公司的现金流。我们已经收购了巴西和澳大利亚以及其他主要国家多产的油气项目。”
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Royal Dutch Shell has completed the £47-billion acquisition of energy company BG Group (Reading, U.K.). The deal was first announced in April 2015. Shell and BG shareholders separately approved the deal in late January 2016.
"This is an important moment for Shell," says Shell CEO Ben van Beurden. "It significantly boosts our reserves and production, and will bring a large injection to our cash flow. We have acquired productive oil and gas projects in Brazil and Australia, and other key countries. "
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代表们表示，沙特能源部长al-Naimi和俄罗斯能源部长Novak将在卡塔尔首都多哈与委内瑞拉石油部长Eulogio Del Pino一起讨论石油产量问题。而尼日利亚石油部长Emmanuel Ibe Kachiwku也将在周日抵达卡塔尔讨论产量问题。沙特、委内瑞拉和尼日利亚是欧佩克成员国，而俄罗斯是全球最大的原油生产国。
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The energy ministers of Saudi Arabia and Russia--the world's two largest crude-oil exporters--are set to discuss production in Qatar on Tuesday, OPEC delegates said Monday, after Iran restarted shipments to the European Union.
Saudi Arabia's Ali al-Naimi and Russia's Alexander Novak will be joined in Qatar's capital of Doha by Venezuela's oil minister Eulogio Del Pino, the delegates said. Their Nigerian counterpart Emmanuel Ibe Kachiwku will follow suit in Qatar on Sunday. Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria are part of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, while Russia is the world's largest producer of crude oil.
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The blocking of foreign-flagged vessels in Brazil has so far been restricted to platform supply vessels and anchor-handling tug supply vessels, but a more sophisticated niche may soon join the fray, writes Fabio Palmigiani.
Sources tell Upstream they expect the Technip and DOF Subsea consortium to block at least one foreign-flagged flexible pipelaying support vessel owned by Subsea 7 in order to win back a contract for its Brazilian-flagged PLSV Skandi Vitoria.
The 300-tonne Skandi Vitoria was released by Petrobras in September 2015, after completing its latest two-year term with the company. The PLSV recently arrived in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after sailing from Las Palmas.
It is understood that Technip-DOF is considering using the Brazilian law to block similar vessels of international tonnage, and Subsea 7 has three 340-tonne PLSVs — Seven Mar, Seven Phoenix and Normand Seven — working for Petrobras on charters due to expire from 2016 to 2018.
Petrobras currently has a fleet of 14 PLSVs, with 10 newbuild units due for delivery by the fourth quarter of 2017.
As with with other types of OSVs, Petrobras is expected to reduce its PLSV fleet over the next few months, most likely releasing older units with lower top tension capabilities.
Industry sources say that Petrobras’ demand for PLSVs over the next couple of years will be in the range of 10 to 12 vessels, suggesting an oversupply of as much as 12 units once all are delivered, but the company made no comment.
A PIVOTAL meeting to decide the fate of Brazilian rig-building entity Sete Brasil has failed to take a definitive decision on the Petrobras-sponsored company’s future, as a plan to take the cash-strapped contractor into bankruptcy protection was voted down, writes Fabio Palmigiani.
Petros, the powerful Petrobras employee pension fund, voted to keep Sete Brasil afloat, even though the majority of shareholders wanted the company — which was implicated in the Operation Car Wash corruption scandal last year — to file for bankruptcy protection.
Approval of the proposal for a Sete Brasil bankruptcy protection filing required the acceptance of 85% of the shareholders present at an assembly in Rio de Janeiro this week.
Petros, which holds an 18% stake at Sete Brasil, vetoed the proposal. Santander bank, with a 6% stake at Sete Brasil, also rejected the bankruptcy protection filing. Other shareholders like Petrobras and investment fund FI-FGTS abstained from voting, citing a conflict of interest.
A new meeting to debate the future of Sete Brasil will likely be scheduled for mid-February.
Sete Brasil originally issued billions of dollars’ worth of contracts to five local shipyards, and secured Petrobras charters for 28 of the 29 ultra-deepwater drilling rigs it has ordered.
However, the yards have now gone more than a year without payment because Sete Brasil’s long-term financing programme ran aground when the original anchor lender, Brazil’s National Development Bank, balked at the spiralling risks.
The project was kept afloat by bridging loans through a syndicate of banks, but these have fallen into past due status.
Sete Brasil has also proposed scaling down its rig building programme to 15 units, but Petrobras sources have suggested there is considerable internal resistance to the project.
Some of the units ordered, such as the drillship Arpoador, at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard, and the semi-submersible rig Urca, at the BrasFels shipyard, are near completion.
A possible Sete Brasil bankruptcy filing would mark the beginning of a new wave of financial pain for Brazilian companies, almost two years after investigations into alleged bribes paid by contractors to secure lucrative deals at Petrobras went public.
A possível venda da Transpetro, dentro do plano de desinvestimento da Petrobras, poderá colocar um ponto final na história da retomada da indústria naval no Brasil. Subsidiária de logística da petrolífera, a Transpetro é responsável pelo Programa de Modernização e Expansão da Frota (Promef), que encomendou 49 navios a estaleiros brasileiros para evitar a dependência de afretamento de navios nos transporte de petróleo e combustíveis. Na avaliação de especialistas é pouco provável que um novo dono mantenha um programa com mais propósito político do que viés produtivo.
Na última sexta-feira, o diretor financeiro da Petrobras, Ivan Monteiro, anunciou a possível venda da Transpetro. O assunto não foi discutido no Conselho de Administração da estatal mas, no mercado, circula a informação de que a companhia tem interesse em vender 23 navios da sua frota atual de 53 embarcações. O anúncio anda na contramão do que foi anunciado em 2004 pela Transpetro na apresentação do Promef, que pretendia aumentar a frota nacional com a produção de navios com bandeira brasileira.
“É um contra-senso anunciar um programa e depois “desanunciar”, mas a Petrobras não tem saída. A empresa vive um momento difícil, com alto endividamento em dólar. A empresa tinha dívida com um dólar cotado entre R$ 1,60 e R$ 2,60 e agora a moeda está em R$ 4,11 (fechamento de ontem). A empresa precisa reajustar o fluxo de caixa, engavetar investimentos e melhorar a gestão. É praticamente impossível a petrolífera manter um programa (Promef) que induza a empresa a fazer mais investimentos de curto prazo”, destaca o economista do Conselho Federal de Economia (Cofecon) e pós-doutorando em economia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Luciano D’Agostini.
No final do ano passado, a Transpetro comunicou a intenção de suspender a encomenda de 13 navios, sendo 11 ao Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS) e dois ao Vard Promar, no Complexo de Suape. As empresas e o governo de Pernambuco estão negociando com a estatal para tentar reverter a decisão, mas a informação de venda da subsidiária reforça o argumento de encolher o Promef.
“A venda da Transpetro ainda está no campo do boato, mas se isso acontecer esperamos que o novo acionista mantenha o Promef. Não é apenas uma questão financeira da Petrobras. Estamos falando de grandes empreendimentos implantados em vários Estados com geração de emprego e renda para fazer a indústria naval renascer. Países que se tornaram grandes players do setor, a exemplo de China, Coréia do Sul, Japão e Noruega receberam incentivos públicos e demoraram 20 anos para se consolidar. Matar o programa agora é um retrocesso”, defende o vice-presidente do Sinaval, Sérgio Bacci.
Floater specialist SBM Offshore has reached an out-of-court settlement with Brazilian prosecutors following accusations of alleged corruption involving its chief executive another member of its supervisory board.
Chief executive Bruno Chabas and supervisory board member Sietze Hepkema were named last year in allegations of corruption involving Petrobras contracts.
SBM revealed Monday the public prosecutor in Brazil proposed an out-of-court settlement, on a no admission of guilt basis, which Chabas and Hepkema have agreed to.
Both men will make a payment of 250,000 reais ($61,050) which SBM said would be paid by the company.
“The company emphasises that this settlement does not involve an admission of guilt and remains of the opinion that the accusations are without merit,” SBM said in Monday's statement.
“However, SBM Offshore also believes that accepting the settlement offers a pragmatic opportunity to expeditiously resolve this matter that avoids long and costly legal proceedings and allows the company's management team to concentrate on the business.”
The settlement, which was agreed on Friday, is still subject to approval by the judge handling the case.
Brazilian independent OGPar is seeking permission to temporarily interrupt production at the Tubarao Martelo field in the Campos basin.
According to OGPar, the fall in oil prices, the low productivity of the wells and the high operational costs of leasing are making output at the Tubarao Martelo field unfeasible.
OGPar believes that within one year it will be able to resume production at Tubarao Martelo. The field produced 8500 barrels per day of oil in December 2015.
Brazil’s market regulator ANP will now have 60 days to make a decision.
PGS begins multi-client seismic shoot in Potiguar basin
Norwegian player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has started shooting a new multi-client 3D seismic survey in the offshore portion of the Potiguar basin in Brazil’s northern equatorial margin.
The campaign is expected to last 70 days, until mid-March, and will cover about 2600 square kilometres — mainly over two blocks acquired in 2013 in the country’s 11th oil and gas licensing round.
PGS has assigned the Ramform Atlas vessel and three supply boats to assist operations. PGS is conducting the programme using a 14-streamer seismic array at 8000 metres in length, with a spread of 100 metres between each streamer.
US supermajor ExxonMobil and Colombian state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol acquired blocks POT-M-475 and POT-M-567, respectively, in the 11th round.
Those blocks will be covered by the new 3D seismic. However, two other blocks, POT-M-762 and POT-M-764, acquired in the same round by ExxonMobil and Petrobras, respectively, will not be included in the campaign. PGS does not expect the seismic survey to disrupt fishing activities or put in jeopardy any marine lifeforms in the region.
The new seismic acquisition programme is the first step in the exploration of the two deep-water blocks in the Potiguar basin, but drilling activities on the acreage secured in the 11th round may not occur before 2018.
Sindipetro-NF石油工人联盟表示，此次事故与去年发生在巴西的FPSO爆炸事故非常相似，应引起足够的重视。去年2月11日发生的Cidade de Sao Mateus FPSO爆炸事故共造成了9人死亡和26人受伤。
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Um vazamento na plataforma P-31 da Petrobras (PETR3;PETR4), que opera na Bacia de Campos, provoca a paralisação da produção na unidade desde o início da manhã da terça-feira, 19. O sindicato local e a estatal divergem sobre as causas do episódio. A operação da plataforma segue suspensa até que o problema seja solucionado.
A Petrobras afirma, em nota, que houve um vazamento de água oleosa na casa de bombas da P-31, sem atingir o mar. "O sistema de detecção automático do local foi acionado e o vazamento, controlado. A produção da unidade marítima foi interrompida, conforme previsto em situações desta natureza", diz a companhia. Ainda segundo a estatal, não houve feridos nem danos materiais.
Na versão do Sindipetro-NF, que representa os petroleiros do Norte Fluminense, os alarmes foram acionados porque uma linha de gás que passa por dentro da casa de bombas está furada. Embora funcionários tenham drenado o trecho, houve vazamento de gás. Os petroleiros ainda reclamam que os sensores de gás da P-31 estão ultrapassados, trazendo risco à segurança operacional.
Segundo o sindicato, o alarme de presença de gás já havia sido acionado na P-31 em 11 de janeiro, mas a Petrobras teria dado a mesma justificativa: de vazamento de água oleosa.
"O caso é considerado alarmante, já que o fato é similar ao ocorrido no ano passado no navio-plataforma FPSO Cidade de São Mateus", diz o Sindipetro-NF em nota. No acidente, ocorrido em 11 de fevereiro de 2015, uma explosão na casa de bombas matou nove pessoas e deixou outras 26 feridas.
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