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(Reuters) Ecuador is planning to offer, most likely in 2024, blocks for offshore exploration and production of natural gas at the Gulf of Guayaquil, following auctions for onshore areas to be completed next year, Energy Minister Xavier Vera said on Monday. Vera expects to greenlight a proposal in the coming months once blocks are defined... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its onshore fiber optic network. The teaser, which contains the key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria for the selection of potential participants, is available on on Petrobras' Investor Relations website: https://www.investidorpetrobras.com.br/en/results-and-notices/teasers.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday said his government plans in coming days to submit legislation to the national congress that "would give certainty" to energy producers and help advance Argentina's liquefied natural gas (LNG) agenda. The Vaca Muerta shale basin, the world's second largest unconventional gas reserve and the fourth largest oil... Continue Reading →
(Rigzone) Colombia’s upstream sector is especially dynamic in 2022. Offshore exploration of the Colombian Caribbean has delivered in 2022 with Shell and Petrobras hitting the target with their wells earlier this year. Shell and Petrobras hit natural gas pay in the Gorgon-2 and Uchuva-1, both with Ecopetrol as a non-operating partner – according to Wood... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) has asked the oil regulator to suspend contracts for two fracking pilot projects for 90 days, the company and two sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The two projects - being developed in Santander province by Ecopetrol and U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) - have faced stiff resistance from environmental... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is due to rise 66,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 5.413 million bpd in October, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its productivity report on Monday. Total output in the major U.S. shale... Continue Reading →
(WO) From Saudi Arabia to West Texas, drillers are pumping more oil to cash in on a scorching price rally. But a region that’s home to a fifth of the world’s crude reserves is mostly missing out. All over Latin America, the upside of $100 crude has been blunted by nationalist policies that tightened government control of... Continue Reading →
With the current energy crisis and clean energy transition taking centre stage, companies are shifting focus to lower-risk core assets and regions, thus, Rystad Energy, an energy intelligence group, forecasts that the global oil and gas exploration spending and activities are expected to shrink even further this year as the number of licensed blocks and total acreage fall... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentina is on track to hit record oil output this year from its massive shale deposits, which are already responsible for record natural gas production, a key local official said on Tuesday, amid a national push to grow domestic energy supplies. Located in western Neuquen province, the Vaca Muerta shale formation is the... Continue Reading →
(WO) Latest analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group, a specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, reveals a healthy recovery roadmap for the global land rig market, driven by higher commodity pricing and mounting pressures around energy security. Westwood expects many regions to recover from the dramatic global downturn throughout 2020 better than previously expected. In... Continue Reading →
