Mexico's attorney general has requested a prison sentence of up to 39 years for the former chief executive of state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for his role in a corruption scandal, two judicial sources said on Wednesday. Emilio Lozoya is accused of having requested money from scandal-plagued Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht to partially finance... Continue Reading →
Repsol Sinopec Brasil starts sales of gas from Sapinhoá Norte
Initiative reinforces the company's commitment to the gas market in Brazil (TN) Repsol Sinopec Brasil signed a sales contract for the Sapinhoá Norte gas with Petrogal Brasil, reinforcing its participation in the natural gas value chain in Brazil. With this contract, which is the first in this modality, the company began marketing this gas as... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil unveils two more oil discoveries off Guyana
U.S. oil and gas giant ExxonMobil has made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 wells located in the prolific Stabroek block offshore Guyana. In a statement on Wednesday, ExxonMobil confirmed that the Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The well was drilled in 6,030 feet (1,838... Continue Reading →
U.S. claims title of world’s largest LNG exporter
(WO) --The U.S. became the world’s No. 1 exporter of liquefied natural gas for the first time ever last month, as deliveries surged to energy-starved Europe. Output from American facilities edged above Qatar in December after a jump in exports from the Sabine Pass and Freeport facilities, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. Cheniere... Continue Reading →
AET Takes Delivery of New Shuttle Tanker for Shell Charter in Brazil
Tanker operator AET has taken delivers of Eagle Campos, the first of another three Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Shuttle Tankers purpose built for long-term charter to Brazil Shipping I Limited, a subsidiary of Shell. Shuttle tankers are used for the offloading and transporting oil from offshore oil installations. AET struck a deal with Shell in... Continue Reading →
Brazil Oil Production Grows 2.7% in November at 2.8 MM/bpd
Domestic oil production in November was 2.852 million bpd, up 2.7% from the previous month; and 3.5% compared to November 2020. In natural gas, with production of 137 million cubic meters per day, there was an increase of 3.7% compared to October and 8.1% compared to November 2020 Total Brazilian oil and gas production during... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Initiated Drilling the Marolo Well, 3,000 mts Water Depth in the Campos Basin
French oil company TotalEnergies began drilling the Marolo-1 well in block C-M-541 on the 31st. The activity is being carried out by the Valaris DS-15 drillship, in a water depth of 3,000 meters. Valid for 5 years, the license issued by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) authorized the drilling of two exploratory wells... Continue Reading →
Venezuela Surprises Oil Markets With Large Production Increase
(Oil Price) Despite decades of mismanagement, malfeasance and corruption, strict U.S. sanctions and crumbling energy infrastructure, Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA has stunned observers by reporting a significant increase in crude oil output for November 2021. OPEC’s December 2021 Monthly Oil Market Report shows based on primary sources Venezuela pumped an average of 824,000 barrels daily for November... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM Enters on IBOVESPA and IBrX 100 Indexes
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. ("3R" or "Company") (B3: RRRP3), communicates its investors and the market in general that, as of this date, its shares will be included in the portfolio of Ibovespa Index (“Ibovespa”) and Brazil 100 Index (“IBrX 100”) of B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (“B3”). The new portfolio will be... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM Prepayment of Debt Securities
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of Resolution No. 44 of the Brazilian Securities Commission, informs its investors and the market in general that on December 30th, 2021 has concluded, through its integrally owned subsidiary 3R Macau SA (“3R Macau”), the prepayment of the 2nd Issuance... Continue Reading →