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Oct. 2 (TN) The ANP Board of Directors approved (Oct 2) the delimitation of 11 new exploratory sectors in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin—within an area incorporated into the Brazilian Continental Shelf—and the configuration of 501 new exploratory blocks within these sectors. The decision updates the region's territorial organization following the extension of the Brazilian Continental... Continue Reading →
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has received final ministerial approval to transfer a 60% participating interest in three exploration licenses offshore Namibia to BP, clearing the final governmental consent required for the transaction. The approval covers PEL97, PEL99 and PEL100 in the Walvis Basin, comprising the Cooper, Guy and Tamar licenses. BP Namibia Energy will... Continue Reading →
Oct. 2 - Petrobras has found another oil-bearing interval in the Morpho well (1-BRSA-1405-APS), which constitutes a new discovery in block FZA-M-59, located in ultra-deep waters off the coast of the state of Amapá, at a water depth of 2,886 meters. The continued drilling of the well, following the discovery announced in August 2026, was... Continue Reading →
Oct. 1 - ANP reports that in August 2026, Brazil produced 6.002 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) of oil and natural gas. Regarding oil, 4.615 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, an increase of 2.6% compared to the previous month and 18.4% compared to the same month in 2025. Natural gas... Continue Reading →
Oct 1 (Reuters) - French oil company TotalEnergies plans to invest $10 billion in Argentina, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Thursday at a conference in Paris. The investment will be spread across different projects, including the drilling of new wells in Tierra del Fuego and an expansion of its gas production in Neuquen. "We... Continue Reading →
Sept. 30 (PN) The Pelotas Basin, located in the Brazilian southern region, may hold approximately 1 trillion cubic meters of recoverable natural gas, according to a preliminary estimate by the Energy Research Office (EPE). The assessment also indicates a volume of approximately 3.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil. In total, the study estimates 17.9 billion... Continue Reading →
Sept. 30 - The P-80 platform departed the Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore on Wednesday ( (September 30th), bound for the Búzios field in the pre-salt Santos Basin, Brazil’s largest field in terms of reserves and production. With the capacity to produce 225,000 barrels of oil and process 12 million cubic meters of gas per... Continue Reading →
Sept. 30 (Reuters) Qatari producer UCC Oil and Gas Holding is in talks for its possible entrance into new fields in Venezuela, the company's head of Upstream, Erik Keskula, said on Tuesday at a conference in Caracas. UCC, British BP and XRG, a unit of United Arab Emirates' state company ADNOC, last month were granted... Continue Reading →
Sept.29 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. ("Brava" or the "Company") (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that it commenced production at well PPT-52 on this date, following authorization from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (“Ibama”). The well is part of... Continue Reading →
Sept. 29 (oilnow.gy) Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. has received a proposal for an offshore area in Sector 1: SHO West. The Surinamese state oil company announced the submission on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Under its Open-Door process, qualified companies now have 90 days to submit competing proposals for the same area. The submission period opened... Continue Reading →
