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(epbr) The ANP's Special Bidding Committee approved the registration of Chevron, Ecopetrol, Murphy Exploration, Petrobras, Shell and TotalEnergies in the 17th bidding round, scheduled for October 17th. -- The 17th round foresees the offer of 92 exploratory blocks, all offshore, divided into 11 sectors of four Brazilian sedimentary basins – Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar and Santos... Continue Reading →
Guyana aims to increase its oil royalties and revamp other contract terms as part of a new profit-sharing agreement (PSA) for future crude and gas projects now in its draft stage, the South American nation's vice president said on Tuesday. The tiny country has become one of the most desired oil exploration hot spots after... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) About three years after acquiring the Titã block, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, the American company ExxonMobil started the first exploratory drilling in the area. The information was disclosed to the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) on its active wells portal. Drilling is being carried out in a water depth of 2,644 meters, using the... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) --Pemex fought tooth and nail to wrest control of the country’s biggest private oil find from the companies that discovered it. Now it has found itself without the cash to actually develop the field. After taking operational control of the Zama megafield last month, the Mexican state-owned oil producer doesn’t have the nearly $2... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 06/11/2021, informs that the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) today approved the Búzios Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Agreement and the Production Sharing Contract of the Transfer of Rights Surplus for the... Continue Reading →
Maritime and offshore classification society ABS said Thursday it had brought together leading companies in the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) sector to address the safety challenges produced by a fleet where more than half of the FPSO vessels are over 30-years-old and a quarter are over 40-years-old. The working group, consisting of Chevron,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), along with Chevron Corp (CVX.N), is seeking to bulk up in the burgeoning renewable fuels space by finding ways to make such products at existing facilities, sources familiar with the efforts said. The two largest U.S. oil companies want to produce sustainable fuels without ponying up billions of... Continue Reading →
The divestment of Partex Brasil Ltda. and Partex Brasil Operações Petrolíferas Ltda. PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, or PTTEP, wishes to announce that, on 30th July 2021, Participations and Explorations Corporation and Partex (Brazil) Corporation, subsidiaries of PTTEP, entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to sell Partex Brasil Ltda. and Partex Brasil... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The port complex intends to attract partners to develop the four Ventos do Açu parks Porto do Açu, Prumo's port complex in Norte Fluminense, started the environmental licensing of offshore wind farms with 2,160 MW of installed capacity, and intends to attract one or more partners to develop the four wind farms of Ventos... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana's Natural Resources Ministry said on Monday the country earned nearly $80 million from a July crude cargo sold to an Indian refiner, the highest figure since exports began in early 2020, though an official ruled out a long-term supply deal. Guyana sold the cargo of 1,047,820 barrels of light, sweet Liza crude at... Continue Reading →
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