(Reuters) An Exxon Mobil-led oil consortium will need to decide by October whether it will go ahead and develop a large natural gas find off the coast of Guyana, the country's vice president said on Thursday. The government has been pressing for a bonanza from mostly untapped gas reserves found by the Exxon-led group. The... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s 3R and Enauta to follow Petrobras into Foz do Amazonas exploration
(Reuters) - The oil firm to be created from the merger of Brazil's 3R Petroleum and Enauta wants to explore the Foz do Amazonas' basin if state-run firm Petrobras finds oil there, its future CEO Decio Oddone told Reuters. Enauta has rights over an oil block in Foz do Amazonas, considered the most promising area in Brazil's so-called... Continue Reading →
Moody’s downgrades Colombia’s Ecopetrol to junk status
(Reuters) - Rating agency Moody's on Wednesday downgraded Colombian majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol into junk territory, citing increased indebtedness, a boost in dividends and an ambitious investment plan over the next three years. Moody's cut Ecopetrol's long-term issuer rating and senior unsecured ratings to Ba1, considered "junk," from Baa3. Ecopetrol has been taking on... Continue Reading →
BP Pauses Gas-Field Talks with Venezuela as License Expires
(Reuters) Oil major BP has paused discussions with Venezuela on the development of a gas project on the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago following the expiration of a U.S. license to Venezuela in April, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. BP this year conducted negotiations with Venezuela and Trinidad to develop the 1 trillion... Continue Reading →
Guyana Has Become a Major Driver of Global Oil Supply Growth
Guyana has turned into a significant contributor to global crude oil supply growth in just a few short years. This is according to data published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration this week that showed Guyana had the third-fastest production growth rate globally, after the United States and Brazil. Between 2019, when oil production began in the... Continue Reading →
Saipem Scoops $3.7B for Work on TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Field
(OE) Saipem has been awarded three new contracts by TotalEnergies for the Kaminho project, relating to the development of Cameia and Golfinho oil fields offshore Angola, worth $3.7 billion. The first of the contracts, awarded by TotalEnergies' subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Angola Block 20, refers to the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Commissioning of the Kaminho... Continue Reading →
Sapura Ônix Heads to Atlanta Field to Install Subsea Equipment
(OE) The specialized vessel Sapura Ônix is on its way to Atlanta Field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, where it will carry out the installation of subsea equipment to support the oil production, targeted for August 2024. Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said the Sapura Ônix vessel is en route to install multiphase pumps... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore ‘pre-selected as preferred bidder’ for TotalEnergies’ Suriname FPSO deal – Upstream sources
(OILNOW) Upstream has reported that SBM Offshore could take the upper hand in competition with MODEC to build and deliver Suriname’s first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, as it was “pre-selected as the preferred bidder.” Fabio Palmigiani, the publication’s South America Correspondent, said the information came from two industry sources. He wrote that SBM Offshore... Continue Reading →
Saipem Secures $850M Contract from Eni-BP Joint Venture Offshore Angola
(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has secured a contract from Azule Energy, a joint venture between Eni and BP, for the development of Ndungu field as part of Agogo Integrated West Hub Project, offshore Angola. Saipem’s scope of work entails the engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation of approximately 60 km of rigid pipelines... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum – Protocol and Justification for the Merger of Enauta Shares into 3R
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R”) and ENAUTA PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Enauta” and, jointly with 3R, the “Companies”), under the terms of article 157, §4, of Law No. 6,404, December 15, 1976 (“Brazilian Corporate Law”), CVM Resolution No. 44, August 23, 2021, and CVM Resolution No. 78, March 29, 2022, following the material facts disclosed... Continue Reading →