Michael Economides, 64, a University of Houston (UH) energy expert, died of a heart attack on Saturday. Economides was the founding director and chief scientist of the Global Petroleum Research Institute at Texas A&M University before becoming a chemical engineering professor at UH. As a consultant, Economides worked for Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch Shell plc and Petroleos Brasilerio (Petrobras), as well as in Russia and China. He published more than 300 journal articles and more than a dozen books, including The Color of Oil, which he co-authored. He also founded and was editor-in-chief of Energy Tribune, an online publication. In 1969, Economides, then 19, moved to the United States from Cyprus as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Kansas. He became a U.S. citizen in 1982 and went on to receive a doctorate from Stanford University in 1984. He is survived by his wife Christine Ehlig-Economides, also a petroleum engineering expert, and two sons.
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Petrobras FPSO Ramps Up in Gulf of Mexico
Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio SA, better known as Petrobras, has ramped up production from a well connected to the first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel platform in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Petrobras Gains Approval for First FPSO in Deepwater Gulf
Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras) was given a thumb’s up by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) last week to develop the first floating production storage offloading (FPSO) facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The FPSO, to be located in the Cascade-Chinook area in the Walker Ridge area of the Lower Tertiary trend, would be built about 165 miles offshore Louisiana in 8,200 feet of water.
Petrobras Gains Approval for FPSO in Deepwater Gulf
Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras) Tuesday was given a thumb’s up by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) to develop the first floating production storage offloading (FPSO) facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The FPSO, to be located in the Cascade-Chinook area in the Walker Ridge area of the Lower Tertiary trend, would be built about 165 miles offshore Louisiana in 8,200 feet of water.
Petrobras Gains Tentative Approval on First GOM FPSO
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) last week granted preliminary approval to Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras), Brazil’s state-owned oil company, to build the first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Petrobras Tentatively Approved to Build First U.S. FPSO
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has granted preliminary approval to Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras), Brazil’s state-owned oil company, to build the first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in the Gulf of Mexico, a company executive said this week.
Brazil’s Petrobras Force to Be Reckoned with in GOM
Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras), Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, has become a force to be reckoned with in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Over the past two years, the producer has quickly become a major foreign investor in the U.S. offshore, outbidding its rivals to obtain key tracts auctioned by the Minerals Management Services (MMS) in the western GOM.
Brazil’s Petrobras Force to Be Reckoned with in GOM
Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras), Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, has become a force to be reckoned with in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Over the past two years, the producer has quickly become a major foreign investor in the U.S. offshore, outbidding its rivals to obtain key tracts auctioned by the Minerals Management Services (MMS) in the western GOM.
Pemex, Petrobras Said to Consider Alliance for Deepwater Gulf Exploration
Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras) are said to be close to forming a strategic alliance to share information and technology for deepwater Gulf of Mexico exploration, Mexico’s Reforma said Friday. Under the first phase of the alliance, Petrobras would give Pemex new technology for its fledgling deepwater Gulf of Mexico exploration while Pemex would provide information about its reserves and deposits.
