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Total Will Hire Ensco Platforms for Drilling at the Mouth of the Amazon River

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 06/03/2018 at 09:50
Total vai contratar plataformas da Ensco para perfurar na Foz do Amazonas
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After Announcing Its Drilling Schedule, Total Will Mobilize Offshore Units Still in 2018 to Begin Hiring and Drilling in the Following Months

Total Submitted to Ibama an Update on the Drilling Project Schedule for Nine Wells in the Area of the Five Exploratory Blocks It Acquired in the Foz do Amazonas Basin in ANP’s 11th Round, Held in 2013. The Company Plans to Start Mobilizing the DS-9 Rig, from Ensco, in the Third Quarter of This Year to Begin Drilling the First Well in the First Quarter of 2019.

The Oil Company’s Plan Foresees Two Wells in 2019, Three in 2020, and Another Four in 2021. There Is a Possibility of Using Two Rigs in the Campaign, but It Is Extremely Remote, Warns the Company. “The Company Informs That the Possibility of Using a Second Rig for Simultaneous Drilling Activity Is Extremely Remote and Only Envisions It Could Occur at the End of the Exploratory Campaign. Still, Both the Impact Assessment and the Risk Analysis Presented Already Consider, When Relevant, the Scenario of Two Rigs Operating Simultaneously,” Says the Company in the Document Submitted to Ibama.

The Planning Was Presented by the Oil Company Along with a Series of Documents After a Meeting Held at the Environmental Agency in January for the Presentation of the Monitoring Program for the Foz do Amazonas. The Project Was One of the Items Rejected by Ibama in August Last Year When the Environmental License for the Campaign Was Not Issued.

If Ibama Does Not Approve the Drilling of Wells in the Region, the Natural Path Is for Total to Return the Blocks’ Concession to ANP. Total Operates Five Blocks in the Foz do Amazonas and Plans to Drill Nine Wells in the Basin. In Total, the Oil Companies That Acquired Blocks in the Foz do Amazonas in ANP’s 11th Round, Held in 2013, Anticipate Drilling 12 Wells in the Region. Besides Total, BP and QGEP Are Licensing Projects in the Area. Authored Text from E&P Brasil

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Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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