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Chinese oil company CNOOC plans to drill 227 exploration wells in 2020 and has set aside up to around $13,8 billion for capital expenditures, CNOOC's highest annual Capex since 2014, according to Reuters. CNOOC said Monday that its targeted net production for 2020 is 520 million to 530 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE). Around... Continue Reading →
FPSO operator BW Offshore has signed an agreement with PetroRio for a one-year extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo located offshore Brazil. The firm period has been extended from 3Q 2020 to 3Q 2021, with options until 3Q 2022, BW Offshore said last Saturday. The contract has been extended multiple times... Continue Reading →
The energy transition and Extinction Rebellion led the energy news agenda and discussions in company boardrooms in 2019, but the impact on exploration drilling is not yet apparent, according to market research provider Westwood Global Energy Group. Westwood is suggesting keeping an eye on Brazil in 2020 with one high impact well currently drilling and... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil firm Noble Energy has hired a 7th generation Maersk drillship for its drilling operation in Colombia. Maersk Drilling said Friday that Noble had awarded it a one-well contract for the Maersk Valiant drillship. The contract is set to begin in the third quarter of 2020, right after the rig's contract with Repsol in... Continue Reading →
The Stena Forth drillship has arrived in the Port of Callao Lima Peru ahead of drilling the Marina-1 exploration well for Australia's Karoon Energy. The exploration well is located in Peru's Block Z-38 Tumbes Basin, where Karoon is the operator with a 40% net interest. The drillship will remain at the port for one to... Continue Reading →
The world’s oil and gas explorers have discovered 12.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2019, the highest volume since 2015, according to estimates by energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy. Guyana’s success story from 2018 continued in 2019, with ExxonMobil adding four new discoveries within its offshore Stabroek block, with the last one coming in... Continue Reading →
JAN 8 , 2020 SOTREQ Caterpillar dealer will supply a package consisting of seven 3.45 MW gas generators to Eneva, which is responsible for gas exploration in the Azulão field. It is a project that will be integrated with TPP Jaguatirica II, in Roraima. After liquefied and stored in the Azulão, the gas will be... Continue Reading →
Jan 8, 2020 About four months after starting drilling in block S-M-623, where the Sagitario prospect is located, Petrobras made its first notification of oil evidence in the area. The discovery took place at well 3-BRSA-1370-SPS, at 1,841 meter water depth, which is being drilled with the ODN I rig. The resumption of exploratory activity... Continue Reading →
January 9, 2019 Number of authorizations for seismic and drilling campaigns increased over previous year Ibama authorized, last Wednesday (8/1), SpectrumGeo to carry out a 2D seismic campaign in the Pará-Maranhão Basin. In the licensing process, it is stated that the BGP Pioneer vessel, from Chinese BGP, will conduct the work. The issuance of environmental... Continue Reading →
Premier Oil and Rockhopper, two oil companies working to develop the Sea Lion oil field offshore the Falkland Islands, have welcomed Navitas as their potential new partner in the project. The companies have signed non-binding heads of terms with Navitas Petroleum, which should lead to Navitas obtaining a 30% interest in the Sea Lion offshore... Continue Reading →
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