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(offshore-energy.biz) Guyana’s Office of the Prime Minister has put its stamp of approval on planned budgetary allocations of $141.45 billion, which is anticipated to lend a helping hand in finishing important projects. As a result, this amount encapsulates a $51.2 billion investment to bolster the country’s flagship gas-to-energy (GtE) project. This sum makes up the lion’s share of a... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras hereby informs that it has received, this week, the following contingent payment installments (earnout): (i) R$2.161 billion from the partners of the Sépia and Atapu blocks - TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (28%), PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (21%) and QatarEnergy Brasil Ltda. (21%) in Sépia; Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (25%) and... Continue Reading →
In 2024, the Brazilian average annual production of oil and natural gas reached 4.322 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), remaining stable compared to 2023. There was a reduction of 0.5% in 2024, compared to the total for the previous year, which reached a record of 4.344 million boe/d. In the case of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana's government plans to issue two licenses this year for oil and gas projects, one for Exxon Mobil's seventh development in the country, Hammerhead, and one for the nation's first natural gas development, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat told Parliament on Friday. The gas license is conditional on a green light to Exxon and Fulcrum... Continue Reading →
(OE) Energy technology company Baker Hughes has secured a contract from ExxonMobil Guyana to provide specialty chemicals and related services for its Uaru and Whiptail offshore greenfield developments in Guyana’s Stabroek Block The multi-year contract includes all topsides, subsea, water injection and utility chemicals for the Errea Wittu and Jaguar floating production storage and offloading... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, further the notices disclosed on April 27, 2022, and January 26, 2023, hereby informs that today it has received from Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo S.A. (“PRIO”), a subsidiary of PRIO S.A., R$1.025 billion referring to the contingent payment (earnout) related to the oil barrel price for the 2024 fiscal year. ... Continue Reading →
Chinese EPCI company COOEC has completed the construction of 13 topside modules for FPSO P-79, which will be installed in the Buzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The Asian company was responsible for the design, acquisition, construction and onboard installation of the equipment. The modules, which weigh almost 30,000 tons and... Continue Reading →
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton has secured a contract from Petrobras for integrated drilling services across several offshore fields in Brazil. The contract scope includes drilling services for development and exploration wells over a three-year period. The contract, expected to begin in 2025, represents Halliburton’s largest service contract with Petrobras, the company said, without revealing... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for its Stena DrillMax drillship, which will be deployed for work offshore Suriname. As part of the contract, Stena DrillMax will perform managed pressure drilling of one exploration well in Suriname with TotalEnergies EP Suriname. The program, which is expected to start in the second quarter of... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 11.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of December 31, 2024. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 85% and 15% of this total, respectively. In 2024,... Continue Reading →
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