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Petrobras reports that it has started up oil and natural gas production at platform P-68 in the Berbigão field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Following P-67, in the Lula field, and P-76 and P-77, in the Buzios field, P-68 is the fourth unit to start up in 2019, in line with the Petrobras Business and Management Plan...
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Petrobras announces production start-up of P-68
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Shell and partners add pre-salt production in Brazil
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KCA Deutag secures $460 million of land drilling contracts in the Middle East, Africa and Europe
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Contractors/operators look to services integration for next efficiency step-change
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Maersk Drilling awarded two-well contract for Mærsk Developer offshore Trinidad
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The Offshore Frontier
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Petrobras announces production start-up of P-68
Petrobras reports that it has started up oil and natural gas production at platform P-68 in the Berbigão field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Following P-67, in the Lula field, and P-76 and P-77, in the Buzios field, P-68 is the fourth unit to start up in 2019, in line with the Petrobras Business and Management Plan...
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