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Dec 27, 2019 Equinor, as operator, on behalf of the BM-S-8 and Norte de Carcará consortiums, informs that it has submitted to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the Declarations of Commerciality of the Carcará discovery, in the area of Santos Basin pre-salt. Together with the Declarations of Commerciality, the consortia... Continue Reading →
Royal Dutch Shell won the rights to market Guyana's first cargoes of crude oil, the government said on Tuesday, just days after oil production began and launched the impoverished South American country into the ranks of world suppliers. An ExxonMobil-led consortium, which includes Hess Corp and China's CNOOC Ltd, began producing crude from the Liza well on... Continue Reading →
December 23, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/16/2019, referring to the sale of its interest in the concession BM-P-2, located in the Pelotas Basin, reports that it has extended until 01/15/2020 the notification deadline for companies to express their interest on the opportunity. There is no prejudice... Continue Reading →
Just a few days after making history with producing Guyana’s first ever oil at its Liza offshore field, ExxonMobil has announced another oil discovery near the field. The U.S. major on Monday said it made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the... Continue Reading →
As Guyana has just become an oil-producing country with ExxonMobil reaching first oil at the Liza field over the last weekend, oil major Total is hoping to replicate the achievement in nearby Suriname. The French company has signed a deal with Apache Corporation to acquire a 50% working interest and operatorship in “the highly prospective Block... Continue Reading →
December 20, 2019 Ibama denied Petrobras' request to drill an exploratory well in block area BM-P-2 in the Pelotas Basin. The environmental agency recently closed the licensing process, due to technical uncertainties that were not clarified by Petrobras. Petrobras and Total trying to sell the asset. The teaser, which marks the start of the sale,... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil and its partners lifted the first commercial crude from Guyana, setting the small South American nation on a path to potentially vast flows of oil revenues. Exxon has a 45% share in the Guyana project, while Hess Corp. has 30% and China’s CNOOC Ltd. 25%. Output from the first phase of the offshore... Continue Reading →
The purchase price per share is NOK 116 which compares to the closing price on 19 December of NOK 110.5 and to Scatec Solar’s equity issuance price on 24 September of NOK 116. Following the transaction Equinor owns a total of 18,965,400 shares of Scatec Solar, raising its total shareholding to 15.2 percent of the... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil has said on several occasions that by 2025, Guyana is expected to produce up to 750,000 barrels of oil per day. But it would not achieve this by solely relying on the three Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels for the Liza Phase One Project, Liza Phase Two and the Payara Project (which... Continue Reading →
When asked where the hotspots for 2020 exploration might be, Brown said, “Brazil is the obvious answer”, noting that an increasingly diverse operator mix – including Equinor and Shell among those joining Petrobras in exploring the deepwater pre-salt – will be key to success in the region. “Brazil is on the verge of a revival... Continue Reading →
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