(oilprice.com) Guyana’s government has officially yanked the plug on the Frontera-CGX joint venture, canceling its oil prospecting license for the Corentyne block. The writing had been on the wall since February, when officials gave the JV a 30-day warning. Now, it’s official. The Corentyne block was supposed to be a much-needed diversification play in Guyana’s... Continue Reading →
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Fuels Oil Production Surge
(oilprice.com) Argentina’s controversial president Javier Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, on taking office enacted strict austerity measures to rein in rampant triple-digit inflation, kick-start the economy and slash a massive fiscal deficit. While it is too early to tell if Milei has reversed decades of economic mismanagement there are promising signs of a miracle emerging. Inflation has plummeted... Continue Reading →
Argentina YPF to get rid of offshore exploration projects, CEO says
(Reuters) - Argentina's energy company YPF wants to speed up a divestiture plan that includes selling controlling stakes in offshore exploration projects in Argentina and Uruguay, reducing its presence in mature fields and later offering a gas distribution company for sale, chief executive officer Horacio Marin said. YPF has exploration rights in seven offshore areas,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Eyes Argentina, Colombia, Africa Projects
(Reuters) Petrobras is looking at potential opportunities in Argentina while advancing in projects in Colombia and Africa, the firm's exploration and production head Sylvia dos Anjos said on Tuesday. Gas from the Vaca Muerta region would be interesting to Petrobras as a pipeline connecting Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil could be used to transport it, Anjos said on the... Continue Reading →
Exxon group’s eighth Guyana project to produce up to 1.5 bcfd of gas
(Reuters) - The eighth energy project in Guyana of a consortium led by U.S. major Exxon Mobil will produce up to 1.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas and 290,000 barrels per day on condensate through a floating production facility that will have capacity to export the fuel, the group told the government.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces test in Colombia
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 →
NOCs and the Evolving Energy Landscape in Latin America
(oilprice.com) Latin America has long been a dominant force in the global energy market, built on vast oil and gas reserves. While the world increasingly eyes renewable sources of energy for the future, hydrocarbons remain the bedrock of economic stability for the region. As energy demand evolves, national oil companies (NOCs) must not forsake oil,... Continue Reading →
MODEC cheers new ‘milestone’ for Brazil-bound FPSO Raia as workforce earns brownie points
(offshore-energy.biz) Japanese giant MODEC has achieved further progress in the construction of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) destined for a big upcoming natural gas project off the coast of Brazil, thanks to the workers hired to turn the unit plan into reality, hitting 1 million work hours without lost time injury (LTI) and lost... Continue Reading →
Colombia upping regasification ante to tackle looming gas shortage
(offshore-energy.biz) Colombia’s state-owned oil and gas company Ecopetrol has handed out a contract to compatriot Puertos, Inversiones y Obras (PIO) to provide regasification services in the country’s Pacific Coast area. The new infrastructure will entail receipt and storage facilities in Buenaventura and a regasification facility with a 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) capacity... Continue Reading →
First Wind-Powered Offshore Gas Platform Loaded Out in the Dutch North Sea
(OE) The N05-A platform is the first offshore gas platform in the Dutch North Sea to be powered entirely by wind power – harnessing electricity via cable from the nearby 113.4 MW Riffgat offshore wind farm. The platform is part of the GEMS (‘Gateway to the Ems’) project, which focuses on developing field N05-A and other fields in the... Continue Reading →