March 29 (ANCAP) On March 25, new companies formally joined Areas OFF-2 and OFF-7, operated by Shell, within the framework of the existing hydrocarbon exploration and production contracts. QatarEnergy entered Areas OFF-2 and OFF-7, while Chevron also joined Area OFF-7, as non-operating partners in all cases. As a result, in Area OFF-2, Shell now holds... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia to start well driling campaign in Papa-Terra and Atlanta Fields
March 30 - Brava Energia announced today that it has kicked off a campaign to drill four new wells, two in the Papa-Terra field, in the Campos Basin, and two in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. The activities will be carried out with the Lone Star semi-submersible drilling rig, operated by Constellation, with... Continue Reading →
Offshore CCS Moves to Reality with Agogo FPSO Pilot
March 30 (OE) Yinson Production has started operating a pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) unit on the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Angola, which is deemed the world’s first post-combustion CO2 capture plant installed on an offshore facility. The system has been developed in collaboration with Azule Energy and Norway-based... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s Haimara gas field to form anchor for ninth offshore Guyana project
March 30 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana is advancing plans for its next development offshore Guyana, with the Haimara discovery expected to serve as the anchor for the project in the southeast section of the Stabroek Block. Company President Alistair Routledge said at a recent press briefing that the development concept for that area groups discoveries from Longtail through... Continue Reading →
Stabroek output climbs further to 918,000 b/d in February
March 30 (oilnow.gy) Crude oil production offshore Guyana averaged about 918,000 barrels per day (b/d) in February 2026, reflecting continued gains from optimization work across ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block developments. Government data shows that approximately 25.7 million barrels were produced during the month across four projects. Output was distributed as follows: Liza 1: 129,000 b/d Liza... Continue Reading →
PRIO Production of the Second Wahoo Well
March 27, 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 second producing well at the Wahoo Field, whose production has stabilized at 12,000 barrels of oil per day. The opening schedule for... Continue Reading →
NOV Announces US$200 Million Investment to Double Capacity at its Porto do Açu Factory
March 26 - NOV announced plans to virtually double the capacity of its submarine flexible pipe manufacturing unit at the Porto do Açu, in São João da Barra (RJ), through a US$200 million investment over the next three years. According to Jose Bayardo, chairman, president and CEO of NOV, the expansion of the unit comes... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras and Mexico’s Pemex Eye Deepwater Partnership
March 25 (Reuters) Brazil's Petrobras will discuss a possible partnership with Mexico's Pemex during a visit to Mexico next month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday, after her Brazilian counterpart proposed joint projects in the Gulf of Mexico for the two state-run oil companies. Sheinbaum added during her daily morning press conference that she... Continue Reading →
Equinor Kicks Off Drilling Ops at Brazil’s Raia Offshore Project
March 24 (Reuters) Norway's Equinor has begun drilling producer and injector wells for its offshore Raia natural gas project in Brazil, while also planning fresh exploratory activities in the South American nation, its top executive in the country told Reuters. The project in the Campos basin is on track to start production in 2028 and... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore awarded FEED contracts for the Longtail project in Guyana
March 24 - SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has been awarded contracts by ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) studies for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Longtail development project in Guyana. The FEED contracts award triggers the... Continue Reading →