Portuguese oil company Galp Energia on Monday raised its earnings outlook for 2021 after higher oil prices and positive refining margins buoyed profitability in the third quarter. Galp said its adjusted core earnings or EBITDA in this year as a whole would exceed 2.3 billion euros ($2.7 billion), compared with its previous forecast of 2... Continue Reading →
3R INCREASES PROVEN RESERVES BY 35% WITH PAPA-TERRA AND FORECASTS PRODUCTION PEAK IN 2027
The Papa-Terra field, in the Campos Basin, which marked the entry of 3R Petroleum in the state of Rio de Janeiro, will increase the company's proven (1P) reserves by around 35%, bringing them to a total 185.1 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company recently received from DeGolyer & MacNaughton the final result of the... Continue Reading →
First Sangomar well drilled offshore Senegal
(OM) Woodside Energy has issued progress reports on its development projects in West Africa and Australia. Offshore Senegal, the first development well for the Sangomar field development Phase 1 has been drilled and completed, including installation of the xmas tree. It was also the first horizontal production well drilled in Senegal, the company said. Phase 1 was recently... Continue Reading →
Guyana could revive talks with India on crude oil supplies -vice president
(Reuters) - Oil producer Guyana could resume talks with India for a deal to sell the government's share of crude as output rises next year, the South American nation's vice president told Reuters. Earlier this year, Indian refiners bought at least two test cargoes of Guyana's Liza light sweet crude. But government-to-government negotiations on a... Continue Reading →
Bolsonaro’s Privatization Talk Masks Struggle to Unload Petrobras Refineries
(Bloomberg) -- For all President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent talk of privatizing Brazil’s crown jewel, oil giant Petrobras has struggled even to unload a handful of refineries. And its chances have never looked worse. With global fuel demand still reeling from the pandemic and refineries shutting down elsewhere, Brazil is giving potential buyers another reason for... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE U.S. slows down oil and gas mergers-sources
(Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators have extended the approval process for at least five oil and gas mergers and acquisitions in the last three months, as President Joe Biden's administration scrutinizes deals in a bid to tackle soaring energy prices, according to regulatory filings and corporate lawyers. The slowdown comes amid growing pressure on policymakers... Continue Reading →
Petrobras – Highlights on production and sales in 3Q21
Petrobras - In 3Q21, we continued to operate safely and with a solid performance, still with a differentiated regime and special protocols due to the pandemic scenario, but with a gradual increase in the number of people on board. The average production of oil, LGN and natural gas reached 2.83 MMboed, 1.2% above 2Q21, mainly... Continue Reading →
Exxon board debates dropping several major oil and gas projects – WSJ
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) board is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects amid a global push from investors for fossil fuel companies to be more cost-conscious and green-energy friendly, WSJ reported on Wednesday. Activist investor Engine No. 1 in May shocked the oil-and-gas industry when three of its four nominees... Continue Reading →
Peru’s state-owned oil company plans return to production for first time since 1990s
(Reuters) - Peru's state-owned Petroperu hopes to once again extract oil in the Andean nation by the end of the year to supply crude to its Talara refinery, the government said on Wednesday. The move, under new socialist President Pedro Castillo, signals a return to oil production for Petroperu after more than two decades focused... Continue Reading →
Guyana seeks a 135-mile subsea gas pipeline to extend its energy win streak
(WO/Bloomberg) --Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy. Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be... Continue Reading →