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[ 03/12/2010 19:24 ] - E&P
More Oil In BM-C-41
OGX has found new oil shows in well 1-OGX-6-RJS, in block BM-C-41in shallow waters in the southern part of the Campos Basin. OGX has 100% participation in the area. A column of hydrocarbons of approximately 81 m with net pay of around 17 m in carbonate reservoirs were identified. The OGX-6 well is in the final phase of drilling and aims to reach a total depth of 3,600 m. The company...
[ 03/12/2010 19:07 ] - refining
Petrobras Defeated In Pasadena
The International Court of Arbitration decided that Petrobras America should honor the purchase of its partner’s 50% participation in the Pasadena Refining System (PRSI) in the USA. Astra, the Dutch multinational company, won the lawsuit and, according to the agreement with Petrobras, it had the option to sell its part of the plant. Petrobras America acquired its participation in the...
[ 03/12/2010 18:55 ] - thermal power
AES Wants A 500 MW Plant
AES Tietê has begun environmental impact studies for a natural gas thermoelectric plant in São Paulo with a capacity of 500 MW, said Britaldo Soares, director president of the company this Friday (12/03), while presenting the 2009 financial results of AES Tietê to investors. The initial estimate is that the thermoelectric plant would demand investments of between US$...
[ 03/12/2010 18:47 ] - POWER
New System For Transmission
Unicamp (Campinas State University) has developed a control system for transmission lines that calculates the most appropriate moment to reconnect in case of interruption due to electrical disturbances. In the phase of laboratory tests, in Canada, this technology avoids the domino effect and is capable of reducing the reestablishment time from one second to 300 mille-seconds. The...
[ 03/12/2010 18:40 ] - E&P
FPSO For Tiro And Sidon
In 2012 Petrobras is going to install a pilot production system in Tiro and Sidon, the shallow water fields in the Santos Basin. The oil company launched, at the beginning of March, a bid for the chartering of an FPSO with the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels/day and store one million barrels. Delivery of the proposals will be in the first week of April and the FPSO will have to be ready 23...
[ 03/12/2010 16:23 ] - strategy
Eletrobras Has A New Logotype
Eletrobrás presented its new trademark that brings together the holding and its subsidiaries in the same visual identity with the strategy to strengthen the trademark of the group. The new logotype will be launched officially on the 22nd of this month in Rio de Janeiro. “The strategic planning of Eletrobrás reflects a company that wants to be a global player”,...
[ 03/11/2010 18:15 ] - E&P
BP Buys Devon’s Brazil Assets
BP signed an agreement with Devon for shares owned by U.S. oil company in ten exploration blocks in the Campos, Camamu-Almada and Parnaíba Basins. The deal, which also includes other areas outside of Brazil, calls for payment of US$ 7 billion for the areas. Overall, the agreement foresees the purchase of participation in seven offshore blocks awarded in the Campos Basin and one...
[ 03/11/2010 18:11 ] - refining
Reduc To Make S10 Diesel
The Reduc refinery, in Duque de Caxias (Rio de Janeiro), will install a hydrotreatment unit (HDT) to produce diesel with a sulfur content of 10 ppm. The facility’s capacity will be 7,500 m3/d. There is still no date for the start-up of construction work, but the goal is to meet the increased demand for S10 diesel in 2013. Increased production of S10 diesel at Reduc, besides the...
[ 03/11/2010 18:05 ] - refining
Repar Modernization Advances
Petrobras on Friday (March 12) will hold a ceremony commemorating the conclusion of the first stage of expansion and modernization of the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (Repar) in Araucaria (Paraná). In all, some US$ 5.4 billion will be invested in the project, initiated in 2006 and scheduled for completion in 2012. The project includes 19 new units, which will produce...
[ 03/11/2010 18:00 ] - E&P
Petrobras Charters Two Rigs
Diamond Offshore Drilling submitted the best proposal in a Petrobras tender for the chartering of two drilling rigs and contract renewal of a third. The contracts are expected to generate total revenues of US$ 1.4 billion for Diamond. The first contract is for the Ocean Valor semi-submersible for operations in ultra-deep waters. Contracted for three years, the unit should start...
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