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(Reuters) - A unit of U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday transferred one-third of its 60%-equity interest in an offshore Suriname block for which it has a production sharing agreement to a unit of Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), Suriname's state oil company said. Paradise Oil Company, a subsidiary of Suriname's state-run Staatsolie, retains its 40% stake... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has acquired the exploration and production rights of the volumes exceeding those of the Transfer of Rights in the Atapu and Sepia offshore fields in the 2nd Bidding Round for theTransfer of Rights surplus under the Production Sharing Regime, held today, by the National Agency of Petroleum,... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has secured a US$620 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão. The FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão will be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Mero is a project under Libra Consortium responsibility, in which... Continue Reading →
The winning bids for the Transfer of Rights auction, blocks Sepia and Atapu, are as follows: SEPIA - Consortium formed by TotalEnergies (28%), Petronas (21%) and QP Brasil (21%), made an offer of 37.43% of surplus oil to the Union. The bid exceeded the proposal presented by Petrobras (100%), which alone offered 30.30% of excess... Continue Reading →
Enauta announces that it has approved the drilling of an additional well in the Early Production System (SPA) of the Atlanta Field. The new well, scheduled to start production in early 2023, will allow for a significant increase in production and will add a spare to the wells' pumping system. The estimated value of the... Continue Reading →
An old offshore platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is set to be converted into a working fish farm, creating a blueprint for future aquaculture re-use projects and providing repurposing options for old oil and gas assets. Innovasea, a provider of aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, has helped the Gulf Offshore Research... Continue Reading →
BP's floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore West Africa is expected in Senegal waters for commissioning and testing by the end of 2022, a company executive said on Friday. The FPSO for the project, which straddles Senegal and Mauritania, is being built in China by France's Technip Energies.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - There were no counter-offers for oil and gas blocs in Colombia's latest licensing round, but contracts for 30 blocs which received bids will be signed in the coming days, the government said on Thursday. The oil and gas industry is a major source of income and foreign exchange for Colombia and the government... Continue Reading →
Strengthened by the recent bills approved by the government, the Permanent Offer of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) will have its next auction on April 13, 2022, consequence of declaration of interest submitted by a company already registered in this auction modality. Thus, the 3rd Cycle of Permanent Offer begins, which will be carried out... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A sale of Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L) controlling interest in a Texas refinery to Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos has been delayed until next year, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A review of the deal by U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States had been expected to wrap... Continue Reading →
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