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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 08/05/2024, 10/03/2024 and 12/05/2024, informs about the Drill Stem Test (DST) in the Sirius-2 well, located in deep waters in Colombia, 31 kilometers off the coats and at a water depth of 804 meters. The DST assessed to approximately 100 meters reservoir interval,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Constellation, an offshore oil and gas drilling services provider in Brazil, has started trading on Euronext Growth Oslo, under the ticker symbol ‘COSH’. Constellation holds about one fifth of Brazil’s country’s offshore drilling market. Constellation, with 1,800 employees and a 45-year track record, holds about one fifth of Brazil’s offshore drilling market, the company... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Suriname is set for a wave of oil and gas exploration, with industry giants Shell, TotalEnergies, and Chevron leading efforts to tap into the country’s promising offshore reserves. Operators plan to drill around 10 wells between 2025 and 2027 in Suriname’s portion of the Guyana-Suriname Basin. A new report from Norway-based Rystad Energy said... Continue Reading →
(PN) This week, Petrobras began drilling a well (3-BRSA-1398-RJS) in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block, in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin, in a water depth of 2,276 meters. The activity is being carried out by the West Polaris drillship, according to information available on the website of the National Petroleum Agency... Continue Reading →
(OM) Seadrill has reported a current overall order backlog of $3 billion, while Velesto reported $158.8 million in orders. Meanwhile, last week competitor Noble reported it added $525 million of contracts to its drilling backlog. Seadrill’s West Polaris drilllship has started a contract with Petrobras offshore Brazil, following a delay caused by commissioning and testing of upgraded equipment. Another of the... Continue Reading →
February 28, 2025 – PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best corporate governance practices, informs its shareholders and the market in general that, today, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (“Ibama”) has granted the drilling license for Wahoo Field. Thus, the Company will immediately begin mobilizing the Hunter Queen rig... Continue Reading →
(OE) Galp, together with its partners NAMCOR and Custos, has hit oil and gas in another well drilled at PEL83 license at Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. The Joint Venture partners have drilled, cored and logged the Mopane-3X well (Well #5) which spud on January 2, 2025 as part of the second exploration and appraisal campaign... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana expects to soon sign an oil production-sharing agreement with a consortium led by France's TotalEnergies will allow it to explore an offshore area, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat told Reuters. Guyana is the world's fastest-growing oil-producing country and is on course to reach capacity of 940,000 barrels per day this year - nearly 1%... Continue Reading →
(OM) The Guyana-Suriname basin has seen significant activity in recent years, with Guyana alone unearthing more than 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of discovered volumes in the past decade. As operators in offshore Guyana continue to explore and develop its resources, the focus on its coastal neighbor, Suriname, is growing. Rystad Energy analysis forecasts... Continue Reading →
Foresea, a leader in the offshore drilling sector, announced excellent results it obtained in 2024, having achieved an adjusted EBITDA margin of 37% and operating cash generation of over US$ 130 million in the period. In December, the company won a new three-year contract for the Norbe IX drillship — within the Sepia-Atapu consortium. With... Continue Reading →
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