Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on June 30, 2021, informs that it signed today with the company Petromais Global Exploração e Produção S.A. (Petro+) the agreement for the sale of the totality of its stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions denominated Alagoas Cluster, located... Continue Reading →
Eneva signs concession contracts in the Amazon and Paraná Basins and in the Juruá area in the Solimões Basin
(TNPetroleo) Eneva signs concession contracts for the assets acquired by the Company in the second cycle of the Permanent Offer of the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), held on December 4, 2020, which include three onshore exploratory blocks in the Amazon Basin, the Juruá area in the Solimões Basin and 70%... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of E&P assets in Alagoas
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on October 15, 2020, informs that the Company's Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of its total interest in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions called Alagoas Cluster, located in the state of Alagoas, to the... Continue Reading →
Enauta’s Output Doubles as Barra Exits Atlanta Field Offshore Brazil
Brazilian oil company Enauta said Monday it had completed the transfer of a 50% stake in the Atlanta offshore field, previously held by Barra Energia. Enauta in April said it had received regulatory approval to take full ownership of the Atlanta offshore oil field in Brazil, following the decision by its partner Barra Energia to exit... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Oil Boom Continues Unabated
(Oilprice) Latin America’s largest oil producer Brazil is one of the worst affected countries globally by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the World Health Organization, Brazil is the third ranked country by volume of cases and second by deaths. There were fears earlier this year that the rapid spread of the virus would derail Brazil’s offshore oil... Continue Reading →
Enauta to see all-time high output volume following Atlanta field takeover
(Offshore Energy) Oil and gas company Enauta has revealed that the Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has approved the constitution of guarantees for the company to take over a 100 per cent stake in the Atlanta field off Brazil, doubling its oil production. Enauta said on Friday that the ANP has approved the... Continue Reading →
PetroRio’s Frade Field Plans Approved by ANP
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has received regulatory approval for a revised development plan of the Frade oil field offshore Brazil. The new development plan, approved by the national oil industry regulator ANP, allows the drilling of four production wells and three horizontal injection wells in the Frade Field. The ANP also authorized the... Continue Reading →
Foreigners already own 20% of oil and gas production in Brazil
With Petrobras stepping on the brakes on investments and selling more assets, foreign oil companies are gaining ground in Brazil. Together, Shell, Repsol Sinopec, Petrogal and TotalEnergies already account for 20% of national oil and gas production. Together, the private sector now accounts for 27% of the total, according to data from the National Agency... Continue Reading →
Exxon Doubles Down On World’s Hottest Offshore Play – GUYANA
(Yahoo)The deeply impoverished former English colony of Guyana has become one of the world’s hottest offshore drilling locations. Global energy supermajors have made a slew of major oil discoveries in Guyana’s and neighboring Suriname’s offshore waters, notably in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block in which global energy supermajor Exxon has a 45% interest with 30% and 25% held... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies, Qatar Petroleum, Chevron win Suriname offshore acreage
A consortium between France’s major TotalEnergies and Qatar’s Qatar Petroleum and U.S. supermajor Chevron have submitted winning bids for shallow-water offshore acreage in Suriname. Suriname’s national oil company Staatsolie said last Friday that the three oil companies submitted ‘most favourable’ bids for the relevant blocks offered in the Suriname Shallow Offshore (SHO) Bid Round 2020/2021... Continue Reading →