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April 7, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of oil in a exploratory well of the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block, located in the Campos Basin. The well, informally called Natator, is located 130 km from the city of Macaé (RJ), in water depths of 1,080 meters, with... Continue Reading →
April 6, 2020 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 March. 1. January figures account for a 70% stake in the Frade Field. The acquisition of the remaining 30% stake – announced on November 28,... Continue Reading →
Guyana's oil output rose 58.2% to 56,320 barrels per day (bpd) in January, up from 35,607 bpd in December, the South American country's finance ministry said in a report published this week. The government is still working with the consortium producing crude at the Stabroek block off its coast on finalizing the procedures to calculate... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has identified further cost savings while its lenders have approved its credit facility with a $1.9 billion of debt capacity. Tullow said on Friday that the company continues to adapt to the challenging external environment. Continue reading
In the downturn of 2020, global exploration & production operators will only be able to cut supply chain costs by up to 12%, a Rystad Energy analysis shows. The current crisis will not be able to unlock many additional efficiency and productivity improvements because much of the potential has been exhausted since the 2014 oil-price... Continue Reading →
Just a bit more than 3 weeks ago, the head of Argentina’s state-run driller outlined an aggressive $1.8 billion spending plan for 2020 in the country’s Vaca Muerta shale region, based on $60-a-barrel crude. With global prices starting the year above $68, it wasn’t unrealistic. Now, all bets are off. Continue reading
April 2, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of oil in the pioneer well of the Uirapuru block, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The pioneer well is located about 200 km off the coast of the city of Santos (SP), at a water depth of 1,995 meters,... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Apache Corporation has made a ‘significant oil discovery’ at the Sapakara West-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. The well was drilled using the Noble Sam Croft drillship with Apache as operator holding a 50% working interest and Total holding the other 50% working interest. Continue reading
APR 2, 2020 The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved earlier this week the Development Plan for the Lapa field, in the pre-salt of the Santos basin. The field is operated by Total (45%), in partnership with Shell (30%) and Repsol Sinopec (25%). The French oil company's share previously belonged to Petrobrás, which sold its share... Continue Reading →
April 2, 2020 Shell will have at least until December 2021 to complete the assessment of the discovery of Gato do Mato, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Decision of the ANP board, authorized the combination of the exploration work of the original concession (BM-S-54) with the sharing contract (Sul de Gato do Mato). - Investment... Continue Reading →
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