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June 16 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana Limited has proposed a new exploration and appraisal drilling campaign that could see up to 35 wells drilled in the Stabroek Block between 2028 and 2033. The Guyana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on June 14 that it has opened a 28-day public consultation period on the proposed campaign, inviting... Continue Reading →
12 June 2026 – Trafigura has received a licence from Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) to trade wholesale power in Brazil, marking the company’s entry into Latin America’s largest and most developed power market. With the licence now granted, Trafigura’s Brazil power desk is positioned to participate actively in the country’s electricity market. The desk... Continue Reading →
June 15 - OceanPact has signed a R$ 443.7 million contract with Petrobras to perform specialized services for the removal and recovery of flexible pipelines as part of the decommissioning of offshore production units. The work will be carried out on the risers of the P-18 platform, located in the Marlim Field, Campos Basin. The... Continue Reading →
June 12 (Reuters) - Brazilian refineries sold over 100 million liters of naphtha to a firm investigated in an alleged fraud scheme involving a criminal gang designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, according to a person close to the matter and documents seen by Reuters. One major supplier was Riograndense, a refinery in... Continue Reading →
June 11 (Reuters) - Venezuela signed five agreements with British oil major Shell on Thursday to advance oil and gas projects, including the company's participation in the coveted 7-trillion-cubic-feet Loran offshore gas field, the government said. The country had signed preliminary agreements for these and other projects earlier this year with Shell, one of the few... Continue Reading →
June 12 - Petrobras has updated its forecast for the completion of drilling at the Morpho well in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, off the coast of Amapá. The initial expectation was to finish work by the end of June, but the company informed IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) that it... Continue Reading →
June 11 (offshore-energy.biz) Brazilian state-owned energy heavyweight Petrobras has initiated a revenue stream with the first oil offloading from its eighth floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which is working at a field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. Following its departure from Hanwha Ocean’s South Korean shipyard in Geoje in November 2025,... Continue Reading →
June 11 (OE) SLB has signed a long-term framework agreement with Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA to support the modernization and development of the country's oil and gas sector. The memorandum of understanding establishes a framework for cooperation across exploration, field development, production, digital enablement, and workforce training and development. The companies said the collaboration... Continue Reading →
June 11 (OE) Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) seismic survey contract in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana by ExxonMobil Guyana. The contract covers a two-month program comprising source-only seismic acquisition in support of a baseline DAS reservoir surveillance survey over the Yellowtail development area. Shearwater has deployed the vessel SW... Continue Reading →
June 10, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has entered into an agreement with Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda. (Equinor) for the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Itaimbezinho block, in the offshore area of the Campos Basin. Equinor currently holds a 100% interest in the Itaimbezinho block and, upon completion... Continue Reading →
