Brazil
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Americas
Brazilian president reported to have decided to remove Petrobras CEO
Brazilian weekly news magazine Veja has reported that President Jair Bolsonaro plans to remove Joaquim Silva e Luna as CEO…
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Regulatory
Höegh Autoliners likely to challenge Brazilian cartel fines
Höegh Autoliners is looking at contesting a fine dished out by Brazilian authorities in one of many car carrier cartel…
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Offshore
NYK and Mitsubishi Corporation take stake in another Brazil-bound FPSO
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsubishi Corporation have struck a deal with floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…
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Renewables
Shell looks to build six offshore wind farms in Brazil
Shell has applied for environmental licensing with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) to develop offshore…
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Offshore
Helix seals decommissioning contract extension in Brazil
Houston-headquartered offshore energy services firm, Helix Energy Solutions, has secured a one-year contract extension from Trident Energy for the recently…
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Offshore
Siem Offshore loses legal battle over late vessel delivery to Petrobras
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Siem Offshore has lost a case against Petrobras related to the late delivery of the oil…
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Offshore
Flamengo president to chair Petrobras
Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras has confirmed that Rodolfo Landim currently president of a football club with the…
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Offshore
Enauta takes option on Constellation semisub contract
Brazil’s Enauta has exercised the option to extend its contract with compatriot driller Constellation Oil Services for the charter of…
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Ports and Logistics
How the port of Santos became the world’s cocaine export hub
News last month that Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, had decided to suspend intermodal operations in Brazil…
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Offshore
Maersk Supply Service wins Shell contract in Brazil
Shell Brasil has awarded Maersk Supply Service an integrated solutions contract for a station-keeping assignment during the removal of the…
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Offshore
Petrobras moves forward with sale of E&P assets in Gulf of Mexico
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has begun the non-binding phase of the sale of Petrobras America Inc.’s 20% interest in MP…
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Offshore
Helix scores decommissioning contract in Brazil
Houston-headquartered offshore energy services firm, Helix Energy Solutions, has won a field decommissioning contract from Trident Energy do Brasil (Trident…
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Offshore
Solstad Offshore secures CSV contract with Petrobras
Oslo-listed Solstad Offshore has won a contract from Brazil’s Petrobras for the 2008-built construction support vessel . The charter is…
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Offshore
Enauta contracts Constellation semisub for Atlanta field
Brazil’s Enauta has signed a contract with compatriot driller Constellation Oil Services for the charter of the 2011-built semisub rig…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of Paranaguá bulk terminal concession auction set for April
The Administration of the Ports of Paranaguá and Antonina will hold an auction on April 1 for the 10-year lease…
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Offshore
Yinson firms up Petrobras FPSO deal
Malaysian FPSO operator Yinson has signed firm contracts with Brazil’s Petrobras for the charter, operations and maintenance of the floating,…
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Offshore
Petrobras moves to exercise rights to Campos Basin blocks
In December 2021, the Brazilian National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) authorized oil regulator ANP to put 11 pre-salt blocks…
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Regulatory
Brazil eases cabotage laws
Brazil is easing its cabotage laws whereby ships will no longer need to fly the Brazilian flag for domestic voyages.…
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Ports and Logistics
Brazil to hold public hearings next week on privatisation of two ports in São Paulo
Brazil’s national water transport agency ANTAQ will hold public hearings, on February 7 and 10, related to the planned concessions…
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Offshore
Enauta acquires definite FPSO for Brazilian oilfield
Brazil’s Enauta has agreed to purchase the 1989-built floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be used as a…
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