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(Reuters) Guyana, one of the world's hottest oil drilling zones, will offer 14 offshore exploration blocks under terms that "significantly" increase its share of oil revenue, the South American nation's vice president said on Thursday. Officials this week approved an oil lease auction with timing details to be disclosed by the Ministry of Natural Resources.... Continue Reading →
(OED) Cable installation has kicked off at Vineyard Wind, the U.S. first commercial scale offshore wind farm, at a site located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Wind, the company developing the namesake wind farm, also announced that it expects to begin nearshore cable work off the south coast of Cape Cod in... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PRIO") (B3: PRIO3), informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has signed an agreement with Gas Bridge Storage S.A. for the sale of its 10% interest in the Manati Field. The total amount of the transaction is of R$ 124 million, of which 10% will be paid... Continue Reading →
Mexico's oil regulator approved on Monday a revamped plan for developing the once-abandoned Lakach deepwater natural gas project, presented by state oil company Pemex, in the first public session chaired by its newly appointed head. The Gulf of Mexico field holds up to 937 billion cubic feet of gas reserves. Rising costs have hindered development,... Continue Reading →
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico, best known to the offshore energy industry as an oil and gas province, is for the first time opening its doors to the offshore wind industry, with the U.S administration on Monday designating two areas for offshore wind development in the region. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has found oil at the Pedunculo well, located in the northwest of the Sépia offshore oil field, around 250 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The well was drilled at a water depth of approximately 2,200 meters. The net thickness of the well’s oil column is one... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Nigeria is planning to auction seven deep offshore oil blocks, 15 years since the last ones were auctioned, the upstream regulator said on Saturday. Apart from marginal fields, Nigeria last conducted bidding for 45 oil blocks in 2007 even when the court had stopped the sale of two that were under litigation between Shell... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's government may change its position on prohibiting new contracts for oil exploration, director of public credit Jose Roberto Acosta said on Thursday, citing the valuable income brought by the sector. Granting new contracts for oil exploration would represent a major U-turn for the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro, who previously described oil... Continue Reading →
The ANP Special Bidding Commission (CEL) qualified five more companies registered in the OPP to participate in the 1st Cycle, which will be held on 12/16/2022: BP Energy do Brasil Ltda, Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda, Petronas do Brasil Ltda, Qatar Energy do Brasil Ltda and Total Energy EP do Brasil Ltda. Petrobras,... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (the “Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact disclosed on September 1st and October 3rd, 2022, informs its shareholders and the market in general that Petro Rio OPCO Exploração Petrolífera S.A (“OpCo”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Dommo Energia S.A. (“Dommo”) approved at their extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings held on... Continue Reading →
