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Jan 17, 2020 The ANP approved the resolution that deals with the procedures to control oil and natural gas burns and losses in E&P activities. The regulation revises ANP Ordinance No. 249/2000 and includes definitions of cases classified as ordinary burns, exempt from prior authorization, and procedures for authorization and validation of extraordinary burns. The... Continue Reading →
Jan 17, 2020 The ANP signed a contract with Ecology to prepare the Environmental Study of Sedimentary Area in the offshore part of the Sergipe-Alagoas / Jacuípe Basin. It will also be proposed an action plan for studies and research and monitoring, in order to expand the socio-environmental knowledge of the Basin and present data... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas company Eni has started oil production from its operated Agogo field, located offshore Angola, only nine months after its discovery. Eni announced “a major oil discovery” in Block 15/06, in the Agogo exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep water in March 2019. Eni operates two FPSOs in Block 15/06, the N’Goma in West... Continue Reading →
Italian oil major Eni and France's Total were among the successful bidders for rights to develop three offshore blocks in Angola out of 10 auctioned late last year, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday. Eni and Total won operator rights to blocks 28 and 29 respectively in the offshore Namibe basin, while Angola's state... Continue Reading →
Jan 15, 2020 Petrobrás notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) of a discovery of oil evidence in the Marlim Leste field, in the Campos Basin, at a water depth of 1,226 meters in the well 9-MLL-83-RJS . The Marlim Leste field adopts two production development modules: the P-53, a FPU (Floating Production Unit) type platform;... Continue Reading →
15 Jan 2020 The director general of the National Agency of Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels, Décio Oddone, delivered a letter to President Jair Bolsonaro and the Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, stating that he will leave office in advance. His term would end in December this year. But will remain only until... Continue Reading →
Jan 15, 2020 (Reuters) - Décio Oddone, the head of Brazil’s petroleum regulator ANP, said in a statement on Wednesday he had written to President Jair Bolsonaro asking for permission to leave his post early. Oddone, who had been due to step down in December, said he would stay in his post long enough for... Continue Reading →
January 14, 202o Permission was given after meeting operational safety conditions at Polo Pargo The ANP authorized Perenco to resume the operation of Polo Pargo last Friday (10/1). According to the agency, the permission was given after analysis that found the fulfillment of operational safety conditions. Located in the Campos Basin, the hub comprises the... Continue Reading →
At 670 million barrels of recoverable oil, Mexico’s Zama field would be a nation-building giant in any prolific oil-bearing basin. That reserves estimate — made this week by Netherland, Sewell & Associates for Talos Energy, the Houston-based outfit that found the field — is testing the policies of a newly reorganized Mexican Ministry of Energy. Next door... Continue Reading →
January 13, 2020 Pre-Sal Petróleo PPSA, company linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, raised approximately R $ 848 million for the Union in 2019. The proceeds refer to the commercialization of the Union's oil and gas portion in production sharing contracts and Equalization. Expenditures and Volumes (EGV) of the Sapinhoá, Tartaruga Verde and... Continue Reading →
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