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May 26 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorization for the Haimara project, its proposed ninth development in the Stabroek Block. The project is expected to anchor a gas-focused development in the southeast section of the block, where ExxonMobil has made discoveries including Haimara and Pluma. Public scoping... Continue Reading →
May 23 (Reuters) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish firm eager to invest in Italian offshore wind farms, is getting impatient. Two years after the country's 2024 law offered incentives to would-be developers to provide offshore wind capacity, the government has yet to announce a calendar for auctions it said it would hold by 2028. The inertia reflects a reluctance... Continue Reading →
May 20 (oilnow.gy) Trinidad and Tobago will negotiate the commercial terms for cross-border natural gas projects with Venezuela in what officials say must serve the country’s national interest, as policymakers seek to ease tightening domestic gas supply, according to a May 18 Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago report. Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo told Parliament recently... Continue Reading →
May 13 (Reuters) - Argentina's economy ministry has approved Transportadora de Gas del Sur's application to enter the RIGI large-investment incentive scheme for a $550 million expansion of the Perito Moreno gas pipeline, the company said on Wednesday. The approval covers a project to expand Section I of the pipeline and add 14 million cubic meters... Continue Reading →
May 13 - Petrobras' president, Magda Chambriard, stated that the state-owned company will send delegations from the refining and oil exploration and production areas to Mexico to assess potential business opportunities in partnership with the state-owned Pemex. The new visit of Petrobras representatives to Mexico occurs a few weeks after Chambriard visited the country last... Continue Reading →
May 7 (Reuters) - Argentina's state oil firm YPF swung to a net profit of $409 million in the first three months of 2026, reversing a net $10 million loss from a year ago, the firm said on Thursday, citing higher oil prices and more shale output. The state-run producer's revenues reached $4.95 billion during... Continue Reading →
May 6 (Reuters) - Equinor missed quarterly cash-flow forecasts on Wednesday, hitting its shares even as the Norwegian oil major posted its strongest profit in three years on record output and Iran war-driven price gains. Shares in the majority state-owned group were down 7.6% at 0911 GMT, underperforming a 2% drop in European energy stocks, though... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, May 1, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that the P-79 platform, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, began production today, ahead of the date scheduled in Business Plan 2026–2030 (BP 26–30). As the eighth platform in the Búzios field, with a capacity of 180 thousand barrels of... Continue Reading →
April 29 (OE) Italy’s Eni has signed an agreement with Venezuela’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons and state oil company PDVSA to relaunch oil activities at the Junin-5 project in the Orinoco Belt. The agreement was signed following a meeting in Caracas between Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi and Acting President Delcy Rodriguez. Junin-5 is a heavy... Continue Reading →
April 27 (Reuters) - Camuzzi Gas Inversora and Vitol signed a memorandum of understanding for Argentina's LNG del Plata project, the Argentine firm said on Monday, with Vitol potentially acquiring up to 100% of production and evaluating an equity investment. The project, currently wholly owned by Camuzzi, is located at the Port of La Plata... Continue Reading →
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