Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of August. Obs.: (1) Frade figures account for a 70% interest in the Frade Field until February 4 and 100% interest as of February 5, when the Company announced... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s president earmarks $32B to help Pemex boost oil production
(Bloomberg) --Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is raising Pemex’s spending plan for next year to about $32 billion in a bid to boost flagging oil production. The funds allocated for the state producer in a 2022 budget proposal, including operational spending, represent a 17% increase from this year. Of the total, about $18 billion... Continue Reading →
ANP PUBLISHES EDICT FOR THE 17TH BIDDING ROUND
The National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”) published, on 07/27/20121, the edict for the 17th Bidding Round for Exploratory Blocks. 92 (ninety-two) blocks will be offered, distributed in 4 (four) sedimentary basins, located in the Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar and Santos basins, with areas of high potential and new exploratory frontiers. Among the... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s Second FPSO Sets Sail from Singapore
Liza Unity FPSO, set to become Guyana's second offshore production unit, has been completed in Singapore and has set sail towards Guyana. Keppel Shipyard, responsible for the construction and integration of the topside modules with the China-built FPSO hull said Thursday it had delivered the FPSO to SBM Offshore. Once in Guyana, the FPSO will... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Finds Oil at Pinktail Well, Offshore Guyana
U.S. oil firm ExxonMobil has made another oil discovery offshore Guyana, this time at Pinktail prospect in the prolific Stabroek Block. The Pinktail well, ExxonMobil said, encountered 220 feet (67 meters) of net pay in high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone reservoirs. Pinktail is located approximately 21.7 miles (35 kilometers) southeast of the Liza Phase 1 development, which... Continue Reading →
Shell Weighs COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Firing Staff Who Resist
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is weighing whether to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees and firing those who refuse to comply, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The oil major outlined a case for "selective vaccine mandates" initially at offshore and other remote locations, where staff live and work, and where World Health Organization-approved vaccines were available,... Continue Reading →
Mexico cuts Pemex’s tax burden, forecasts 4.1% growth for 2022
(Reuters) - Mexico's government on Wednesday proposed sharply reducing the tax burden for state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos and forecast economic growth of 4.1% for 2022, as Latin America's second largest economy continues to recover from a COVID-19-induced slump. The finance ministry's 2022 draft budget, which it presented to Congress earlier in the day, laid... Continue Reading →
Neptune Energy, Harbour Energy consider merger valued near $10 billion
(Bloomberg) --Neptune Energy Group Ltd., the private equity-backed explorer, is considering options including a merger with Harbour Energy Plc that could create one of Europe’s largest independent oil and gas companies, people familiar with the matter said. Neptune, part-owned by Carlyle Group Inc. and CVC Capital Partners, is working with an adviser as it studies... Continue Reading →
Saudi Aramco Unit Wins Guyana Oil Tender
Guyana awarded a unit of Saudi Aramco a tender to purchase a portion of the country's oil production, and the two parties will likely enter into a one-year marketing deal, an official said on Tuesday. The South American country last month received bids from 15 companies aiming to market its allocation of light crude produced... Continue Reading →
Stronger Storms Test Aging U.S. Offshore Oil Platforms and Pipelines
(OE) Stronger hurricanes threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast energy hub are elevating the risks of oil spills from damage to area refineries, oil platforms and subsea pipelines, say experts. On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it was investigating nearly 350 reports of spills in and along the Gulf after Hurricane Ida hit. Federal and state agencies... Continue Reading →
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