Foz do Amazonas drilling license: Petrobras reports that Ibama sees ‘all issues resolved’ and will continue with the process

Oct. 16 - Petrobras reported that it has submitted the information requested by Ibama related to the licensing process at Foz do Amazonas. According to the company, the environmental agency considered that all outstanding issues were duly clarified and that the information presented is sufficient to continue analyzing the process. "Petrobras remains confident that the... Continue Reading →

October 16, 2025 0

Guyana not taking any gas development off the table, vice president says

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Guyana's Vice President said on Thursday the country will not take any possible gas development off the negotiation table, including Exxon Mobil's future offshore projects. Exxon's eighth project, Longtail, is expected to be the first to develop non-associated gas in Guyana, and two more discoveries, Haimara and Pluma, could follow. An Exxon... Continue Reading →

October 16, 2025 0

Colombia’s Sirius gas project advances consultations, nears contracting phase

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Colombia's Sirius project, developed off its Caribbean coast by state oil firm Ecopetrol and Brazil's Petrobras, has completed nearly half of consultations with local communities that could affected by the development, Petrobras' Colombia chief Alcindo Moritz said on Thursday. The companies said last December they had confirmed Colombia's largest ever gas discovery... Continue Reading →

October 16, 2025 0

Petrobras makes new oil discovery in the Pre-salt Aram block in the Santos Basin

Oct. 15 - Petrobras notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) about the discovery of oil traces in well 3-BRSA-1400A-SPS, in a water depth of 1,834 meters. The company drilled the well in mid-July using the West Auriga drillship. This was the fourth oil discovery in Aram this year alone. The others occurred in September, May,... Continue Reading →

October 15, 2025 0

Petrobras faces new environmental queries on Foz do Amazonas drilling license

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental agency Ibama has requested additional information from state-run oil firm Petrobras as part of the licensing process for drilling in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, according to documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The agency also proposed a meeting on Thursday after a new technical report flagged "pending issues and... Continue Reading →

October 14, 2025 0

PetroReconcavo Completes Sale of 50% Stake in Seven Concessions to Mandacaru Energia

Oct. 14 (moneytimes) PetroReconcavo announced to the market the completion of a farm-out with Mandacaru Energia on October 10th. A farm-out is a type of agreement in which one party transfers part of its stake in a concession to another, which assumes responsibility for exploration and/or development activities within that concession. The transaction involves the... Continue Reading →

October 14, 2025 0

Sintana-Challenger Merger to Boost Exploration in Southern Atlantic

Oct. 13 (OE) Oil and gas company Sintana Energy has agreed to acquire Challenger Energy, which holds interest in two blocks offshore Uruguay as well as other assets in broader region. The all-share transaction, valued at about $60 million, will create a combined exploration platform spanning eight licenses in Namibia and Uruguay, as well as... Continue Reading →

October 13, 2025 0

Chevron gearing up for drilling ops with Noble rig offshore Suriname

Oct.10 (offshore-energy.biz) Chevron Suriname Exploration, a subsidiary of U.S.-based energy giant Chevron, is preparing to embark on drilling activities off the coast of Suriname with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, an American offshore drilling giant. Chevron is set to drill the Korikori-1 exploration well this month, after receiving a permit for the drilling operations at the... Continue Reading →

October 10, 2025 0

US Gives Go-Ahead to Shell, Trinidad for Venezuelan Offshore Gas Field

Oct. 9 (Reuters) The U.S. government has granted an authorization for energy major Shell and Trinidad and Tobago to develop an offshore gas field in Venezuela close to the maritime border, Trinidad's attorney general said on Thursday. The prominent project, aimed to supply Trinidad with Venezuelan gas, has progressed slowly in recent years amid frequent... Continue Reading →

October 10, 2025 0

Brazil’s Petrobras faces $34 million cost as drillship sits idle in Foz do Amazonas

Oct. 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has racked up 180 million reais ($33.7 million) in costs to keep a drillship on standby in the Foz do Amazonas basin, a company source and a local union said, as it awaits a regulator's decision on a drilling request. The NS-42 drillship arrived in August... Continue Reading →

October 9, 2025 0

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Foz do Amazonas drilling license: Petrobras reports that Ibama sees ‘all issues resolved’ and will continue with the process

Guyana not taking any gas development off the table, vice president says

Colombia’s Sirius gas project advances consultations, nears contracting phase

Petrobras makes new oil discovery in the Pre-salt Aram block in the Santos Basin

Petrobras faces new environmental queries on Foz do Amazonas drilling license

PetroReconcavo Completes Sale of 50% Stake in Seven Concessions to Mandacaru Energia

Sintana-Challenger Merger to Boost Exploration in Southern Atlantic

Chevron gearing up for drilling ops with Noble rig offshore Suriname

US Gives Go-Ahead to Shell, Trinidad for Venezuelan Offshore Gas Field

Brazil’s Petrobras faces $34 million cost as drillship sits idle in Foz do Amazonas

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