On Wednesday, February 12, Petrobras signed an oil export contract with the Indian state-owned company BPCL - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. The contract provides for a total sales volume of up to 6 million barrels per year and will begin in 2025. "This contract is expected to increase India's share of Petrobras' oil exports. We... Continue Reading →
26 offshore blocks up for grabs in Trinidad and Tobago’s 2025 deepwater oil & gas bid round
(offshore-energy.biz) With the need to ensure energy independence in mind, the government of Trinidad and Tobago has initiated its new bidding round to boost hydrocarbon exploration and production in this Caribbean twin-island country located off the northern edge of the South American mainland. Given the myriad of challenges the world is facing today – from... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia Signs Supply Deal with Trafigura for Atlanta Oil
(OE) Brazilian oil and gas firm Brava Energia has signed a contract with Trafigura for the sale of oil from the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil. The contract is for the sale of a total volume of 6MM barrels of oil produced by the consortium in Atlanta field, 80% of which is held by Brava Energia,... Continue Reading →
Stabroek Block group could recover another US$13 billion in expenses this year
(oilnow.gy) With US$17.6 billion in crude exports projected for 2025, the Stabroek Block group could recover up to US$13.2 billion in expenses in 2025. The group—ExxonMobil, Hess, and CNOOC—has committed more than US$54 billion to explore and develop the Stabroek Block resources offshore Guyana. Their production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Guyana government lets them take... Continue Reading →
Woodside and Trinidad Agree Commercial Terms for Calypso Gas Discoveries
(Reuters) The government of Trinidad and Tobago and Woodside Energy have reached an initial agreement on the commercial terms for developing the company's Calypso deepwater gas discoveries, moving the project one step closer to a final investment decision, according to a Woodside executive and three people with knowledge of the talks. The Caribbean country, Latin... Continue Reading →
Trinidad sees revenue increase from LNG sales after contract revamp
(Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago, the largest producer of liquefied natural gas in Latin America and the Caribbean, is seeing an increase in government revenue from LNG exports by selling cargoes at between 15% and 55% above Henry Hub prices, energy minister Stuart Young said on Monday. The increase follows a contract revamp in late... 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 →
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 →