Sevan Brasil钻井平台拥有巴油六年的租赁合同，租约至2018年7月终止。Sevan Driller钻井平台租期本应至2016年6月终止，但由于涉嫌腐败其租约于去年年底被巴油暂停。目前Sevan Driller正在为壳牌石油公司对Parque das Conchas项目中的六个水下泵送模块（Mobos）进行维修，租期60天，可续租同样的时间。
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
The Brazilian state-owned oil company has now axed its charter of the Sevan Driller, having suspended the contract last December as part of “commercial negotiations” for both units, the Oslo-listed contractor said in a statement.
Sevan has also agreed to cut the dayrate for the second rig, Sevan Brasil, to $250,000 in order to keep the rig employed with Petrobras and prevent a termination of both contracts, thereby avoiding a protracted legal battle between the parties, it stated.
The latter rig, which was previously working for a dayrate of $383,000, has a six-year contract due to expire in July 2018 while the now-terminated deal for the Sevan Driller – effective from last December - had been due to end in June this year.
Sevan said it had been able to preserve $220 million of backlog through the revised charter for Sevan Brasil, while enabling it to find alternative work for Sevan Driller that has now been fixed on a short-term charter with Shell off Brazil.
The contractor, which is majority owned by John Fredriksen’s Seadrill, confirmed the Sevan Driller had been taken by the Anglo-Dutch supermajor on a 60-day well intervention contract, with two 30-day options, due to start in the second quarter.
As a result, Sevan’s total revenue backlog is now estimated at $509 million, having recently secured an extension of a contract at a lower dayrate with LLOG Bluewater for its rig Sevan Louisiana working in the US Gulf of Mexico.
A fourth newbuild cylindrical unit, Sevan Developer, remains at Cosco Shipyard in China after Sevan last year exercised an initial option to defer delivery until April 2016.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Brazilian state-run player Petrobras has approved a “voluntary layoff programme” for its workforce that will see about 12,000 jobs being cut in an effort to save money.
Petrobras said on Friday that the programme, approved by its remaining board of directors, is open to all its employees, who will be awarded an “incentive” in exchange for leaving his or her position.
Following the implementation of the programme, Petrobras expects to save 33 billion reais ($9.20 billion) by 2020, it said.
The incentives offered under the programme will add up to 4.4 billion reais, Petrobras added.
“The programme aims to adapt the workforce to the needs of the business.”
Amid low oil prices and corruption allegation involving top politicians in the country, Petrobras has been struggling financially.
[/collapse]
目前，巴油董事会已新任命了这六个部门主管。Roberto Moro将出任生产和技术开发部主任，Solange da Silva Guedes将出任勘探和生产部主任，Jorge Celestino Ramos将出任炼油和天然气部门主任，Ivan de Souza Monteiro将出任投资和财政部门主任，Hugo Repsold Junior将出任人力资源部，SMS以及服务部门主任，Joao Adalberto Elek Junior将出任审计和风险管理部门主任。
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Brazilian state-run giant Petrobras has revealed more job cuts than originally expected as part of previously announced reorganisation plans to save up to 1.8 billion reais ($500 million) per year.
The company revealed on Wednesday there would be a headcount reduction of about 43% in about 5300 management positions in non-operational areas.
This was well above previously announced plans to reduce staff by at least 30% in January as part of a restructure, which also included the redistribution of activities and merging of business areas as it looks to cut costs and adapt to falling oil prices.
Petrobras said Wednesday, the areas of presidency and human resources, and SMS services, corporate and service functions will be centralised which it claims will bring activities which were scattered in the company to their respective units.
Technical skills and project units will also be centralised in a single area, production and technology development, while the areas of supply and gas and energy will become part of the refining and natural gas business.
Petrobras will also reorganise its exploration and production business by asset classes, including deep-water, ultra-deepwater, shallow water and onshore which it says will enable better management of assets and optimise production.
The company's new governance model is aimed at strengthening the accountability mechanism of managers and will see the creation of six technical committees composed of executive managers who are responsible for decisions and will have the responsibility of pre-screening and issuing recommendations on issues to the board.
In January, Petrobras revealed the restructuring would result in the reduction of 14 roles in senior management and the number of directors falling from seven to six. On Wednesday it revealed the board had approved the appointment of the six directors.
Roberto Moro will head up development of production and technology, Solange da Silva Guedes is director of exploration and production, Jorge Celestino Ramos will become director of refining and natural gas, Ivan de Souza Monteiro will head financial and investor relations, Hugo Repsold Junior will become director of human resources, SMS and services, while Joao Adalberto Elek Junior has been appointed director of governance, risk and compliance.
The current Petrobras board of directors is made up of technical appointees, marking a break from the past practice of linking each division to a political party.
This form of patronage has fallen out of favour in the wake of the giant Car Wash corruption probe, raising the probability that the current directors will keep their jobs even if President Dilma Rousseff falls victim to an ongoing impeachment process.
[/collapse]
Gazprom Neft 公司的常务董事Gennady Lubin表示：“这口井极大地提升了油田工程的安全性和经济效益，同时也降低了管理难度。建造这口井的主要是为了直接在采油平台上对废弃物进行再利用。此外，我们还把废弃物运回岸上以降低成本。”石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自／worldoil 编译/赵宁
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Gazpromneft Shelf, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has commissioned the first reinjection well at Prirazlomnoye field in the Barents Sea, on which it is leading development. Consistent with the field development plan, this will be used for the re-injection of waste materials produced during well construction.
Injection will take place into strata above the production horizon, ensuring its protection from higher and underlying layers. The absorption well will optimize the recycling of industrial wastes, which will now be utilized directly at the field with no negative environmental impacts.
A “zero emissions” system has been integrated into the platform to prevent the discharge of any production or drilling waste into the sea, with waste, instead, re-injected directly into the strata, or transported onshore for recycling.
Two production wells are currently in operation at the field, together with the injection well. The project envisages the commissioning of a total 32 wells. More than 10 MMbbl of oil have now been produced at Prirazlmnoye field since the start of production.
“The absorption well significantly improves the security, manageability and cost-effectiveness of the project. Making possible the direct recycling of waste directly on the platform, with no impact on the environment, is its main purpose. Added to which, we are reducing costs by transporting waste onshore,” said Gennady Lubin, executive director, Gazpromneft Shelf.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
PASADENA, California-- Materia, in conjunction with Aegion Corporation, has been selected by Shell Offshore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, to supply pipeline insulation materials for the Appomattox development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
The insulation system is unique among existing polymers in its ability to provide an effective thermal barrier between flowlines and seawater. The thermosetting cross-linked hydrocarbon polymer maintains structural integrity in deepwater operating environments as an incompressible solid at water depths greater than 10,000 ft. This advanced insulation technology can also be rapidly and safely applied in the factory or the field.
Dr. Michael Giardello, co-founder and senior advisor to Materia, said, “Shell’s safety and performance requirements were rigorous. We were charged with supplying pipeline insulation materials that met their performance requirements, while greatly reducing the complexity of the system.”
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
LAS VEGAS (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund could receive $106 billion in cash from the sale of a 5% stake in oil giant Aramco’s parent company, according to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute.
“Suitable investors in Aramco could be long-term institutional investors, such as the Canadian pensions, or even Asian sovereign wealth funds,” the Las Vegas-based consultant and researcher said in a report released on Thursday. “If an Aramco deal goes through, it could be a blueprint for other Saudi state-owned entities to follow, thus, potentially increasing the cash pot of the Public Investment Fund, while enlarging domestic markets.”
The kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, which will eventually control more than $2 trillion of assets, was set up as the country seeks to reduce its dependence on oil. The listing of Aramco, or Saudi Arabian Oil Co., may happen as soon as 2017, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said last week in an interview with Bloomberg News.
The SWFI calculated the enterprise value of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. based on $10/bbl of oil. About 60% of the cash raised from a listing of the company would probably be allocated to fixed income and the remainder to equities with some of the management outsourced, SWFI wrote.
“This would be a rich opportunity for asset managers,” the SWFI said.
[/collapse]
STAVANGER -- Rambøll Oil & Gas has submitted a study which sheds light on the advantages and disadvantages of unmanned wellhead platforms. The conclusion is that unmanned platforms may provide efficient development solutions in terms of costs and production for shallow water developments on the Norwegian shelf.
The study was commissioned because the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate considers concepts of this type to be an important contribution to good resource utilization.
An unmanned wellhead platform is a facility resting on the seabed where the wells are placed on the platform deck. The concept is an alternative to subsea wells with wellheads situated on the seabed. There are various types of unmanned wellhead platforms – from simple facilities to more advanced solutions which include e.g. process equipment. Access may be via gangway from vessels, while others have helicopter decks.
In December 2015, Statoil and its partners submitted a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for Oseberg Vestflanken 2 in the North Sea, where the development concept entails an unmanned wellhead platform, a jackup rig and a support vessel. This facility does not have a helicopter deck.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Halliburton, Baker Hughes to contest DOJ action to block acquisition
HOUSTON --Halliburton and Baker Hughes today announced that the companies intend to vigorously contest the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) effort to block their pending merger. The companies believe that the DOJ has reached the wrong conclusion in its assessment of the transaction and that its action is counterproductive, especially in the context of the challenges the U.S. and global energy industry are currently experiencing.
According to a joint statement, the proposed merger of Halliburton and Baker Hughes is pro-competitive and will allow the companies’ customers to benefit from a more flexible, innovative, and efficient oilfield services company. The transaction will provide customers with access to high quality and more efficient products and services, and an opportunity to reduce their cost per barrel of oil equivalent, the companies added.
Early in the process, Halliburton proposed to the DOJ a divestiture package worth billions of dollars that will facilitate the entry of new competition in markets in which products and services are being divested. Both companies strongly believe that the proposed divestiture package, which was significantly enhanced, is more than sufficient to address the DOJ’s specific competitive concerns.
The companies intend to demonstrate that the DOJ has underestimated the highly competitive nature of the oilfield services industry, the many benefits of the proposed combination, and the sufficiency of the divestitures. Once completed, the transaction will allow customers to operate more cost effectively, which is especially important now due to the state of the energy industry and oil and gas prices.
Halliburton and Baker Hughes previously agreed to extend the time period to obtain regulatory approvals to no later than April 30, 2016, as permitted under the merger agreement. If the judicial review extends beyond April 30, 2016, the parties may continue to seek relevant regulatory approvals or either of the parties may terminate the merger agreement.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- Oil climbed after U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly dropped from the highest level in more than eight decades.
Futures rose the most in three weeks in New York. Crude supplies fell 4.94 MMbbl last week, Energy Information Administration data show. A 2.85 MMbbl gain was projected in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Refineries processed the most crude in three months as output and imports slipped. Diesel led gains after the report showed stockpiles of distillate fuel, which includes diesel and heating oil, tumbled on the East Coast.
"This is a welcome number," said Scott Roberts, portfolio manager and co-head of high yield who manages $2.7 billion at Invesco Advisers Inc. in Atlanta. "It’s always good to see a crude draw in April."
Prices also advanced after Kuwait said a deal to freeze output can be reached without Iran. Major producers have no option but to reach an agreement to cap production when they meet April 17 in Doha and this may set a price floor, Nawal al-Fezaia, Kuwait’s governor to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said Tuesday. Oil has swung between gains and losses since Friday amid speculation about whether an agreement can be reached at the meeting.
West Texas Intermediate for May delivery increased $1.86, or 5.2%, to settle at $37.75/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 0.5% Tuesday after falling 6.9% the previous two sessions. Total volume traded was 30% higher than the 100-day average.
Crude Stockpiles
Brent for June settlement climbed $1.97, or 5.2%, to $39.84/bbl on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The front-month contract’s discount to the second-month narrowed to 16 cents, the least since January, while the spread to the one-year contract slipped to the narrowest since July.
U.S. crude stockpiles dropped to 529. 9 MMbbl in the week ended April 1, the EIA data show. Inventories climbed 32.9 MMbbl to 534.8 MMbbl, the highest since 1930, in the prior seven weeks.
Production fell by 14,000 bopd to 9.01 MMbopd, the lowest since November 2014. Rigs targeting oil in the nation’s fields fell to 362 last week, the least since November 2009, Baker Hughes Inc. said on its website April 1.
Falling Output
"Production will fall below 9 million barrels a day by summer," said Kris Kelley, an analyst at Janus Capital Management LLC in Denver. "The question is how far it will go. I think that by the end of the year production could easily fall to 8.5 million."
Crude imports dropped 6.4% to 7.25 MMbpd, the lowest in two months.
Refineries bolstered operating rates by 1 percentage point to 91.4% of capacity. U.S. refiners typically increase utilization in April as they finish maintenance before the summer peak driving season.
"Refinery utilization is picking up and production is down," said Craig Bethune, a fund manager at Manulife Asset Management Ltd. in Toronto who focuses on energy and natural resources investments. "We’re on the right path. This should be the end of the huge builds in crude and as refinery utilization grows further, we’ll get more draws."
Stockpiles of distillate fuel on the East Coast fell 3.01 MMbbl to 53.4 MMbbl, the least since July. Nationwide distillate supplies rose 1.8 MMbbl. Gasoline inventories rose 1.44 MMbbl.
Diesel futures for May delivery increased 6.1% to settle at $1.1403 a gallon. It was the biggest gain since Feb. 12. May gasoline advanced 1.2% to close at $1.3947.
"There’s a danger today of there being too much enthusiasm about this report," Roberts said. "The builds in gasoline and diesel have me concerned because that could speak to weak fuel demand. We need gasoline to be strong."
[/collapse]
Eneva已经与Cambuhy和OGX签署协议，以3.12亿美元收购Parnaiba Gas Natural（PGN）。交易预计在2016年第三季度完成。Cambuhy和OGX出让PGN股份给Eneva，同时Cambuhy和OGX将成为Eneva股东。PGN是巴西一家私人天然气运营商，经营8个气田和13个勘探区块，总面积25000平方公里，主要位于Parnaiba盆地。（Eneva，1Derrick）
Covey Park Energy LLC已经与EP Energy Corporation签署收购与出售协议，收购EP位于Haynesville和Bossier资产，总价为4.2亿美元。该资产有52,933英亩（34,167净英亩），2015年第四季度产量为1.13亿立方英尺/天。预计2016年第二季度完成交易。（Covey Park，1Derrick，3月24日）
Kina Petroleum退出巴布亚新几内亚许可区块
Kina Petroleum Limited宣布，在勘探失败没有取得商业油气发现后，该公司将退出PPL337勘探许可区块。该公司与合作伙伴Heritage Oil Ltd去年在许可区块内钻探了Raintree-1和Kwila-1井，但是没有取得商业发现。（rigzone， 3月24日）
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
A Brazilian bankruptcy judge on Tuesday ruled that the Schahin group of companies will enter into bankruptcy protection after creditors staged a battle over the issue.The ruling will save the company from going into insolvency, an outcome that was looking increasingly likely.Judge Marcelo Barbosa Sacramone held that the creditor banks blocking the bankruptcy protection had not been acting in good faith. He also upheld Schahin's argument that the vote of Japan's Mizuho bank should be annulled due to a conflict of interest.Twelve creditor banks - including HSBC, Banco Tricury and Bicbanco – say they are owed almost 6 billion reais ($1.6 billion).Schahin owes about the same amount to bondholders behind four rig construction projects, but these debts are being pursued through alternative processes.The restructuring plan proposes paying the debt, undiscounted, over 15 years, with a two-year grace period.Revenue from the drillship Vitoria 10000 - operated under a leaseback contract with Petrobras - will be a bedrock of the recovery plan.The lease-and-operate terms run until 2020, renewable through 2031.The leaseback deal has so far survived evidence that the original contract was tainted by kickbacks, according to federal prosecutors in the massive Car Wash investigation into corruption involving state oil giant Petrobras.Federal prosecutors allege that a Brazilian businessman, Jose Carlos Bumlai, handled hidden commissions on the contract. They said the kickbacks were to repay Schahins' banking branch for a loans funding the ruling Workers Party's election campaign.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Petrobras has extended a contract with a Seadrill drillship off Brazil but has secured a dayrate drop for the current contract.The Brazilian state-controlled oil giant will hold onto the ultra-deepwater unit West Tellus when its current contract ends in April 2018 until the end of October 2019.The contract backlog for the extension period is $164 million and, with the extension equating to a period of around 19 months, this equates to a dayrate of some $288,000 - a huge drop from the original rate for the current deal of $467,000.As part of the extension, Petrobras has secured a reduction on the current day rate equating to a total of $132 million until April 2018.Taking this to mean a reduction over the final two years of the original deal, this is a dayrate reduction of around $180,000, bringing the current rate down to the rate for the extension.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Petrobras and its partners at the giant Libra pre-salt field off Brazil have struck the largest oil column so far found at the play.The state-controlled giant said a 301-metre-thick oil column was found at the 3-RJS-741 well in the Santos basin.Good quality oil of 28 degrees API was unearthed “in reservoirs of excellent productivity,” Petrobras said.“Data collected confirmed that the reservoir characteristics and the oil quality are similar to those found in the other wells in the same northwest area, which may indicate that the reservoirs are interconnected,” it said.The Libra consortium is in the midst of drilling the latest well on the field, 3-RJS-742.Petrobras operates Libra on 40% and is joined by Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell and French supermajor Total each on 20%, while Chinese state-owned pair China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Corporation each hold 10%.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=葡语原文请点击]
A petroleira norueguesa Statoil e a estatal chinesa Sinochem preparam-se para iniciar a Fase 2 de desenvolvimento do Campo de Peregrino, na Bacia de Campos, com uma redução de 35% nos custos, para fazer frente à queda do preço do petróleo, de acordo com comunicado da companhia nesta terça-feira (22)."A medida é fruto de uma série de estudos desenvolvidos por técnicos da companhia norueguesa, realizados ao longo do ano passado. Com a economia obtida, o 'break-even' do projeto passou de cerca de US$ 70 por barril para menos de US$ 45 por barril", afirmou a Statoil.Peregrino foi o oitavo campo produtor de petróleo e gás do Brasil em janeiro, com produção de 74 mil barris de óleo equivalente/dia.Por concessionário, a Statoil Brasil foi a quinta maior produtora de petróleo e gás do Brasil em janeiro, com extração de 44,25 mil barris de óleo equivalente/dia, enquanto a Sinochem foi a sétima, com 29,5 mil barris de óleo equivalente/dia.A segunda fase do projeto prevê a inclusão de uma terceira plataforma (WHP-C), conectada ao FPSO já existente em Peregrino, e vai adicionar cerca de 250 milhões de barris em reservas recuperáveis para o campo. A previsão é de que a produção comece em 2020.Para reduzir custos em um cenário de preços do barril de petróleo em queda, a Statoil afirmou que buscou soluções simples e padronizadas de engenharia, além de aproveitar a experiência obtida na primeira fase do projeto."Entre as mudanças implementadas, estão a melhoria do perfil de produção, o aumento de reservas, a simplificação do design do poço e a otimização da performance em perfuração, assim como a redução do capex com as instalações, baseada na simplificação e na padronização dos requisitos."A fase 2 vai elevar a produção do campo do Peregrino, aumentando o número de poços produtores de uma nova área (Peregrino Sudoeste), que hoje não está acessível pelas plataformas em operação (WHP-A e WHP-B).A previsão é de que sejam perfurados, ao todo, 22 poços —15 produtores de petróleo e 7 injetores de água— como parte do desenvolvimento da segunda fase. Todos os poços de produção e injeção nesta etapa do projeto estão previstos para serem perfurados pela nova unidade de perfuração no WHP-C.Com a plataforma C, a empresa vai aumentar o potencial de produção e será capaz de continuar a produzir no campo do Peregrino por um longo período de tempo. A expectativa é que até o final de 2040, quando se encerra o prazo de concessão, sejam recuperados 250 milhões de barris em reservas.O presidente da Statoil no Brasil, Pål Eitrheim, disse em nota que a execução da segunda fase do projeto demonstra a crescente importância do país no portfolio internacional da Statoil e "confirma a ambição da empresa de fortalecer suas operações, em busca de uma maior sinergia e de escala nas operações na Bacia de Campos"."Esta decisão é muito importante para a nossa organização no Brasil e para a área internacional da Statoil. Estamos trabalhando arduamente na busca por mais eficiência visando entregar um crescimento sustentável no Brasil e a Fase 2 de Peregrino é uma parte importante disso".A Statoil disse ainda que vai continuar trabalhando para conseguir novas reduções de capex do projeto. "Ao longo dos próximos meses, começa o processo de aquisição de bens e serviços para a Fase 2. A companhia espera anunciar os primeiros contratos em breve."
[/collapse]
[collapse title=葡语原文请点击]
A Justiça do Rio concedeu liminar a favor das petroleiras BG, Chevron, Petrogal, Repsol Sinopec, Shell e Statoil suspendendo os efeitos da decisão do governo fluminense de aumentar a tributação sobre o setor no Estado a partir do fim do mês. As seis companhias, que entraram com o pedido, ficam protegidas de uma possível alta dos impostos.A Associação Brasileira de Exploração e Produção de Petróleo (Abep), que representa as maiores petroleiras do país, entrou com duas ações diretas de inconstitucionalidade no Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), contestando a nova legislação do Rio. Uma decisão favorável às produtoras no STF teria efeito sobre todas as petroleiras, e não apenas sobre as autoras do mandado de segurança na Justiça do Rio.As duas frentes, no TJ-RJ e no STF, contestam duas leis que elevam a tributação sobre o setor petrolífero a partir da criação de uma taxa de fiscalização e instituem a cobrança do ICMS sobre a extração de petróleo no Estado. De acordo com estudo do Grupo de Economia da Energia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, as medidas elevariam em R$ 22 bilhões as despesas anuais das empresas com pagamento de tributos.As foram leis foram sancionadas em dezembro, num momento em que o Estado sofre uma crise fiscal atrelada à queda das receitas com royalties. De acordo com dados da Agência Nacional de Petróleo (ANP), a arrecadação dos Estados com as participações governamentais (royalties e participações especiais) caiu 35% no primeiro bimestre.Projeções do Centro Brasileiro de Infraestrutura (CBIE) indicam que a arrecadação de royalties no país em 2016 pode cair até 27%, considerando uma cotação média do barril do petróleo em US$ 32 e o dólar a R$ 4,15. Se os preços se recuperarem e ficaram em torno de US$ 55 por barril, no entanto, há espaço para que as receitas com royalties cresçam até 6%.As duas leis começam a vigorar dia 30, mas ainda precisam ser regulamentadas, Uma fonte do Executivo estadual, contudo, disse ao Valor que o Rio deve desistir de avançar com a regulamentação do assunto.As liminares do TJ-RJ foram concedidas sexta-feira. Na decisão, o juiz João Luiz Amorim Franco, da 11ª Vara de Fazenda Pública, alegou que o ato de extração não se configura uma operação de circulação de mercadoria e não é passível, então, de cobrança de ICMS.O juiz alegou que a lei estadual que criou a Taxa de Controle, Monitoramento e Fiscalização Ambiental das Atividades de Pesquisa, Lavra, Exploração e Produção de Petróleo e Gás, no valor de R$ 2,71 por barril produzido, afeta a "segurança jurídica necessária para o bom planejamento e a execução dos investimentos de longo prazo, típicos do setor de petróleo e gás".Segundo o juiz, a lei estadual viola o artigo 23 da Constituição Federal, que não reconhece a competência dos Estados na legislação de assuntos relacionados à fiscalização da indústria petrolífera. Lembrou que a base de cálculo da taxa deve ser proporcional à onerosidade e à complexidade da atividade, o que não foi observado pelo legislador estadual no caso.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras reported a huge net loss in the fourth quarter of 2015, as it booked impairment charges related to assets and investments in light of depressed oil prices.Petrobras recorded a net loss of 36.94 billion reais ($10.2 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to a net loss of 26.6 billion reais in the same period of 2014. Net revenues remained stable at 85.1 billion reais.Petrobras highlighted that asset impairments, mainly in the upstream sector, took away 46.39 billion reais in profit during the fourth quarter.Production in Brazil and abroad decreased 1% in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2.585 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, due to operational restrictions at platforms P-55 in the Roncador field and P-56 in the Marlim Sul field.Petrobras also announced a net loss of 34.84 billion reais in 2015, versus a net loss of 21.59 billion reais in 2014. Net revenues fell 5% to 321.638 billion reais.Net debt was down 5% in 2015 to $100.38 billion.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has rejected Petrobras’ development plan for the Piranema South oilfield in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin.According to the regulator, more than three years since it was declared commercial, Piranema South is no longer economically viable.In order to reverse the ruling, the ANP asked Petrobras to present by August 2016 the results of studies on geology and geophysics under way at areas adjacent to wells 1-SES-0092-SE and 4-PRMS-0001-SES in the field.If those studies show the field can maintain a sustainable production curve in the short-term, Petrobras will have until mid-September to present a new development plan for Piranema South.Piranema South serves as a tie-back to the Piranema field, which is currently producing less than 6000 barrels per day of oil from the cylindrical Piranema floating production, storage and offloading vessel.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
BRAZILIAN oil giant Petrobras is pushing back by at least three years, to beyond 2020, first oil production from the replica floating production, storage and offloading vessel to be deployed at the Atapu North field in the Santos basin pre-salt province.According to project partner Galp Energia, two replica FPSOs will be installed in the area formerly known as Great Iara in 2018, one unit in the Atapu South field and another in the Berbigao-Sururu field.However, the location of a third floater, originally meant for Atapu North, is now pending further technical evaluation.“We are collecting information from an extended well test that was concluded in the area last year. We need to reprocess some seismic data in order to update the dynamic model to finally determine the optimal location for the FPSO,” said Galp Energia executive director for exploration and production Thore Kristiansen.Petrobras ran a six-month extended well test at Atapu in 2015 using the Cidade de Sao Vicente FPSO. The company is also shooting seismic at Sururu to improve knowledge of the area.“We need to further de-risk the Great Iara area as a whole, and Sururu is a much tighter reservoir than Berbigao and Atapu,” Kristiansen added.He emphasised that the Atapu North delay has nothing to do with problems in the construction of the FPSO.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell may use as many as two drilling rigs to carry out an ambitious seven-well wildcatting programme in the Barreirinhas basin in the northern equatorial margin off Brazil.According to an environmental impact study presented to Brazil’s federal regulator Ibama, the campaign is expected to start in early 2019 and last until the end of the first quarter of 2020, with two rigs working simultaneously in the region.The study was submitted by BG Group in late 2015, just a few months before its takeover by Shell was concluded, so it is understood that some changes could still be made to the proposed timeline.The document suggests that Shell will spud three wells in Block BM-BAR-344 and one well in Block BM-BAR-342 with one rig, likely a state-of-the-art drillship, to be chartered for a firm period of 440 days.The other wells are to be drilled one each in blocks BAR-M-388, BAR-M-340 and BAR-M-252 by a second rig under a contract ranging from 220 to 330 days.Each well is expected to take about 90 days to drill.The study shows that the company will give preference to dynamically-positioned drillships of sixth and seventh generations for the job.The seven prospects, which have yet to be named, are located in water depths of between 1650 and 2400 metres.Shell — headed by chief execurtive Benvan Beurden — operates 10 blocks in the Barreirinhas basin, holding 100% stakes at two permits.It partners Petrobras and Galp Energia in four blocks, and Mitsui and PTTEP in four other blocks.The campaign was originally eyed to begin in 2017, but Shell recently obtained a 15-month extension to carry out its exploration work in the area.
[/collapse]
为了加速国内油气资源的生产，印度已经推出一种新的收入分成合同（RSC）合作模式，拿出67个小油气田来寻求合作。该合同模式解决了现存的产品分成合同中存在的40个悬而不决的问题。这些小油气田是由ONGC和Oil India Ltd发现的，可以归为46个油气田群，开发是可以利用周围附近的现有的基础设施，使得成本更低。（rigzone，3月22日）
BankersPetroleum公司已经与1958082 Alberta Ltd和Charter Power Investment Limited签署最终协议，以每股2.2加元出售该公司全部股份，总价为5.75亿加元。3月18日，Bankers Petroleum股价在多伦多收报1.11加元。1958082 Alberta Ltd和Charter Power Investment Limited为洲际全资子公司。Bankers Petroleum是一家专门从事阿尔巴尼亚和东欧的油气勘探开发公司。该公司在阿尔巴尼亚运营并全部拥有patos-Marinza重油油田，还拥有Kucova油田100%权益、F勘探区块100%权益以及匈牙利Pannonian盆地Puspokladany区块85%权益。（Banker Petroleum、1Derrick，3月21日）
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Seadrill and Anglo-Dutch supermajor agree charter contract for workover campaign at Parque das Conchas
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell has agreed a deal to charter the Seadrill cylindrical semi-submersible drilling rig Sevan Driller for use off Brazil, just months after its long-term contract with Petrobras was abruptly suspended.One well-informed source told Upstream that Shell will take the Sevan Driller for up to four months to carry out a workover programme at the Parque das Conchas heavy oil complex in the Campos basin.The charter agreement calls for a firm period of 60 days, renewable for two additional periods of 30 days each, in which Shell will use the semisub to repair up to six subsea boosting modules (Mobos) in Parque das Conchas to try to increase the oil productivity per well.Shell invited drilling contractors last year to submit bids for the Parque das Conchas job, requesting a rig to be available in July 2016.However, it appears that the Parque das Conchas campaign will begin a few months earlier, likely in May, after it was disclosed that Petrobras suspended last December the charter of the Sevan Driller as part of its efforts to reduce costs in response to the extremely challenging oil market.“It looks like Shell took the opportunity of the Sevan Driller being available and ready stacked to sign a charter and bring forward the programme by a couple of months,” said one source.Both Shell and Seadrill have been tight-lipped about the contract, with financial terms kept under wraps.However, Shell confirmed to Upstream it is set to use the Sevan Driller.Before its contract was suspended, the Sevan Driller was chartered to Petrobras for a six-year period, running to June 2016, for a dayrate of $411,000.It is understood that Shell will use the rig to carry out maintenance at Mobo systems in some of the four fields that comprise phases one and two at the Parque das Conchas complex, including Ostra, Abalone, Argonauta B-West and Argonauta O-North.Each Mobo system is responsible for boosting oil production and separating oil and natural gas, so that only oil passes through the electrical submersible pump located in the seabed.Meanwhile, Shell this week began production from the third phase of the Parque das Conchas deep-water development.The latest phase of the project is expected to add up to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at peak production from the Massa and Argonauta O-South fields.Phase three comprises five oil producing wells and two water injection wells linked to the turret-moored Espirito Santo floating production, storage and offloading vessel, lying in 1780 metres of water.Parque das Conchas is currently producing close to 50,000 bpd from all three phases, with the majority of the oil still coming from the Argonauta O-North field.Shell operates Parque das Conchas with a 50% stake and is partnered by India’s ONGC Videsh on 27% and Qatar Petroleum International on 23%.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=葡语原文请点击]
Após a tentativa da última sexta-feira, os sócios da Sete Brasil - empresa criada para construir sondas de perfuração de petróleo para a Petrobras - tentarão, mais uma vez, no próximo dia 28, aprovar a recuperação judicial da empresa. Em assembleia geral na última sexta-feira, no Rio, os fundos de pensão Petros e Previ rejeitaram a proposta de pedir a recuperação feita por outros credores, como bancos privados. A alternativa judicial voltou à mesa após a direção da Sete rejeitar as condições propostas pela Petrobras para a contratação das sondas.Em nota, a Sete Brasil informou que os sócios presentes na assembleia agendaram um novo encontro no dia 28. Até lá, dará "prosseguimento nas tratativas com a Petrobras, na tentativa de estabelecer condições comerciais que viabilizem o plano de reestruturação da empresa".Fontes próximas às negociações, entretanto, avaliam que há impasse nas negociações com a petroleira - sócia e cliente da Sete Brasil, com uma encomenda original de 28 sondas. Em fevereiro, a Petrobras sugeriu reduzir o contrato a dez sondas, além de rever o valor do aluguel diário e o tempo do contrato, o que restringiria a viabilidade econômica da Sete Brasil.A proposta não agradou, e a diretoria da Sete Brasil sequer participa das negociações atuais - apenas os bancos credores tocam as iniciativas, mas sem esperanças de um acordo. A expectativa é que a petroleira postergue a decisão para não assumir o ônus político do calote de R$ 14 bilhões da empresa criada em 2010 para atender à demanda de sondas de perfuração da estatal.Em janeiro, o pedido de recuperação judicial havia sido rejeitado pela Petros, fundo de pensão dos funcionários da Petrobras. Agora, na última sexta-feira, a Previ, fundo de pensão dos trabalhadores do Banco do Brasil, rejeitou a proposta A Sete deve cerca de US$ 1,2 bilhão ao banco. Apenas a Funcef, fundo de pensão da Caixa, foi favorável ao plano.Segundo fontes, o próprio BB teria assumido as negociações com a Petrobras, comandada por Aldemir Bendine, ex-presidente do banco, e Ivan Monteiro, ex-diretor financeiro. O entendimento é que as negociações podem provocar a "morte por inanição" da Sete Brasil.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Brazilian prosecutors late on Saturday accused executives from construction conglomerate Odebrecht and state-run oil company Petrobras of misconduct and demanded they pay 7.3 billion reais ($2 billion) in damages.Prosecutors accused Odebrecht of paying bribes to win multi-billion dollar contracts with Petrobras as part of a massive corruption scheme that implicated dozens of politicians and top executives, Reuters reported.Odebrecht is currently under investigation for its involvement in the graft and influence-peddling scandal at Petrobras known as "Operation Car Wash." Family member Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht, who ran the company since 2008 until recent months, was sentenced on Tuesday to about 19 years in prison in connection with the scandal.In a written statement, the prosecutors of the task force investigating the scheme said they have evidence that Odebrecht paid bribes to win contracts at the oil refineries Getulio Vargas and Abreu e Lima as well in a Rio de Janeiro petrochemical plant and the Gasduc gas pipeline.Odebrecht's press office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters.The scandal has undercut Odebrecht's access to financing, and the group - which has more than a dozen business units - is currently seeking to ease a swelling debt burden.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=葡语原文请点击]
Brasília - A Câmara dos Deputados instalou ontem (16) a comissão especial responsável por analisar o projeto de lei do senador José Serra (PSDB-SP) que propõe retirar a obrigatoriedade da Petrobras ser operadora na exploração dos campos de petróleo do pré-sal.O texto, que foi aprovado pelo Senado em 24 de fevereiro, propõe que a estatal possa escolher abrir mão dos 30% de participação nos consórcios de exploração do pré-sal que está obrigada a assumir conforme a lei atual.Saiba Mais Senado aprova projeto que elimina obrigação da Petrobras de explorar o pré-sal A comissão da Câmara será presidida pelo deputado Lelo Coimbra (PMDB-ES), que elogiou o projeto e já havia apresentado, em março de 2015, outra proposta, com o objetivo de alterar das regras do pré-sal. Este projeto de lei, e mais dois outros que tramitavam na Câmara, foram apensados ao texto enviado pelo Senado, para análise.O deputado José Carlos Aleluia (DEM-BA) foi eleito relator da comissão especial. A mesa é composta ainda pelo primeiro vice-presidente Max Filho (PSDB-ES), o segundo, Carlos Zarattini (PT-SP), e o terceiro Jose Stédile (PSB-RS). O projeto terá tramitação prioritária e a próxima reunião foi marcada para terça-feira (22).A proposta que começa agora a ser analisada pelos deputados é um substitutivo ao projeto original apresentado por Serra, que propunha a retirada total da prioridade da Petrobras na exploração do pré-sal.Pelo texto que foi aprovado no Senado, fica a cargo do Conselho Nacional de Política Energética, oferecer à Petrobras a exploração mínima de 30% em cada campo e a empresa se manifestará se aceita ou não a responsabilidade."Os projetos que foram apresentados aqui estão impregnados de ideologia", disse o deputado Glauber Braga (PSOL-RJ), um dos integrantes da comissão. "Espero que haja discussão de verdade."
[/collapse]
据报道称，受低油价和高负债率的影响，巴油未来五年的投资将被削减至800亿美元，即平均每年的投资额仅为160亿美元。此外，可以预见在新的未来五年发展规划中巴油还将对盐下层油田的开发计划进行相应调整。据巴油的合作伙伴Galp石油公司透露，可以确定Sépia, Lula Oeste 和 Atapu Norte盐下层油田的开发计划都将被推迟。
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Brazilian state-run player Petrobras is reportedly planning to cut 15% of its staff “through a voluntary programme”.Petrobras is expected to lay off up to 12,000 workers with the new programme, according to reports from local newspaper Estado de S Paulo.The company is due to make the announcement and inform its staff by mid-year along with its business plan for 2016-2020, reports said, citing unnamed sources.No details were given on how the “voluntary programme” would be implemented, or how or why Petrobras staff would take part in it.Petrobras was not immediately available to comment on the report.Earlier this month, it was reported that the company is also cutting its five-year investment plan by about a fifth next month due to the challenges of low oil prices, its debt load and its ability to fund offshore projects.Reports said Petrobras’ capital spending programme will fall to about $80 billion in the 2016-20 period, an average of about $16 billion a year.In recent years, Petrobras has been caught in the middle of the country’s massive anti-corruption investigation, which has so far seen dozens of industry contractors, executives, politicians and political parties arrested, including Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Brazilian giant Petrobras has halted production at its P-48 floating production, storage and offloading vessel after a fire that was put out earlier on Thursday.Petrobras confirmed in a statement that the fire reported by the Sindipetro-NF workers union had been extinguished. The fire, which started in Module 4 of the facility, began at about 1 pm local time.There were no injuries reported.The FPSO is located in the in the Barracuda-Caratinga field in the Campos basin.Petrobras said later on Thursday that production had been fully shut in. There was no immediate timeline for it ro restart.The union said it would participate in an investigation of the incident.
[/collapse]
Parque das Conchas进入第三开发阶段
据悉，壳牌石油公司位于巴西的Parque das Conchas项目目前已进入了第三开发阶段。第三阶段的开发包括五口生产井和两口注水井，由Espirito Santo FPSO进行作业，该FPSO可日产10万桶原油和5000万立方英尺天然气。壳牌公司表示Parque das Conchas项目第三阶段的开发产能约为20,000boed，低于公司此前预计的28,000 boed。
Parques das Conchas位于Campos盆地，距离海岸150公里，水深1780米，壳牌作为作业者持有其50%的股权，QPI公司和ONGC公司则分别持有其23%和27%的股权。
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell has started oil production at the third and final phase of the Parque das Conchas development off Brazil.The latest phase at the BC-10 deep-water development in the Campos basin is set to add up to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to production from a number of fields at the development.This is below the peak production of 28,000 boepd that Shell had earmarked to come from the third phase.The latest phase sees output from the Massa and Argonauta O-South fields delivered to the Espirito Santo floating production, storage and offloading unit. The floater has capacity of 100,000 barrels per day of oil and 50 million cubic feet per day of gas.Phase three comprises five producing wells and two water injectors.Parque das Conchas sits in 1780 metres of water and is operated by Shell on 50%. In early 2014 the supermajor sold a 23% stake to Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) for $1 billion.India's Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) holds the remaining 27% in the project that is situated around 150 kilometres from shore.
[/collapse]
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Oil price blamed for delay as independent reduces output estimate and defers decision to drill third well until market improvesBRAZILIAN independent Queiroz Galvao Exploration & Production (QGEP) has postponed the start of the early production system planned for its Atlanta field by several months.The company has also reduced its average daily output estimate as it battles the effects of the oil price slump.QGEP originally planned to begin production at Atlanta in the third quarter of 2016 with the Petrojarl 1 floating production, storage and offloading vessel, which has been undergoing conversion at the Schiedam yard in the Netherlands.However, QGEP chief executive Lincoln Guardado said in a conference call last week that first oil is now expected in the fourth quarter due to delays in the adaptation of the floater’s processing plant.“We have faced significant challenges to implement the early production system at Atlanta, and the current Brent price poses another challenge for its development,” said Guardado.QGEP now predicts Atlanta will flow at rates of 20,000 barrels per day of oil from two wells, versus an initial projection of 25,000 bpd.QGEP may still opt to drill a third development well to produce from Atlanta, but Guardado said that will depend on market conditions.“If we drill a third well, then production will rise to about 30,000 bpd. We estimate the cost of drilling a third well at approximately $50 million, but we will only make a decision to drill if Brent prices recover,” said Guardado.“It’s hard to give an exact figure, but in order for us to drill a third well, Brent prices need to be at a level that would result in an economic return of our investment in a period of up to a year.”Guardado added that at some point in the second half of 2017, when the early production system is fully operational, QGEP will decide on the drilling programme.Operational costs at Atlanta are estimated at $480,000 per day, not including the payment of oil royalties, but QGEP is in negotiations with its suppliers about a reduction.QGEP previously warned that it needed oil to stay above $60 per barrel for the Atlanta field to turn a profit, as heavy crude from the Santos basin development will be sold for a discount of between $18 and $20 to Brent prices.“We expect to start generating enough cash flow to match our opex sometime in 2017, when the market expects Brent prices to recover from its current levels,” Guardado said, confirming that commercial output from Atlanta is eyed for late 2019.QGEP also disclosed that partner OGPar, which is under financial pressure, recently missed a cash call worth about 9 million reais ($2.45 million) to cover expenses at Atlanta. The payment was equally split by QGEP and Barra Energia.“We are currently discussing alternatives with OGPar to solve that matter and future investments in Atlanta,” said QGEP chief financial officer Paula Costa Corte-Real.QGEP operates Atlanta with a 30% stake. Barra Energia holds another 30% and OGPar owns the remaining 40%.QGEP also reported a net loss of 159 million reais in the fourth quarter of 2015, versus a net profit of 66 million reais in the same period a year ago. Net revenues increased 8.1% to 134 million reais.The company plans to invest $82 million this year and another $80 million in 2017.
[/collapse]
石油圈
