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January 3, 2020 A 313 km long pipeline, being 294 km offshore and 19 km onshore, linking the Santos Basin pre-salt production hub to Madeira Island at the Itaguaí Port in Rio de Janeiro. This is Cosan's new project for harnessing pre-salt ultra-deepwater gas, in a project that begins with the discovery of Carcarcá, operator... Continue Reading →
2 JAN 2020 Brazil's oil exports reached a record in December and are expected to continue to grow in the coming months and years, given a significant advance in production in the pre-salt fields, which could place Brazil among the top five global producers. The country exported 8.72 million tons in December, more than double... Continue Reading →
December 27, 2019 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the press releases disclosed on October 10, November 6 and 7, and December 11, 2019, reports that today it made the final payments in the amount of R$ 34.191 billion (thirty four billion one hundred and ninety one million reais), referring to the... Continue Reading →
December 26, 2019 Petrobras began a new environmental licensing process for drilling an exploratory well in the area of block BM-P-2 in the Pelotas Basin. The opening of the new process follows a license denied by Ibama for the campaign in the region. The request at Ibama was filed on December 3. After 14 years... Continue Reading →
Dec 27, 2019 Equinor, as operator, on behalf of the BM-S-8 and Norte de Carcará consortiums, informs that it has submitted to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the Declarations of Commerciality of the Carcará discovery, in the area of Santos Basin pre-salt. Together with the Declarations of Commerciality, the consortia... Continue Reading →
Royal Dutch Shell won the rights to market Guyana's first cargoes of crude oil, the government said on Tuesday, just days after oil production began and launched the impoverished South American country into the ranks of world suppliers. An ExxonMobil-led consortium, which includes Hess Corp and China's CNOOC Ltd, began producing crude from the Liza well on... Continue Reading →
December 23, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/16/2019, referring to the sale of its interest in the concession BM-P-2, located in the Pelotas Basin, reports that it has extended until 01/15/2020 the notification deadline for companies to express their interest on the opportunity. There is no prejudice... Continue Reading →
Just a few days after making history with producing Guyana’s first ever oil at its Liza offshore field, ExxonMobil has announced another oil discovery near the field. The U.S. major on Monday said it made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the... Continue Reading →
December 23, 2019, Brazil Oil and natural gas production in November totaled 3.950 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboe / d), of which approximately 3.090 million barrels per day (MMbbl / d) of oil and 137 million cubic meters per day ( MMm³ / d) of natural gas. The month's production surpassed the... Continue Reading →
As Guyana has just become an oil-producing country with ExxonMobil reaching first oil at the Liza field over the last weekend, oil major Total is hoping to replicate the achievement in nearby Suriname. The French company has signed a deal with Apache Corporation to acquire a 50% working interest and operatorship in “the highly prospective Block... Continue Reading →
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