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Nov 19, 2019 ANP extended deadline for Petrobras to conclude operations involving land and shallow water fields The ANP has extended the deadlines for Petrobras to complete its divestments in land and shallow water. The operations involve 124 fields at 20 clusters - some of them already sold, but not yet with all the regulatory... Continue Reading →
Nov 19, 2019 The ANP granted Rosneft another four years (until 2023) to complete the second stage of the minimum exploratory programs (MEPs) of blocks SOL-T-151, SOL-T-174, SOL-T-197, SOL-T-214, SOL-T-215, SOL-T-216 and SOL-T-217 in the Solimões Basin. Asset Discovery Assessment Plans (DAPs) were also extended by the agency, with deadlines now ranging from 2020 to... Continue Reading →
November 14, 2019 ANP projects that production in pre-salt fields will help raise revenues to the public coffers by R$ 300 billion a year, setting a new level that will require greater responsibility in the application of resources The fields auctioned in the TOR and the 6th Pre-Salt Round will help boost the sector’s annual... Continue Reading →
NOV 13, 2019 The year 2019 is approaching its end and Brazil has not yet filed any declaration of commerciality of oil and gas areas. In addition, the country is experiencing a decline in the number of these statements over the last few years. Consulted by the Petronotícia, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) says that... Continue Reading →
Nov 13, 2019 The purchase of the Lagoa Parda Cluster by Imetame is approved by Cade, without restrictions. The set of three fields in Espírito Santo was 100% sold by Petrobras, for R $ 9.4 million. Deal was signed on October 11th. The current average production of the cluster is 300 barrels of oil per... Continue Reading →
Nov 11, 2019 The ANP recommended to the MME the amendment of the CNPE resolution authorizing the extension of the production phase of Round Zero contracts (02/2016). The proposal is to extend the benefit to concessions within the pre-salt polygon, ensuring greater predictability of investments and avoiding early interruption of production. The measure complies with... Continue Reading →
Nov 11, 2019 It is time for Brazil to reflect on the application of the concession regime in forthcoming bidding for oil and gas exploration blocks, in order to bring about further simplification in the process, said the president of Shell in Brazil, André Araujo. The oil company is the main private producer in the... Continue Reading →
Nov 8, 2019 On November 4, Petrobras received from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the Operating License for the Development of Production and Disposal of Berbigão and Sururu, which will take place through FPSO P-68, within the scope of the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Pole Oil and Natural Gas Production and... Continue Reading →
Nov 8, 2019 The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels estimates that about 60 offshore platforms will be installed on the Brazilian coast by 2030, mostly in the pre-salt. ANP Director-General Décio Oddone stressed that the lack of bids in the Sepia and Atapu fields, in the TOR round held last Wednesday (7),... Continue Reading →
Latin American states like Colombia have been important producers of oil and gas for this southern continent, the Caribbean and North American markets. Colombia’s crude oil production is primarily located onshore, in the northwest and centre of the country, close to major refined product-consuming regions. Meta Department, in central Colombia, is an important production area,... Continue Reading →
