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(OET) AIM-listed and Canada-headquartered oil and gas company Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas is embarking on a search for new partners, after expanding its interest in a block offshore Guyana, thanks to the green light for the acquisition of Tullow Oil’s entire interest in Tullow Guyana (TGBV), which includes the Orinduik license and operatorship of... Continue Reading →
(OET) U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil has started production from its third oil development at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, boosting total production capacity in the country to approximately 620,000 barrels per day. ExxonMobil made a final investment decision to proceed with the Payara field development, Guyana’s third offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block, at the end of September... Continue Reading →
Petro Services and its main subcontractor Ocean Installer, a marine construction and operations player, have secured a contract with TotalEnergies for umbilical recovery and reinstallation activities on a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Angola. The new contract, awarded by TotalEnergies EP Angola and its Block 17 partners, will enable the two players to execute an... Continue Reading →
Two oil and gas players – Canada’s CGX Energy and Frontera Energy – have revealed the well results for a discovery in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, which serve to further highlight the potential for a standalone shallow oil resource development across the block. According to CGX and Frontera, a total of 114 feet (35 meters)... Continue Reading →
ANP released the Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin for September 2023, which provides consolidated data on national production. This month, there was a record in total production (oil + natural gas), as well as in oil and natural gas considered separately and also in pre-salt production. A total of 4.666 million barrels of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Malaysia's state-owned oil firm Petronas has discovered several oil-bearing layers in an exploration well off the coast of Suriname, state oil firm Staatsolie said in a statement on Thursday. Suriname's offshore exploration areas are adjacent to Guyana, home to the largest oil finds in more than decade. The Roystonea-1 well is part of... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras informed the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) that it found new signs of oil in well 3-BRSA-1388DA-SPS, located in block S-M-623, where the Sagitario prospect is located. The discovery took place in a water depth of 1,866 meters, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The first discoveries of signs of oil in block... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Oil production consortia led by TotalEnergies and Exxon Mobil bid on separate shallow-water oil and gas blocks in Guyana's first competitive auction, a government official said in a briefing on Thursday. The official disclosed which companies had bid on which of the 11 shallow and three deep-water territories made available this year. No further... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian lawmakers have set up a congressional caucus to represent Brazil's oil and gas industry, led by state-run producer Petrobras (PETR4.SA), and to back the company's plans to explore offshore fields near the mouth of the Amazon River. "Petrobras has to do that. We have to explore for oil off-shore from Para to Amapa... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) An appraisal well drilled by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana has resulted in a "significant discovery" of oil and gas, the South American country's energy ministry said on Thursday. The Lancetfish-2 well results mark the fourth offshore discovery in the country this year, and brings the total number of discoveries from... Continue Reading →
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