Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy have received a notice from the Government of Guyana for the cancelation of license for the Corentyne block offshore the South American country. According to the joint venture partners, Guyana has taken the position that the license, together with the petroleum agreement with the government, has terminated and that,... Continue Reading →
Noble rigs and Stena drillship get down to oil & gas drilling business offshore Guyana
(offshore-energy.biz) Four mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), made up of drillships owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of America’s oil major ExxonMobil, to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and... Continue Reading →
Guyana-Suriname Basin, Brazil among busiest regions this year for high-impact drill campaigns
(oilnow.gy) High impact exploration drilling is expected to remain stable in 2025, with 65-75 wells targeted for completion, compared to 69 in 2024. In this regard, South America could see 17 of these wells being drilled, making it the busiest region globally this year. This is according to energy market research and intelligence group, Westwood... Continue Reading →
Karoon Energy decision over progressing Santos Basin oil discovery to FEED entry stage due in spring
(offshore-energy.biz) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy is expected to make up its mind around April 2025 about moving forward with the next stage of development, which represents the entry into front-end engineering design (FEED), for an oil field discovery in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. While Karoon hired a rig... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Prio denies talks to buy Equinor’s stake in Peregrino field
(Reuters) - Brazilian oil company Prio has denied being in talks to buy the 60% stake owned by Norway's Equinor in the Peregrino oil field. In a securities filing late on Thursday, the company countered a report by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo published earlier that day that said, citing sources, that there were ongoing talks for the... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 takes lead in Petrobras bidding process for Buzios 11 SURF
Subsea7 managed to come out on top and present the best proposal in a Petrobras bidding process for the supply of SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines) for the P-83 (Buzios 11) platform vessel. The Norwegian company submitted an offer of R$8.45 billion (US$1.4 billion) in the competition. The Swiss company Allseas came in second... Continue Reading →
Suriname NOC raising funds to cover its share of costs of the $12.2B Offshore oil project
(offshore-energy.biz) Suriname’s national oil company (NOC) Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie) is taking action to secure the money required to cover its part of the development costs for the first-ever offshore oil field in Suriname, which is operated by France’s energy giant TotalEnergies. Based on the production sharing contract for Block 58, Staatsolie has the right... Continue Reading →
Guyana greenlights $51.2 billion to move forward with its mega gas-to-energy project
(offshore-energy.biz) Guyana’s Office of the Prime Minister has put its stamp of approval on planned budgetary allocations of $141.45 billion, which is anticipated to lend a helping hand in finishing important projects. As a result, this amount encapsulates a $51.2 billion investment to bolster the country’s flagship gas-to-energy (GtE) project. This sum makes up the lion’s share of a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras receives contingent payment installment (earnout)
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras hereby informs that it has received, this week, the following contingent payment installments (earnout): (i) R$2.161 billion from the partners of the Sépia and Atapu blocks - TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (28%), PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (21%) and QatarEnergy Brasil Ltda. (21%) in Sépia; Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (25%) and... Continue Reading →
ANP – Brazil 2024 Annual Oil & Gas Production
In 2024, the Brazilian average annual production of oil and natural gas reached 4.322 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), remaining stable compared to 2023. There was a reduction of 0.5% in 2024, compared to the total for the previous year, which reached a record of 4.344 million boe/d. In the case of... Continue Reading →