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By Rystad Energy Jan. 19 (oilprice.com) The country faces the challenge of reinforcing its pipeline network to absorb growing pre-salt gas while managing declining imports from Bolivia. Although higher volumes of Argentine gas are expected to reach Brazil via Bolivia over the medium to long term, network upgrades will be required to ensure security of supply... Continue Reading →
Jan. 7 (OE) Artificial intelligence (AI) contributed savings and value creation of about $130 million for Equinor and its partners in 2025, as the Norwegian firm expanded the use of AI across offshore platforms and onshore facilities. The company uses artificial intelligence to support industrial operations at scale, improving safety, efficiency and profitability, as it... Continue Reading →
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3) informs its investors and the market in general of the preliminary and unaudited production data for the month of December 2025. The Company ended 2025 with an average production of 81,3 kboe/d, a 46% increase when compared to the previous year, with Papa-Terra and Atlanta standing out,... Continue Reading →
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Equinor does not plan a return to Venezuela, after leaving the country in the early part of this decade, the Norwegian oil and gas company's CEO told Reuters on Wednesday. "At the moment, that's not on the table," Anders Opedal said on the sidelines of a business conference. "We pulled out of... Continue Reading →
Jan 5 (Reuters) - Here are key facts about international oil companies in Venezuela, a country with the world's largest oil reserves thrown into crisis by the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. In the 2000s, former President Hugo Chávez expropriated assets from several foreign oil companies, strengthening state-owned PDVSA’s control over the country's oilfields. Today, foreign... Continue Reading →
Jan. 5 - In November 2025, Brazil produced 4.921 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) of oil and natural gas. The data was released today by the ANP in its Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin. Regarding oil, 3.773 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, a 6.4% decrease compared to the... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2 (oilprice.com) Argentina, in a surprise development, overtook Colombia to become South America’s fourth-largest oil producer. The country is undergoing a once-in-a-generation unconventional hydrocarbon boom, which began with Buenos Aires nationalizing integrated energy major YPF in 2012. Since then, Argentina’s oil and natural gas output has kept soaring higher, regularly hitting new monthly highs as volumes... Continue Reading →
Dec 24 (Reuters) - Four Democratic governors wrote to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday to ask the Trump administration to lift its halt on five offshore wind projects on the U.S. East Coast. The Department of the Interior on Monday attributed its suspension of the leases for the projects to national security concerns. However, New York... Continue Reading →
Dec. 18 (oilprice.com) Brazil, Guyana, and Argentina are set to be major drivers of non-OPEC oil supply growth in 2026, accounting for half of the expected 0.8 million barrels per day (b/d) increase in 2026 the U.S. Energy Information Administration has predicted. According to the energy watchdog, Brazil's growth will mainly be driven by new offshore... Continue Reading →
December 16, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that it has entered into an agreement to form a strategic partnership in the onshore renewable energy segment through the acquisition of 49.99% of Lightsource bp's subsidiaries in Brazil. The partnership will be structured as a joint venture, with shared management between Petrobras and Lightsource... Continue Reading →
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