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Feb 18 (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago's government is optimistic two flagship offshore gas projects with neighboring Venezuela to be operated by Shell, BP and Trinidad's National Gas Company will move forward amid political changes in the OPEC country, the energy minister of the twin-island nation said on Wednesday. The U.S. has been relaxing sanctions on... Continue Reading →
Feb. 18 (oilprice.com) A slew of high-quality oil discoveries in offshore Block 58 by TotalEnergies and its 50% partner, APA Corporation, has seen the tiny South American country of Suriname touted as the next Guyana. While Suriname’s offshore waters hold considerable petroleum potential, the country’s oil boom has been fraught with delays. Conflicting geological data, high gas-to-oil ratios,... Continue Reading →
Feb. 18 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, and following the Material Facts of May 3, 2024 and May 10, 2024, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that, on February 15, 2026, a procedural order was issued in the arbitration proceedings initiated by... Continue Reading →
Feb 17 (Reuters) - The tiny oil-producing nation of Guyana, already one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has a window of opportunity for more expansion amid ongoing U.S. activity in neighboring Venezuela, geopolitical and oil experts said ahead of the Guyana Energy Conference. That growth potential will take center stage at the four-day event beginning... Continue Reading →
Feb. 16 (OE) Azule Energy, jointly owned by Eni and BP, has made an oil discovery at the Algaita-01 exploration well in Block 15/06 offshore Angola, with initial estimates pointing to approximately 500 million barrels of oil in place. The well, located in the offshore Lower Congo Basin, was spudded on January 10, 2026, in... Continue Reading →
Feb. 12 (TN) The Brazilian government has made decisive progress in national energy policy by authorizing the expansion of areas for oil and gas exploration in deep and ultra-deep waters in the Campos, Santos, and Espírito Santo basins. This historic decision, built in an integrated manner between the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and... Continue Reading →
12 February 2026 – Jumbo Offshore has completed mooring pre-installationactivities for the FPSO Errea Wittu for Exxon Mobil Guyana Ltd. at Uaru Field,Stabroek Block, Offshore Guyana, on behalf of Modec. The scope of work included theinstallation of suction anchors and the pre-lay of mooring lines in preparation forFPSO hook-up.Jumbo Offshore performed installation engineering, procurement, mobilisation... Continue Reading →
Feb. 11 (oilnow.gy) MODEC has completed the first steel cutting for the Hammerhead floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel more than a month ahead of schedule. MODEC made the announcement today via LinkedIn. The steel cut ceremony marked the start of fabrication at BOMESC Offshore Engineering Company Limited in Tianjin, China. The FPSO is being... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Petrobras' total oil and natural gas production exceeded the upper limit of its target by 2.8 percentage points (+4%), reaching 2.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), representing an 11% increase compared to 2024 production. In 2025, Petrobras achieved its best result in the last ten years by adding 1.7... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Petrobras's P-79 platform, an FPSO-type unit, arrived at the Santos Basin pre-salt this weekend, according to the planned schedule. The unit was towed to its location with the crew on board, a successful strategy already used with P-78 to reduce the time to start production. "Embarking the crew during the voyage to the location allows... Continue Reading →
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