Teekay Offshore Partners has entered into settlement agreement with Petrobras, ending disputes relating to previously-terminated charter contracts of the HiLoad DP and floating accomodation unit. Petrobras has agreed to pay a total amount of $96m to Teekay Offshore, with $55m payable...
https://splash247.com/teekay-offshore-and-petrobras-settle-dispute-over-terminated-contracts/
By Sabrina Valle and Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — In a single year, Exxon Mobil Corp. has gone from being a tiny bit player in Brazil to the second-largest holder of oil exploration acreage, trailing only state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA. The last 24 concessions the U.S. giant bought with its...
Brazilian coffee exporters shipped 2.73 million 60-kg bags of coffee abroad in September, 27 percent more than a year earlier, but a lack of container space in ships prevented larger volumes as the country sells a record crop.
Coffee exporters association Cecafé said on Wednesday that some exporters had to delay loading of coffee at ports because they could not find cargo space in container ships. Cecafé said it had asked Brazil’s government for help to solve the problem.
Cecafé estimates...
http://container-news.com/lack-space-contains-exports-brazilian-coffee/
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Petrobras to provide a subsea production system for the Mero 1 project at the Mero field development in Brazil’s pre-salt area. The subsea production system will consist of 12 vertical subsea trees, four subsea distribution units, and three topside...
https://splash247.com/aker-solutions-wins-petrobras-subsea-contract/
Using augmented reality to train workers may seem like a science fiction, but for employees at APM Terminals Brazil, it’s a reality.
For Global Safety Day this year, employees and contractors took part in an experiment to see if the new and developing technology could be used to teach safety measures across the operation in a campaign titled “Stronger & Safer Together”.
The HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) team at APM Terminals Brazil developed an augmented reality (AR) app for employees,...
http://container-news.com/augmented-reality-apm-terminals-brazil/
Brazilian energy major Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian oil major Equinor to evaluate a joint business development in the offshore wind energy industry in Brazil.
Within the scope of the strategic partnership between the two companies, Petrobras and Equinor have been researching other potential areas for cooperation, including the development of renewable energy initiatives.
Joint studies with Equinor are part of...
https://safety4sea.com/petrobras-equinor-assess-offshore-wind-in-brazil/
Offshore driller Transocean has been awarded a 790-day contract extension by Brazil’s Petrobras for 2009-built ultra-deepwater drillship . The drillship will continue operating offshore Brazil with Petrobras until October 2021. The extension is valued at around $185m, and Transocean will receive an...
https://splash247.com/transocean-drillship-extended-by-petrobras/
Petrobras agreed with US and Brazilian authorities to pay $853.2 million in penalties to resolve the US government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with Petrobras’s role in facilitating payments to politicians and political parties in Brazil, as well as a related Brazilian investigation.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, noted that members of Petrobras’s Executive Board and Board...
https://safety4sea.com/us-fines-petrobras-853m-for-corrupt-payments/
Brazilian energy major Petrobras has agreed to pay a combined total of $853.2m in penalties to resolve the US government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with Petrobras’s role in facilitating payments to politicians and political parties in...
https://splash247.com/petrobras-fined-853m-by-us-authorities/
Russian gas producer Novatek announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Novatek Gas and Power Asia Pte. Ltd., has shipped its first LNG cargo to the Brazilian market with LNG produced from the Yamal LNG project. The cargo was delivered to the Bahia Regasification Terminal owned by Petrobras.
Our LNG marketing strategy aims to diversify our supply geography and customer base. This shipment represents our first LNG cargo produced by our own production to the Latin American market, and confirms...
https://safety4sea.com/first-cargo-from-yamal-lng-shipped-to-brazil/