Brazil upstream news

The semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer is to perform well intervention for Karoon Energy at the Baúna field, offshore Brazil.

Production start-up at the Mero 1 field has been delayed from 4Q21 to 1Q22.

The agreement with BP will allow Petrobras to hold a 100% interest in the six blocks.

The solution is designed to overcome flexible pipe stress corrosion cracking tendencies in high CO2 content fields, such as those found in Brazil’s pre-salt offshore developments.

The compressed air system will consist of large capacity service and instrument air compressors with associated air dryers and filters.

The well streams from the BM-C-33 field, in the Campos Basin, will be sent to a FPSO located at the field. Gas and oil/condensate will both be processed at the FPSO to sales specifications and exported.

Deepsea Technologies will provide business development and engineering support on behalf of Forum Energy Technologies (FET) in Brazil, and deliver full servicing, repair, calibration, upgrades and modifications for FET ROVs and associated tooling.

Rystad Energy analysis shows that the world’s top oil and gas employer, China, lost only 5.3% of its massive workforce. The toll in the US was more devastating, estimated at 11.1%, thereby faring worse than its European peers and Russia.

MODEC will use SUEZ ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes to reduce seawater sulfate levels on the FPSO being constructed for the Bacalhau oilfield to required levels.

The order of four pumps from VWS Westgarth, which supplies and operates sulfate reduction membrane systems, was for chemically enhanced backwash pumps to be installed aboard two FPSO vessels operated by Petrobas off the coast of Brazil.