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Volume 8 - 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.617011 submesoscale vortices generated by the North Brazil Current (NBC) off the Barreirinhas Bight (Brazil These double-stacked anticyclones with incredibly high Rossby Number [O(10)] occur independently at different depths (high Burger number) Anticyclones with Rossby number greater than unity are unstable according to inviscid linear theory and hence these submesoscale features are not easily observable at mid latitudes allowing characterization by oceanographic surveys Our analyses suggest this increased stability is due to the joint effect of strong winds Heretofore hypothesized via analytical studies and seen in numerical models our study confirms this stabilization process in observations and is also a starting point for the description of the submesoscale dynamics in the NBC domain The black line is the Brazilian Navy's Oceano Norte I (ON1) cruise route The white/yellow circle represents the PETROBRAS current meter mooring location The white/red circles depict the CTD sampling stations The green dashed lines represent the two vertical transects analyzed in this work (C) Vertical extent diagram of NBC formation The arrow thickness is proportional to the volume transport the Coriolis parameter in our study region is one order of magnitude smaller than in the Gulf of Guinea which may hinder the comparisons between the dynamics in the two regions Usually, high-Ro [O(1)] anticyclones are quite difficult to sample because of the mismatch between the timescale of classical hydrographic surveys and the short life cycle of the eddies, constrained by the inertial instability; only a few studies describe them using observational data (e.g., D'Asaro, 1988; Chavanne et al., 2010; Bosse et al., 2016) no information regarding the submesoscale variability has been reported for the NBC domain or for any western-boundary current in the equatorial region we gather all the available in situ data to first describe the Barreirinhas eddies and to investigate whether and how frequently anticyclones are formed in this region; we also employ a global ocean model reanalysis to place our analyses in context spatially and temporally as well as to address its zeroth-order dynamics ON1 transect A (A) and B (B) along-slope velocity section The ADCP temperature sensor data is shown in the upper panels (A,B) The vertical straight line in panel B shows the location of the CTD cast used to estimate the Richardson number (C) and stratification (D) The velocity field (vector plots) and its mapped stream function (contours obtained by Vectorial Objective Analysis) of the ADCP data from the ON1 cruise at 50 m (E) 100 m (F) and 150 m (G) All plots are set to the same vector scale Red arrows mark the flow related to the eddies Each transect takes about half a day and hence they are quasi-synoptic We employ smoothed shear and density profiles (from the ADCP profile and CTD cast in the center of the 2 eddy cores) to compute Ri The coarse-resolution Ri profile show some peaks of O(10) but the average for both layers (TW and SACW) is O(1) which might suggest that in this scenario the vortical structures are confined to the Barreirinhas Bight From the CTD data, we find that the pycnoclinic eddy has a warmer center (~20 °C), ~2 °C warmer than its edges (~18 °C). In contrast, the ADCP surface temperature sensor (Figures 2A,B) indicates that the center of the near-surface eddy is more than 0.5 °C colder than its edges the eddies' T-S vertical structure also depend on other factors and these anticyclones could be trapping coastal waters from the formation region that are slightly colder than the adjacent ocean no upwelling processes has been described in this region so far and this calls for investigation beyond the scope of this study the nonlinear acceleration term in the momentum balance is relatively more important for Barreirinhas Eddies because of the proximity to the equator and high Rossby Number despite having a similar aspect ratio and azimuthal velocity magnitude their high Ro near-equator dynamics are very different from low Ro mid-latitude mesoscale eddies In order to estimate the Burger number (Bu), defined as the squared ratio between the first Rossby deformation radius and the length scale of the eddies, we obtain the equatorial deformation radii from the CTD-derived density profile (Philander et al., 1989) the Bu varies from 10 (pycnoclinic eddy) to 30 (near-surface eddy) BAR1 was moored at the 1,850 m isobath, capturing the inshore lobe of the Barreirinhas Eddies, where the zonal flow reverses. Moreover, though six years apart, the BAR1 location falls on the ON1 transect A. Figure 3A displays the mean along-slope velocity profile which presents maximum velocities of ~0.35 m s−1 at the surface The current is clearly surface-intensified and extends down to 1,000 m (A) BAR1 along-slope velocity mean profile (B) BAR1 EOF analysis for the along-slope velocity (C) BAR1 velocity stick plot rotated by 90° (D) HR19.1 along-slope velocity mean profile (E) HR19.1 EOF analysis for the along-slope velocity (F) HR19.1 velocity stick plot rotated by 90°; y-axis represents along-slope velocity component The percentages in the legend represent the total variance contained for each EOF HR19.1 velocities are interpolated at the current meter depths The analysis of the eddy events (Supplementary Text S2) suggests that zonal-flow reversals within the Barreirinhas Bight occur weekly from April to late August. The stronger Barreirinhas Eddies events occur in May; also, this month shows more events in both the TW and the SACW. We can also verify that the events are more sparse both at the onset and end of the eddy season (Figure 3C, Supplementary Figure 2) pycnoclinic Barreirinhas Eddies are present continuously (or recurrently formed) in May–June The near-surface eddy formation in July seems less frequent with practically no event in the BAR1 time series We compute EOFs (see Figure 3B) to identify the vertical variability patterns (Preisendorfer and Mobley, 1988; Emery and Thomson, 2001) and their relation to the zonal-flow reversals indicating that this vertical pattern governs both the zonal-flow reversals throughout the TW and SACW layers The second mode contains only 8% of the series variance but it has maximum (absolute) values in the pycnocline presenting non-null amplitudes solely during the eddy season The second mode's amplitude within the TW presents an opposite sign to SACW it is the second mode that sets the variability of the core intensity and vertical extent of the vortical structures in the two different layers Previous laboratory experiments investigating flow past capes show that at large Bu—i.e., for highly stratified fluids—eddies tend to be shed and propagate downstream of the cape (Boyer and Tao, 1987) This eddy-shedding does not happen for very small Ro Though our observational Bu and Ro are distinct from the experimental range any experiment with Ro> 0.04 is classified in this study as belonging to the “anticyclonic eddy shedding regime.” Thus the short-term variability observed in the mooring data is expected to occur due to recurrent eddy-shedding and propagation within the Barreirinhas Bight The data analyses show energetic anticyclonic Barreirinhas Eddies but only the very basics of their dynamics and time variability Since the observations are sparse and severely limited in temporal and spatial coverage we use a numerical simulation hereafter to explain the occurrence of the eddy season as well as the high-frequency variability depicted during the eddy season The analysis of the in situ data suggests a seasonal modulation in the eddy occurrence within Barreirinhas bight and we here investigate how the NBC annual cycle relates to the generation of the eddies. We calculate the NBC mean volume transport and its annual cycle for the model at a cross-stream transect upstream of the Barreirinhas Bight (east of Cape Acaraú). The transect location is represented in Figure 4A by the straight red line (A) HR19.1 long-term mean volume transport and annual cycle (dashed) for the NBC upstream of the Barreirinhas Bight October (B) and May (C) streamlines and vorticity mean fields for the first 300 m Most of the NBC transport is confined to the upper 300 m (Schott et al., 1993) which coincides with the lower limb of the Barreirinhas Eddies The annual variability in the model shows a good agreement between the period of the eddy season in BAR1 (April–August) and the period of a more intense NBC the jet enters and exits the Barreirinhas Bight following the isobaths closer to the shelf break and without forming the Barreirinhas Eddies and we do not see any relation between the variability we observed for the Barreirinhas Eddies and the variability of the NBC retroflection While the time range of the available in-situ observations is too short to confirm if there is any eddy seasonality this analysis is the first step addressing a mechanistic relation between the annual cycle of the NBC volume transport and the generation of the Barreirinhas eddies The Barreirinhas Eddies are somewhat similar to the coastally trapped eddies occurring in the Gulf of Guinea (Djakouré et al., 2014) reported as propagating cyclones (average radius of 60 km) formed by the current contouring geomorphological features (two bights) The Guinea Eddies also present important and distinct characteristics relative to the Barreirinhas: they are cyclonic features and the O(1) Bu suggests that relative and stretching vorticities compete in the vorticity balance resulting in a coupling between different layers We stress that the distance to the equator bears a crucial difference between the dynamics of the Guinea and Barreirinhas Eddies as the Coriolis parameter in Barreirinhas bight is an order of magnitude smaller than in the Guinea bight the role of capes and changes in continental margin orientation lead to current meandering in an analogous fashion the Barreirinhas Eddies can be formed independently within the TW and the SACW we observe that the TW and SACW eddies occur alone and as double-stacked events we show a double-stacked eddy event from the model The mid panels show three meridional transects crossing the Barreirinhas Bight: one at the west end showing only the near-surface eddy (left panel) one at the east end showing two separated cores (right panel) We see in the mid panels that the near-surface eddy has a cold core (outcropping isopycnals) and the pycnoclinic eddy has a warm core We also see good agreement between the mid left and right panels and the ON1 A and B transects The lower panels show that local Ro (ζ-f) can reach the value of O(10) at the centers of the eddies inertial instabilities should easily develop we find that these eddies usually last for a week in the model (Top) The vertical section for vertical (left) and horizontal (right) components of potential vorticity and density lines (black) at 41.9°W ωh includes the meridional component of Coriolis parameter (Middle) The vertical section for along-slope velocity and density lines (black) at 42.6°W (left) (Bottom) The local Rossby number (ζ/f) and velocity field anomaly for 25 m (left) The green line in the plots represents the 50m isobath While high-Bu anticyclones can be stable if they have |Ro| ≤ 1 (Charney, 1973) the Barreirinhas Eddies do not satisfy this criterion since they have a high negative Ro the Barreirinhas Eddies would be intrinsically unstable Both expressions make the β-plane approximation and are valid for zonal flows near the Equator these anticyclones should not be observable as symmetric perturbations should grow twentyfold during the eddies' life cycle which indicates that friction may have a stabilizing influence In addition, the recent complementary work done by Yim et al. (2019) confirms that the criterion presented by Lazar et al. (2013) is also valid for surface-intensified baroclinic eddies and they propose a general criterion for the stability of high-Ro anticyclones Bu>0.23Ek(Ro+0.3)2|Ro| and the eddy lie in the stable domain we do not expect the wind to stabilize the pycnocline eddy though the lateral friction likely plays a role Pursuing this would require simultaneous high-horizontal-resolution hydrographic and current sections as well as high resolution regional modeling which will be pursued in a future study Recent studies by Buckingham et al. (2021a,b) have investigated the role of the curvature in stabilizing anticyclones In addition to friction due to wind-driven turbulence and topography and strong stratification discussed before the curvature of these intense anticyclones may also have a stabilizing influence rather than the ageostrophic instability of a straight baroclinic current The NBC vortical activity occurs within the Barreirinhas Bight as strongly anticyclonic westward-propagating eddies with seasonal occurrence The eddies are indeed meanders of the NBC and happens in two types: the near-surface eddy (in the TW domain) and the pycnoclinic eddy (in the SACW domain) The near-surface eddy has a vertical extent of 100 m and a cross-shore radius of ~30 km The pycnoclinic eddy has a vertical extent of 150 m and a cross-shore radius of 90 km Both eddies occur mainly from March to August typically as 1-week recurrent events with greater numbers of events in May high Rossby number submesoscale features dominated by strongly anticyclonic relative vorticity The numerical simulation shows that the eddy season is likely related to the annual cycle of the NBC jet leading to a current separation from the continental margin and formation of the Barreirinhas Eddies when the jet is more intense (May) Both data and model eddies are stable energetic anticyclones Unlike the previous descriptions of high-Ro anticyclones the Barreirinhas Eddies last long enough to be observed by traditional oceanographic surveys A simple dynamic analysis of the data and model suggests that the stabilization process may occur due to the stratification (expressed by Bu) Although the latter was not addressed in this study we guess that the lateral friction may play an important role for the stabilization of the pycnocline eddy Since HR19.1 assumes hydrostatic pressure in the vertical we stress that the model may develop inertial instabilities differently from the real ocean the available data is limited in temporal and spatial coverage further investigations are required to explain which and how Barreirinhas Eddies are stabilized This result suggest that the meridional component of Coriolis is not important for the stabilizing process of the eddies The Barreirinhas Eddies also present another distinct characteristic when compared to TIWs, they are non-linear (U/c > 1). Their non-linearity implies that there is trapped fluid within the eddy interior (Chelton et al., 2011) which may have a crucial role for the transport of shelf waters offshore an important mechanism of supplying nutrients (e.g. nitrate) to the oligotrophic offshore regions In contrast to their subpolar submesoscale counterparts the Barreirinhas Eddies are formed by the interaction of the boundary current with topography and not by mixed-layer wintertime frontal dynamics there is a submesoscale character to these eddies in terms of their non-dimensional numbers Submesoscale eddies may contribute to the flux of mass The occurrence of the Barrerinhas Eddies may change the upper-ocean stratification and transport shelf waters to the open ocean on a timescale of days playing an important role in phytoplankton communities and local ecological processes We are just beginning to address the task of describing submesoscale eddies generated by a boundary current in the equatorial region and there are still many issues that have not been explored in the present paper we believe our work could be a starting point for future studies regarding equatorial submesoscale eddies and the submesoscale dynamics in the region of the NBC The 1/12-deg global HYCOM+NCODA Ocean Reanalysis is publicly available at www.hycom.org. The data sets used in this work are available at the National Oceanographic Data Center (Banco Nacional de Dados Oceanográficos), and can be accessed upon request to Y2htLmJuZG9AbWFyaW5oYS5taWwuYnI= The data from the BAR1 mooring are not publicly available due to PETROBRAS proprietary data restrictions but are available upon request to the authors IS provided overall guidance as IS-S thesis advisor AT provided insight into the stability process of the eddies contributed to the interpretation and presentation of the results are part of the PETROBRAS oceanography group responsible for designing All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version The research developed was funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest We thank the Brazilian Navy for the ADCP and hydrographic data from the Oceano 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Don't worry, I also hate spam. it’s more than worth the investment of time (The trip from New York was about 27 hours and consisted of two flights followed by a 3+ hour car ride from there to Barreirinhas and finally a magical 1+ hour midnight ferry ride on the Preguiças (Lazy) River.) Even within Brazil the time to go is right now because this uncut jewel is becoming ever more polished and attractive to visitors Reception at Vila Guará.Photo: Frederic Ronflard / Courtesy of Vila Guará.Atins is a very small town in a state of transition “Se Vende” (For Sale) signs are painted on many homes even when they pay tribute to local materials and traditions stand apart from the rusticity of the place Atin’s tourism—which looks set to become supercharged in the not too distant future—has become its people’s main livelihood Right now there are no paved streets or street signs and when I ran to a small market to buy water one night my escort home was a family of mules The church in Atins.Photo: Courtesy of La Ferme de GeorgesNature is the town’s main draw; people come specifically to kite surf and visit the incredible Lençóis Maranhenses National Park with its lunar-like landscape of quartz-sand dunes among which clear water lagoons form during the rainy season (February-May) There are many ways to experience this unique ecosystem: on foot “It’s regular that people come back from the park crying an expatriate Frenchman who has lived in Atins for nearly two years and was our local savant and wifi (pronounced wee-fee in town) usually doesn’t work well in paradises.” In fact where they bought land and became hoteliers Walking a similar path are a group of French and Brazilian friends who will open a restaurant and inn in June called Lagoa do Vento but nothing compared to Atins: “There is not only a paradise beach there is the park of Lençóis Maranhenses,” Vidal says “and that makes the whole difference among all the other paradise beaches.” A small slice of paradise.Photo: Courtesy of Bar.coMany predict that Atins will become the next Cumbuco or Jijoca de Jericoacoara notes one of Lagoa do Vento’s silent partners,“but it’s still paradise here It’s very virgin and it’s why we came here to find the peace and the good vibes.” Freedom is the word and a feeling that permeates this beautiful isolated place that is almost as far away as the moon—and makes you feel very close to the stars There are nine white-walled chalets on the property (specially designed to be cooled by the wind rather than air conditioning) La Ferme has an organic farm; its bounty is used in the restaurant An open-air room at La Ferme de Georges.Photo: Courtesy of La Ferme de GeorgesVila GuaráBoasting a prime beach-side location Vila Guará has accommodations alongside a fancy restaurant/bar VG is also the base for AKB Atins Kiteboarding Vila Guará Restaurant and Bar,Photo: Eudes Santana / Courtesy of Vila Guará Restaurant and BarLagoa do VentoSoon to open Lagoa do Vento is located about 30 meters from the beach and will offer accommodation with beach views Pizzeria MaresiaThis popular spot close to the beach is owned and run by an expatriate Italian there’s more than pizza on the menu (the carpaccio roast beef comes recommended) the gelato (available in flavors including avocado) is made daily Everything is prepared in-house and served in a tropical garden with tables placed under lighted palm trees that seem to sway in time with the well-chosen playlist Pizzeria Maresia.Photo: Courtesy of Maresia AtinsCéu AbertoOrder the “moqueca,” a traditional North Eastern Brazilian dish at this restaurant owned by a local family Lar Doce MarA traditional beach “barraca” (hut) located in the middle of the kite action Bar.coAlso located beachside is Bar.co Run by an Ibizan who serves a special caipirinha made of passion fruit and some Brazilian pink flowers Bar.co on the beach.Photo: Courtesy of Bar.coCanto do AtinsYou’ll find big Restaurante da SeseDon’t miss the shrimp risotto in pineapple here Restaraunte Estresse ZeroLocated on the beach this place was a favorite among some of the Mareh DJs Sempre AtinsExpatriate Facundo Menossiand local horse lover Oziel The horses are lively and the landscape incomparable Ask your hotel to arrange transfers (car and boat) from the airport to Atins and back again. Portuguese is the langua franca in Atins; Google Translate can smooth your way. The incredibly fine quartzose sand gets incredibly hot. Sandals are fine for the beach but if you’re walking to lunch, more covered up slip-ons, like espadrilles, are a better bet. You can usually stop a passing quad on the street and negotiate a price for a ride. WhatsApp is the preferred form of communication in Atins, and Vidal recommends getting your driver’s handle for future use. There are no cash machines in the town so payment for transportation, and nearly everything else, is in cash. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The sudden and unexpected forced resignations of two top Indian River Medical Center administrators last Wednesday sent shockwaves through the Vero Beach medical community The hospital’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer and Indian River Medical Associates executive director Yoshi Barreirinhas were well-respected and well-liked and were credited by many with having the know-how and determination to turn a hospital with a $5- to $6-million projected 2013 shortfall into a financially profitable institution From hospital board members to hospital district board members to doctors and hospital administrators the question being repeatedly asked was: Why did the hospital’s chief executive officer Susi said he called everyone he could reach on the executive committee and board to discuss the decision before he acted But a number of executive committee and board members say none of them was asked by Susi for input about the terminations “I had nothing to do with the decision,” said hospital board chairman Tom Segura “We value the wisdom and insight of our board greatly but ultimately staffing decisions rest on the shoulders of the CEO,” said hospital spokesman Betsy Whisman Hugh McCrystal and retired health insurance executive Paul Nezi Michael Weiss and Tom Spackmann of the Hospital District which directed over $8 million in local taxpayer dollars to the hospital this year spoke well of the two terminated executives and voiced surprise and disappointment over their forced resignations Virtually everyone associated with the hospital was asking: Why did this happen Nezi asked when the board would see a business plan for the new Cancer Center Nezi’s question implied a concern over how the finances would work Physician Ted Perry said he wanted to see a business plan because the hospital’s last three big undertakings had been money losers and he didn’t want the Cancer Center to lose money responded that the hospital didn’t have to lose money Janicak told the board at that meeting that if hospital staff met productivity levels the financial picture would be about $3 million better The implication was not lost on board members who knew that Chief Operating Officer Cindy Vanek known as Susi’s “right hand,” was responsible for hospital operations and productivity levels When asked to explain the financial losses blaming the combination of ways the hospital gets reimbursed – from private insurance to Medicaid to Medicare – for the shortfall The “payor mix,” caused low reimbursements No one on the board asked why comparable hospitals in Central and South Florida with a similar payor mix managed to be financially successful But the elephant in the room had been acknowledged: The hospital was losing money and “No,” Susi told sister publication Vero Beach 32963 “I agree that the hospital needs higher productivity levels.” he points to the endoscopy lab – which Susi said he and a gastroenterologist were instrumental in launching – as an example of the kind of financial success the hospital has had But members of the board’s finance committee remember Barreirinhanas presenting the financial plan for the endoscopy lab to them last year and lab manager Kim Mayo said: Yoshi “was definitely the person I dealt with to get the lab up and running.” Those close to the resignation say it was forced on Susi by board members who wanted Janicak running operations as well as finances They wanted him to lead the charge to turn around productivity levels and finances in a combined leadership position to improve financial performance patient satisfaction and the quality of patient care But Susi says putting Janicak in the dual roles of COO and CFO was his idea: “I thought the consolidation with Dan in the job would make everything better But the communications were not as good as they should have been and things got worse.” As director of the hospital physician network Barrerinhas was responsible for a number of successes: increasing the number of doctors employed by the hospital from 30 to 63 supervising the installation of the endoscopy lab the turn-around team consisted of the chief medical officer the human resources officer and the VP for finance The team identified three main areas for saving and making money which would account for about $6 million in savings both Susi and Janicak held town hall meetings Janicak went over them at a Hospital District meeting with Susi and board chairman Segura at his side They included improving employee efficiency increasing employee payment of health insurance and altering the way vacation and sick days work the board and the hospital district board agreed that these painful changes had to be implemented because the hospital board and district were deeply concerned over the hospital’s financial situation those present heard chairman Segura tell Janicak that he was doing “a great job.” Susi told Janicak and Barreirinhas that they were no longer employed by the hospital and ordered security guards to walk them to their cars How did they go from doing a great job 16 hours earlier “You’d have to ask the CEO that question,” said Segura “The board chairman was only referring to the presentation and being complimentary to the turn-around team But why get rid of Dan Janicak and turnaround team member Barreirinhas the next day “It was a decision that was best for the organization,” said Susi Sources close to the terminations say Janicak and Barreirinhas had good working relationships with board members and freely exchanged information with them Did Susi consider these conversations a betrayal “When it comes to talking to board members my rule for senior leadership is to be honest and open and truthful with them “I don’t want to get into the nitty-gritty,” said Susi fantastic fundraiser and a warm guy in one-on-one talks,” Susi has come under increasing fire in the past year The criticism appears to center on several complaints: –The lack of focus on hospital operations as opposed to fundraising and capital outlay –The shortfalls and decrease in hospital budgets and operating money –The atmosphere of intimidation and fear at the hospital which silences those who want to improve things expensive buildings and more attention to the operation of the hospital and the quality of patient care,” said Curtis Dalili an internist who is chief of medicine and sits on the Medical Executive Committee Dalili and several of his colleagues – including specialists in general surgery family medicine and emergency room care – wrote a letter to board chairman Segura They said they want to decrease patient wait-times in the ER which Dalili says run “six to seven hours and haven’t changed in 10 years.” Janicak and Barreirihanas were tasked with turning the emergency room around The doctors also want to improve the new computer entry system used by the hospital which Dalili says “loses patients and contributes to long wait times.” And they want to improve patient satisfaction which rates in the bottom 25 percent of hospitals nationally they have asked for upgraded hospital technology so that information exchange can lead to better patient care they said they would like to review all administrative changes that affect patient care we want to do everything we can to maintain our focus on patient safety and quality care during this time of chaos,” said hospital chief of staff and board member Dr Another area of dissatisfaction is a general perception that anyone who questions what Susi does is in danger of being terminated A typical response from over 25 people contacted by Vero Beach 32963 was that of hospital staff cardiologist Seth Baker: “No one wants to raise questions for fear they’ll be the next to go.” with whom Susi spoke right before and after he terminated Janicak and his turn-around team colleague Barreirinhas say Susi told them he was getting rid of the two executives because they were “uncooperative” and “not part of the team.” “They weren’t really uncooperative,” Susi clarified later “But the team in total wasn’t on the same page.” Susi says the hospital is moving forward with an outstanding new CFO soon to be announced “He’ll keep us moving in the right direction without missing a beat,” he said the new CFO will have to do what Janicak and Barreirihanas tried to do before they were marched to the parking lot: Deal with deficits to turn the hospital around “One thing is for sure,” said internist Dalili “We’re all going to end up in the hospital at some point so we’d better fix the problems.” Privacy Policy | Copyright © 2025 32963 Media LLC All rights reserved   |    Contact: [email protected]   |   Vero Beach, Florida, USA | Orlando Web Design by: M5 This function has been disabled for Vero News LONDON – Chariot Oil & Gas has issued updates on studies of its various offshore licenses The company operates four shallow-water blocks in the Barreirinhas basin off Brazil Chariot believes a single vertical well on Prospect 1 could penetrate the TP-1 with combined prospective resources of 911 MMbbl As for the Mohammedia and Kenitra licenses offshore Morocco geochemical analysis indicates a hydrocarbon charge from Cretaceous or younger source rock In addition, good-quality upper Jurassic sandstone reservoirs and effective seal identified in the Rabat Deep 1 well have de-risked various clastic prospects and leads. Chariot has identified two priority targets, with potential reserves in the MOH-B prospect estimated at 637 MMbbl, and at KEN-A, 445 MMbbl. The sale is expected to be completed within this year. PTTEP is a subsidiary of Thailand’s state-owned oil and petroleum giant PTT Plc. When completed, the sale of PTTEP BL marks the end of PTTEP’s operations in Brazil, which is part of the company’s rationalisation of its investment portfolio to comply with its strategies. PTTEP BL owns 25 per cent of the offshore Barreirinhas AP1 crude oil exploration and production project and a 20 per cent interest in the BM-ES-23 project, both in Brazil. U-Tapao Airport and Eastern Aviation City project to sign on June 18 US puts sanctions on Myanmar warlord and militia linked to cyber scams 10 mild quakes recorded in Myanmar, northern and northeastern Thailand on Tuesday BMA clears THB 37 billion Green Line debt; Remaining amount pending legal decisions Thai businesses shift to liquidity-preservation mode amid economic uncertainty and cash crunch If you are a regular to the Barreirinha area of Funchal then I’m sure you may have come across Jackson My friend Sally Warr who visits the island regular always made a point of going to see Jackson and the photos below are from over the years she has seen this beautiful cat Below a message on the Bar Barreirinha Facebook Page because he belonged to everyone and he belonged to no one) he suffered a great fall and could not resist his injuries SO sad to hear Also looked out for Jackson Looking forward to seeing him later this week sadly not now So sorry Sally Warr for the Loss of your Fur Friend but you loom and sound like a truly adorable pussy cat I’m so sorry … we met Jackson in March mmmm 6 comments (now 7)about a dead cat and only 5 in total about 3 Covid deaths on the island…?? Some people prefer cats to people and when you see the way some humans behave it is understandable I received a phone call from my neighbour in the UK to ask if our local surgery had been in touch as he had an appointment for a Covid vaccination this Saturday I said no as I had arrived in Madeira on Monday If I had been offered an appointment would I have cancelled or delayed my holiday particularly the aged have lived with the same grim news too long people haven’t been commenting on the Virus figures for some time will be entertained by the Akoustic Junkies who return to the stage after around two months off It will be an opportunity to present new songs in their covers repertoire The concert will start at 8:30 pm and will feature songs from artists such as Franz Ferdinand among other new features that will be presented for the first time on this day From Diário Notícias