French company TotalEnergies made its second hydrocarbon discovery in block C-M-541, located in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The oil company informed the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) that it found signs of natural gas in well 1-TOT-3-RJS, in a water depth of 3,022 meters. To remember, TotalEnergies had already found oil and gas in... Continue Reading →
Oil Rush in Namibia’s Orange Basin: Galp Prepares for Massive 10 Billion Barrel Oil Hunt as Rig Approaches
(OEE) Portuguese oil and gas company Galp is gearing up to start drilling a well in an offshore block in Namibia, near the giant oil discoveries made recently by TotalEnergies and Shell. In May, Galp entered into a contract with SFL Corporation for the semi-submersible rig Hercules. The 115-day contract, prior to any extension option exercise, is... Continue Reading →
ANP 2nd Cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer will have five blocks available
(TN) Five blocks will be on offer in the public session of the 2nd Cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP): Cruzeiro do Sul, Esmeralda, Jade, Tupinambá and Turmalina. The public session will take place on 12/13. The blocks on offer in the 2nd Cycle of the OPP were by the Special Bidding Committee... Continue Reading →
Exxon expects to FID Guyana’s sixth oil project by Q1 2024
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM.N) expects to make a final investment decision on its sixth oil project in Guyana by the first quarter of 2024, the company's country chief Alistair Routledge said on Tuesday. In August, Exxon and partners proposed a plan to spend $12.93 billion to develop the Whiptail offshore oil project. The floating production... Continue Reading →
ANP publishes summary of the development areas of Raia Manta and Raia Pintada
ANP published the executive summary of the new development areas of Raia Manta and Raia Pintada, originating from recent declarations of commerciality for block C-M-539, in the Campos Basin. The block is operated by the company Equinor Energy do Brasil Ltda., which sent the commerciality declarations to the ANP on 9/20. Block C-M-539, arising from... Continue Reading →
4th Cycle of the ANP Permanent Concession Offer will have 33 block sectors and one area in the Marginal Accumulation
(TN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) released the list of 33 sectors with exploratory blocks and an area with marginal accumulation that will be in the auction of the 4th Cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer, which is scheduled for December 13th. The auction will have blocks offered in the following basins: Amazonas, Espírito Santo,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to drill near Amazon mouth in 2024, says CEO
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) expects to do exploratory drilling next year near the mouth of the Amazon River, along the coast of the state of Amapa, Chief Executive Jean Paul Prates said. The region is part of Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an area that Petrobras considers its most promising new frontier for oil and... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore awarded FEED contracts for Whiptail project in Guyana
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has been awarded contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Whiptail development project in Guyana. Following FEED and subject to government approvals in Guyana of the development plan, project sanction including final investment decision by... Continue Reading →
Brazilian FPSO now likely to be back online by November
(OET) Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has changed the timeline for the restart of production from a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on a field off Brazil. This FPSO is now anticipated to come back online by November 2023. Originally, the production was expected to resume by early September... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces discovery of oil at the Sagitario prospect in the Santos Basin
(PN) Petrobrss notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) this week about the discovery of signs of oil in well 3-BRSA-1388DA-SPS, in the Sagitario prospect, within block S-M-623, in the Santos Basin. The discovery took place in a water depth of 1,866 meters. This is the second extension well in the area, which began to be... Continue Reading →