RENEGOTIATION OF GAS CONTRACTS IN THE POTIGUAR BASIN 3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) informs its investors and the market in general that, through its subsidiaries 3R Macau S.A. (“3R Macau”) and 3R Pescada S.A.[1] (“3R Pescada”), signed on December 8, 2021 amendments to the purchase and sale agreements of pre-processed natural... Continue Reading →
Royal Dutch Shell shareholders expected to approve move to London
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSa.L) shareholders are expected to vote on Friday to approve a plan to end the company's dual share structure and move its headquarters to London from The Hague. The Anglo-Dutch company's board members presented the plan in November. They said the simplification would strengthen Shell's competitiveness and make share buybacks and paying... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of the BM-S-8 block – Bacalhau
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 11/22/2016 and 03/21/2018, informs that it will receive from Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda. (Equinor) the last contingent installment in the amount of US$ 950 million related to the sale of its stake in the exploratory block BM-S-8, where the Bacalhau field (former Carcará... Continue Reading →
Green Light for the Individualization of the Bacalhau Production Agreement
The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the Production Individualization Agreement (PIA) for the shared Bacalhau deposit, located in the Santos Basin. As a reminder, the PIA is an instrument used when reservoirs or deposits extend over more than one exploratory block or when they cover a non-contracted area. In 2014, Equinor had... Continue Reading →
Pemex Refinery Deal May Cost $1 Billion More Than Announced
(Yahoo) Petroleos Mexicanos could end up spending about $1.6 billion to take over Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Deer Park refinery, more than twice the price announced in May, even as its finances are so dismal the government is injecting billions of dollars into the state oil producer. Pemex, as the company is known, has requested... Continue Reading →
ANP Approves Ecopetrol for the Second Edition of the Permanent Offer
The Special Tender Committee (CEL) approved the registration of one more company for the Permanent Offer: Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda. With Ecopetrol, 69 companies have already signed up for the Permanent Offer. See the complete list: https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/rodadas-anp/oferta-permanente/inscricao-licitantes. The Permanent Offer is a modality of concession of blocks and areas with marginal accumulations... Continue Reading →
ANP Approves Mero’s Development Plan
A new important milestone for Petrobras and its partners in the consortium that operates in the Libra block, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the first development plan for the Mero field, which is located within the Libra area. In all, 65 wells will be drilled in... Continue Reading →
Chevron, Equatorial Guinea sign production-sharing agreement for offshore oil block
(Reuters) - Oil major Chevron (CVX.N) and the government of Equatorial Guinea have signed a production-sharing agreement for an offshore block in the Douala Basin, oil minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima said on Friday. The agreement grants Chevron 80% ownership over block EG-09, which sits along Equatorial Guinea's northern border with Cameroon, south of the Aseng and... Continue Reading →
ANP REDUCES ROYALTIES FOR SMALL ONSHORE PRODUCERS AND DISCUSSES PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT RULES
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved today the reduction of the royalty rate levied on fields operated by small or medium-sized companies. In all, the agency granted a reduction in the charge for 36 fields, located in the states of Rio Grande do Norte (31), Espírito Santo (3), Bahia (1) and Sergipe (1). Small companies... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Sells Gabon Terminal, Offshore Fields to Perenco for $350M
(OE) French oil major TotalEnergies has completed the sale of the Cap Lopez Terminal and non-operated offshore field in Gabon to Perenco. "After receiving the approval of Gabonese authorities, TotalEnergies announces the closing of its agreement to divest to Perenco Oil and Gas Gabon the Cap Lopez Terminal and non-operated assets of its 58%-owned affiliate TotalEnergies EP Gabon," TotalEnergies said Thursday. With the transaction valued at $350 million before final adjustment, TotalEnergies EP Gabon... Continue Reading →