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Nov 13, 2019 The purchase of the Lagoa Parda Cluster by Imetame is approved by Cade, without restrictions. The set of three fields in Espírito Santo was 100% sold by Petrobras, for R $ 9.4 million. Deal was signed on October 11th. The current average production of the cluster is 300 barrels of oil per... Continue Reading →
Foreign oil companies that have not joined Brazil’s last two auctions of offshore “pre-salt” fields are also unlikely to bid next year, BP Plc’s Brazil president told newspaper Valor Economico in an interview published on Wednesday. Adriano Bastos argued that, even if the pre-salt areas that have not received any bids are auctioned again with... Continue Reading →
Shares of Tullow Oil and Eco Atlantic fell sharply Wednesday morning after the two companies announced the two discoveries recently struck offshore Guyana contained heavy oil with high sulfur percentage. Tullow announced the two discoveries – Jethro 1 and the Joe-1 in its Orinduik block in August and September, respectively. As previously reported, the Jethro-1 well hit 55 meters... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil company Enauta – formerly known as QGEP – has awarded a new contract to Solstad Offshore’s AHTS vessel BOS Turmalina. Solstad Offshore said Tuesday the 2006-built anchor handler would go on a 1,5-year contract with Enauta during the fourth quarter of the year in direct continuation with the current charter. According to... Continue Reading →
November 11, 2019 – 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 October. See full report: PetroRio Operational Data October 2019
Nov 11, 2019 It is time for Brazil to reflect on the application of the concession regime in forthcoming bidding for oil and gas exploration blocks, in order to bring about further simplification in the process, said the president of Shell in Brazil, André Araujo. The oil company is the main private producer in the... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil producer Equinor has started a search for a new chief executive, the Stavanger Aftenblad newspaper reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. CEO Eldar Saetre, 63, who led the company through the oil market's downturn in 2014-2016, has not set a date for his departure, but could step down in 2020, the newspaper reported.... Continue Reading →
As the weeks ticked down to Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction, state-run Petrobras held increasingly frantic talks to find potential partners, with the heaviest blow coming when major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) pulled out days before, according to six people familiar with the matter. While many firms were far from ready to take on enormous signing... Continue Reading →
Latin American states like Colombia have been important producers of oil and gas for this southern continent, the Caribbean and North American markets. Colombia’s crude oil production is primarily located onshore, in the northwest and centre of the country, close to major refined product-consuming regions. Meta Department, in central Colombia, is an important production area,... Continue Reading →
Nov 11, 2019 Shell began the licensing process at Ibama to drill in block BM-S-54, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, where the discovery of Gato do Mato is located. The campaign will consist of drilling up to six development wells that will be interconnected with the future production system of the block and the contiguous... Continue Reading →
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