The long awaited first ever offshore licensing by Senegal has finally been launched as the West Africa country inches closer to achieving its national medium- and long-term hydrocarbon sector investment plan and drive to transform the upstream resource into a source of clean electricity generation. The launch of the licensing round this week in Dakar, Senegal by... Continue Reading →
PPSA will calculate compensation to Petrobras in the new auction of the surplus of the Transfer of Rights
January 29, 2020 The federal government made a change to the re-bidding of the surplus of the Transfer of Rights assignment of Sépia and Atapu, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, and Pre-Salt Petroleum (PPSA) will be responsible for negotiating and defining with Petrobras the value of the indemnity that will be charged to possible partners... Continue Reading →
P-69: highest producer in the country
Jan 28, 2020 For the first time, an FPSO installed in the Lula field was the one that produced the most in the country The FPSO P-69 extracted 183,767 thousand boed in November 2019, occupying, for the first time, the top of the list of FPSOs with the highest production in the country, according to... Continue Reading →
HONORING NORWEGIAN CULTURE, EQUINOR CHANGES THE NAME OF THE CARCARÁ FIELD TO BACALHAU (COD)
JAN 27, 2020 After being declared commercial by Equinor, in December last year, the Carcará area will gain a new name, well befitting the Norwegian culture. The asset will be renamed Bacalhau and the choice is interesting and symbolic because it is the first time, in the last 50 years, that a field in the... Continue Reading →
Colombia Oil Investment to Rise 23% in 2020
Investment in Colombia's oil industry is set to grow by 23% in 2020, the private oil producers association said on Monday, although production will be effectively flat, increasing just 0.5% compared with the previous year. Investment in the Andean country's oil and gas industry this year will jump to $4.97 billion, up from $4.03 billion... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s latest discovery raises Guyana recoverables above 8 billion barrels
ExxonMobil has increased its estimated recoverable resource base in Guyana to more than 8 billion oil equivalent barrels and made a further oil discovery northeast of the producing Liza field at the Uaru exploration well, the 16th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The new recoverable resource estimate includes 15 discoveries offshore Guyana through year-end 2019.... Continue Reading →
Brazil has 700 GW offshore wind energy technical potential, says EPE
Jan 27, 2020 According to a study by the Energy Research Company (EPE), linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the technical potential for generating wind energy in Brazil at sea is 700 GW. The document was prepared after six environmental licensing processes for the construction of offshore wind farms were opened at the... Continue Reading →
Sale of refineries by Petrobras is not enough to generate competition in the O&G market – Opinion
January 22, 2020 By Marcus D’Elia The long-awaited competition in the oil and gas market may delay more than expected. According to a study by Leggio, the sale of the eight refineries by Petrobras is not enough to generate competition in this market. For this to actually happen, it will also be necessary to expand... Continue Reading →
ION hired for seismic program offshore Colombia
Geoscience company ION Geophysical has entered into a multi-client agreement with Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) granting rights to reprocess existing data and acquire new 2D and 3D multi-client programs offshore Colombia’s Caribbean coast. In February 2019, the ANH announced a series of reforms to encourage investment in exploration and production, such as a permanent... Continue Reading →
In a first, Brazil produces more than one billion barrels of oil in 2019
Brazil produced 1.018 billion barrels of oil in 2019, marking the first time the South American nation passed the billion-barrel mark for annual production, the national oil regulator said on Wednesday. In a statement, the regulator, known as the ANP, said 2019 output increased 7.78% over the previous year. Brazil produced 3.106 million barrels per... Continue Reading →