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The ANP Board approved yesterday the participations agreed between Pré-Sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) and Petrobras, on the volumes exceeding those contracted for Transfer of Rights in the areas of Atapu and Sépia, according to MME Ordinance No. 23 / 2020. MME Ordinance No. 23, dated 01/27/2020, qualified PPSA as a representative of the Federal Government... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PetroRio") (B3: PRIO3), in compliance with the provisions of article 12, paragraph 5 of CVM Instruction 358/02 (and its amendments by CVM Instruction 568/15) announces that it has received from Truxt Investimentos Ltda., correspondence informing the Company they are holders of a total of 21,814,976 common shares issued by the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release dated 09/06/2019, informs that has signed today with Ouro Preto Energia Onshore S.A., wholly-owned subsidiary of 3R Petroleum Óleo e Gás S.A., a contract for the sale all of its stakes in fourteen onshore exploration and production fields, called Recôncavo Cluster, located in the state... Continue Reading →
The government intends to offer large blocks on land, up to 36 thousand km², in addition to reducing costs and entry barriers for contracting exploration areas. The proposals are the result of Reate, the Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Activity Revitalization Program in Onshore Areas. - The program was created in 2017, under... Continue Reading →
Norway's Solstad Offshore said Thursday it had secured contracts for three platform supply vessels, two in the North Sea, and one in Suriname. Platform supply vessel Normand Surfer has been awarded a long-term contract with an unnamed company in the North Sea. Solstad said the client was "a leading North Sea operator." The vessel has... Continue Reading →
For nearly 80 years, Mexico kept its borders closed to foreign oil interests, with the state-owned and -run Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) being the only entity allowed to drill for gas in Mexican territory. In 2017, then-president Enrique Peña Nieto opened up Mexico’s considerable oil reserves to foreign oil companies and investors for the first time in nearly... Continue Reading →
Smack dab in the middle of an oil price crisis caused by an unprecedented demand loss, Exxon announced the latest in a string of discoveries off the eastern South American shore, this time in Suriname. It must have felt like adding insult to injury for OPEC producers and reckless behavior for investors, but offshore oil... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil announced Juan Lessmann as president of ExxonMobil in Brazil to replace Carla Lacerda, who is retiring after 35 years with the company. Juan Lessmann will be responsible for the sustainable growth of affiliates. An ExxonMobil employee for more than 22 years, he has held outstanding positions in exploration and production around the world, including... Continue Reading →
Australian oil and gas company BHP, working to develop the Trion field offshore Mexico, has hired DNV GL to verify that the new infrastructure built for the Trion project is compliant with local and global safety, as well as other requirements. BHP acquired the Trion asset in Mexico’s first-ever Deepwater Bid Round in 2016. The... Continue Reading →
The Union oil surplus under the production sharing regime increased 74% in October, compared to September, registering a daily average of 7 thousand barrels of oil. Of this total, 4 thousand bpd (barrels of oil per day) were produced in the Mero Development Area, 3 thousand bpd in Entorno de Sapinhoá and 40.7 bpd in... Continue Reading →
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