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March 23 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana plans to boost production at its Yellowtail offshore oil project by roughly 10% as it conducts a new optimization study, company President Alistair Routledge said on March 19. Yellowtail, which started production in August 2025, reached its initial target production of 250,000 barrels per day (b/d) by November. ExxonMobil has since... Continue Reading →
March 23, 2026 - PRIO S.A. (the “Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), further to the Material Fact disclosed on March 19, 2026, informs that the first producing well of the Wahoo Field has reached stabilized production of 12,000 barrels of oil per day. The schedule for bringing the remaining wells online remains as planned, with... Continue Reading →
March 19 - IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) issued a correction to the drilling license for block BM-C-33 in the Campos Basin, where the Raia field is located. In the document, the federal agency authorized the drilling of three wells in the area using the DS-17 drillship, operated by Valaris. IBAMA... Continue Reading →
March 18 - Maha Capital, a Stockholm-listed oil company controlled by the Brazilian asset manager Starboard, exercised its right to acquire a 24% stake in a Venezuelan oil field following the easing of sanctions by the United States. The decision came after the US Treasury Department authorized transactions with the state-owned PDVSA this week, paving... Continue Reading →
March 19 (offshore-energy.biz) Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing facility in Trieste, Italy, in the... Continue Reading →
March 19, 2026 - PRIO S.A. (the “Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), in compliance with best corporate governance practices, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has opened the first producing well at the Wahoo Field. Following production stabilization and completion of fiscal metering procedures, the Company will release a further... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) conducted an audit to analyze how Petrobras contracts and operates FPSOs. These vessels are used to process oil and gas at sea, store it, and then transfer it to other ships. They are important for Petrobras because they are more flexible and faster to install than stationary exploration... Continue Reading →
March 18 (oilnow.gy) Halliburton and ExxonMobil Guyana Limited have completed the industry’s first fully automated closed-loop well placement offshore Guyana, the companies said in a March 16 release. The project was carried out with Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance Guyana team. The automated workflow links geological data, well placement decisions, and rig control systems... Continue Reading →
March 18 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) will continue development drilling at the Uaru Project’s UA_4P04 drill center in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, according to a notice from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD). Operations began on March 12, 2026, within Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The MODU Noble Tom Madden is conducting the drilling campaign.... Continue Reading →
March 17 (oilnow.gy) Design specifications for the floating production vessel planned for ExxonMobil’s proposed Longtail project in Guyana allow for higher production, according to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report submitted by ExxonMobil. This could facilitate increased hydrocarbon production once initial levels are safely achieved. The executive summary of the EIA report outlines key operating... Continue Reading →
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