Italian oil and gas company Eni has drilled the Agogo-3, the second appraisal well of Agogo discovery in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, increasing by about 40% the estimate of oil in place, which is now of 1 billion barrels with further upside to be tested in the Northern sector of the field. Eni said on... Continue Reading →
Shell moving ahead in Mexico deepwater, with production to wait for a new government
Shell is pushing ahead on its massive deep-water drilling plan in Mexico, even as it doesn’t foresee production starting under the current government. The global oil major plans to drill four wells this year, and a similar amount next year, said Alberto de La Fuente, Shell’s Mexico country chief. It’s part of a drilling campaign... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to invest US $ 9 billion in exploration and production in 2020
Feb 21, 2020 Petrobras plans to invest US $ 9 billion in exploration and production in 2020, said the company's production and technology development director, Rudimar Lorenzatto. According to him, of this total, half will be allocated to new projects, including Sépia, Mero, Búzios 5 and Atapu. Petrobras, as a whole, plans to invest US... Continue Reading →
Aker Energy to award Pecan FPSO deal to Yinson
Aker Energy has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yinson to award a bareboat charter and an operations and maintenance contract for a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at the Pecan field, offshore Ghana. The LOI follows a competitive tender and demonstrates Aker Energy’s intention to award the forthcoming bareboat charter and... Continue Reading →
Deepwater Drillship Rates Rising
In another sign of improving deepwater market conditions, drillship day rates are on-the-rise from Canada to China, judging by a new report by numbers crunchers, Rystad Energy. Although not the only deepwater floaters, drillships are still on order at Asian shipyards, just as drillship day rates approach the $300,000 mark. Continue reading
Brazil Breaks Oil Output Record in January
Oil companies produced 3.17 million barrels per day (bpd) on average in Brazil in January, a volume 20.4% larger than seen in the same month a year earlier and an output record for the country, oil regulator ANP said on Wednesday. Natural gas production increased 22% over January 2019 to 138.7 million cubic meters per... Continue Reading →
Total licenses five wells in the Campos Basin
Feb 19, 2020 Total started last Tuesday (18) the environmental licensing in Ibama of five wells, two exploratory and three for evaluation, in the area of exploratory block C-M-541, in the Campos Basin pre-salt. The company signed the concession contract for the area, where it has a partnership with Petronas and QPI, last Friday with... Continue Reading →
Galp foresees ten new wells in Lula
February 19, 2019 According to an executive of the JV with Petrobras, goal is to increase the recovery factor of the largest field in the country Petrobras should drill at least ten new wells in the Lula field, in the Santos Basin, said Galp's Upstream Operations director, Thore E. Kristiansen, during a conference with analysts... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will make new campaigns in Espírito Santo
FEB 18, 2020 Drilling and seabed mapping activities aim to evaluate discoveries in ultra-deep waters The ANP approved the extension of the execution period of the plans for evaluating the discoveries (PADs) of Quindim and Brigadeiro, in block ES-M-525, operated by Petrobras, in the Espírito Santo Basin. The extension was necessary to carry out the... Continue Reading →
Government concludes on the feasibility of selling areas for oil and gas beyond 200 nautical miles
February 14, 2020 The Working Group set up by determination of the National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) concluded on the feasibility of offering exploratory areas for oil and gas beyond 200 nautical miles in the 17th bidding round of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), foreseen for the second semester. The information was provided by... Continue Reading →