Aug 10 (Reuters) - BP has agreed to sell a 20% stake in a block that contains the Trinidad portion of the cross-border Cocuina-Manakin natural gas field to the country's state-owned National Gas Company, the company said on Monday in an emailed statement. BP and NGC signed the deal for the stake in the Manakin portion... Continue Reading →
Guyana is set to get more Stabroek oil, but how much?
Aug.9 (oilnow.gy) Guyana is set to receive a larger share of the oil produced from the Stabroek Block after ExxonMobil and its co-venturers recovered about US$55 billion in investment and a substantial amount of operating costs. To understand why, it is important to understand how cost recovery works. ExxonMobil, Hess (owned by Chevron) and CNOOC... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Delivers Critical Equipment for Suriname Project
Aug. 9 (OE) The GranMorgu Project offshore of Suriname continues to make strong progress, reports TechnipFMC, with the delivery of critical subsea equipment supporting the next phase of execution. “The departure of the first drilling equipment and the successful installation of key FPSO connection components demonstrate the impact of early collaboration, standardized engineering and disciplined... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to anticipate first oil from P-80 to first quarter of 2027
Aug 9 - Petrobras is working to bring forward the start of production for the P-80 platform, scheduled for the Búzios field in the Santos Basin. According to the company's Director of Engineering, Technology, and Innovation, Renata Baruzzi, the goal is to achieve first oil from the unit in the first quarter of 2027 rather... Continue Reading →
ANP Defines Blocks for Upcoming Permanent Offer Auctions in December
Aug. 7 (PN) The Special Bidding Commission (CEL) of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) announced the sectors and blocks that will be part of the 6th Permanent Offer Concession Cycle (OPC6) and the 4th Permanent Offer Production Sharing Cycle (OPP4), with public sessions scheduled for October 7, 2026 In the... Continue Reading →
Oil States to Supply Rigid Jumpers for the Buzios 10 Project
Aug. 7 (PN) Oil States do Brasil has signed a contract to manufacture and supply rigid jumpers for the Buzios 10 project, located in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin. The equipment will be used in the field's subsea system and will operate in water depths ranging from 1,720 to 2,190 meters. The contract... Continue Reading →
Petrobras likely to beat 2026 oil production target, CEO says
Aug 7 (Reuters) - azil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras will likely produce more oil than it had forecast for 2026, CEO Magda Chambriard said on Friday during an earnings call with analysts. She said the company's oil output in the second quarter was 200,000 barrels per day higher than its target. So far this year, Petrobras... Continue Reading →
This Megaproject Could Keep Brazil’s Oil Boom Running Deep Into The 2030’s
Aug. 7 (oilprice.com) BP’s Bumerangue discovery is more than another giant Brazilian oil find: it could become the project that keeps both BP’s upstream portfolio and Brazil’s production boom alive well into the 2030s. With an estimated 2.5 billion barrels potentially recoverable and peak output that could reach 600,000 b/d, the ultra-deepwater development is large enough to... Continue Reading →
Raia Project Advances with the Completion of Gas Pipeline Section and Delivery of First Producing Well
Aug. 6 (PN) The Raia project, operated by Equinor in the Campos Basin pre-salt, has reached new milestones in its development phase. The company completed the installation of a 186-kilometer ultra-deepwater section of the gas pipeline that will connect the field to the coast of Rio de Janeiro, using pipes manufactured by Tenaris with 99%... Continue Reading →
Sonangol’s Appraisal Well off Angola Delivers Strong Test Results
Aug. 6 (Reuters) Angola's state-owned oil company Sonangol and concessionaire ANPG said on Thursday that the Katambi-2 offshore appraisal well crossed two productive intervals and confirmed good quality reservoirs. Initial tests recorded a stabilised production rate of 41 million standard cubic feet (MMscfd) of gas and 1,160 barrels a day (bpd) of condensate in the... Continue Reading →