(OE) Frontera Energy Corporation, in partnership with CGX Energy, said Tuesday it had reached total depth (TD) of 20,450' on the Wei-1 bypass exploration and appraisal well (Wei-1BP1), offshore Guyana. The original Wei-1 wellbore reached a depth of 19,142'. A bypass well (Wei-1BP1) was drilled from 18,757' to total depth (TD) and penetrated the primary... Continue Reading →
bp targets Pau Brasil and Alto de Cabo Frio Central in 2024
(PH) Angelica Ruiz took charge of bp in Brazil just three months ago, but she already has a lot of work ahead of her. The executive, who accumulates the position of VP of Latin America, has the challenge of leading the operation of a company that, present in the country since 1957, operates in the... Continue Reading →
Brazil Gears Up To Become Fourth Largest Oil Producer
(OP) For nearly two decades, South America’s largest economy Brazil has been reaping a tremendous economic windfall from a massive oil boom that kicked off with the first offshore ultra deep-water pre-salt discovery in 2006. The boom nearly collapsed as corruption, mismanagement and malfeasance saw national oil company Petrobras laden with so much debt it was almost... Continue Reading →
Stamp of approval for huge Mexican Zama oil field development plan lays the foundation for $4.5 billion investment
Mexico’s hydrocarbon regulator, the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), has greenlighted a unit development plan (UDP), which Pemex submitted on behalf of its partners – Wintershall Dea, Talos Energy, and Harbour Energy – for a giant oil field located in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico. The Zama unit development plan (UDP) was submitted in March 2023 to Mexico’s... Continue Reading →
With last block off Uruguay up for grabs, Isle of Man-based player as sole bidder anticipates award in coming weeks
(OET) Challenger Energy Group (CEG), the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Caribbean and Americas, has bid for and expects to be awarded a shallow water exploration block located off Uruguay. This is the sole remaining available block offshore Uruguay, as all other offshore exploration licences are held by energy majors: Shell and Apache... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Eyes Global Expansion as Brazil Hopes Fade, Sources Say
(REuters) Brazil's Petrobras may look abroad for future growth, two sources with knowledge of the state-run firm's plans told Reuters, after environmental regulators dashed its hopes of exploring near the Amazon River where it had aimed to make its first major domestic oil discovery in over a decade. Petroleo Brasileiro, as the company is formally known,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Production Sharing contracts
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today the Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of the 1st Cycle of the Permanent Offer Bidding Round, held through a public session on 12/16/2022, for the blocks of (i) Água Marinha, in partnership with TotalEnergies (30%), QatarEnergy (20%) and Petronas (20%), (ii) Norte de Brava, where Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on environmental license in the Equatorial Margin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media, informs that the information that it expects to obtain the environmental license to drill a well in the FZA-M-059 block in up to six months is not true. On May 25, the company filed a request with the Brazilian Institute for the Environment... Continue Reading →
Nigeria’s NNPC Signs Deals with Total, CNOOC on Deepwater Oil Block
(Reuters) Nigeria's state-owned oil company NNPC Ltd said on Thursday it had renewed a production sharing contract with Total, China National Offshore Oil Corp and others, a major step to resolving disputes on a deepwater oil block in the Niger Delta. Oil Mining Lease 130 is located offshore Niger Delta at water depths of over 1000... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on licensing in Amapá
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that later this week it will file a request with Ibama to reconsider the decision to deny the environmental license to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059, located in deep waters in Amapá, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the regulations. The company argues that it... Continue Reading →