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(WO) U.S. annual oil production is set to rise to a record next year as shale producers continue to boost output. Oil supply will average 12.41 million barrels a day in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration. That would surpass the current annual high of 12.3 million barrels a day set in 2019, the... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras announced that it has received a license from the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) for 3D seismic survey activity in the Tupi and Iracema fields, in the Santos Basin. The document will be valid for 1 year and 30 days. Data acquisition will be carried out by Shearwater Geoservices do Brasil. The... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The regulatory National Mining Agency (ANM) suspended operations of French steel pipe maker Vallourec at its Pau Branco iron ore mine in Brazil on Sunday, a day after a dike at the mine overflowed and cut off a federal highway, the company said. The overflow of the dike cut off traffic on Saturday... Continue Reading →
Changes in the organization of the future second largest thermoelectric plant in Brazil. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) approved the sale of Prumo Logística's stake in the Gás Natural Açu II (GNA II) plant, which is currently under construction at Porto do Açu, in São João da Barra (RJ). With the transaction, Prumo... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Permanent Offer is once and for all consolidated as the main form of bidding for oil and gas areas in Brazil. The Brazilian government authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to sell 11 pre-salt exploratory blocks within this auction model. The decision was published in an order in the Official Gazette of the... Continue Reading →
French oil company TotalEnergies began drilling the Marolo-1 well in block C-M-541 on the 31st. The activity is being carried out by the Valaris DS-15 drillship, in a water depth of 3,000 meters. Valid for 5 years, the license issued by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) authorized the drilling of two exploratory wells... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of Resolution No. 44 of the Brazilian Securities Commission, informs its investors and the market in general that on December 30th, 2021 has concluded, through its integrally owned subsidiary 3R Macau SA (“3R Macau”), the prepayment of the 2nd Issuance... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian oil company Enauta Participacoes SA (ENAT3.SA) said on Monday it will no longer sell its stake in the Manati oilfield, adding that conditions for the conclusion of a previously announced deal with Gas Bridge SA have not been met. "The deal was subject to a series of commercial and regulatory conditions that should have... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/03/2021, informs that it signed today with Ubuntu Engenharia e Serviços Ltda contracts for the sale of its total interest in the PAR-T-218_R12 concession, located in the Paraná Basin. The total value of these transactions is US$ 32 thousand and the closing is... Continue Reading →
Guyana's parliament on Wednesday approved local content rules for oil producers and a sovereign wealth fund to oversee the South American nation's earnings from a budding oil bonanza. International oil producers have discovered 10 billion barrels of oil and gas that promise to transform Guyana's agricultural and mining economy into an oil powerhouse providing billions... Continue Reading →
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