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Oct. 13 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, and following the Material Fact of October 9, 2025, informs its investors and the market in general that the audit carried out by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”) in the Potiguar Basin was... Continue Reading →
Oct. 13 (OE) Oil and gas company Sintana Energy has agreed to acquire Challenger Energy, which holds interest in two blocks offshore Uruguay as well as other assets in broader region. The all-share transaction, valued at about $60 million, will create a combined exploration platform spanning eight licenses in Namibia and Uruguay, as well as... Continue Reading →
Oct. 13, (OE) Sea1 Offshore, formerly Siem Offshore, has secured a new contract for its platform supply vessel (PSV) Sea1 Atlas. The contract for Sea1 Atlas PSV is in Brazil and has a duration of three years, along with six-month option at market terms. The start of operations is scheduled for the first quarter of... Continue Reading →
Oct.10 (offshore-energy.biz) Chevron Suriname Exploration, a subsidiary of U.S.-based energy giant Chevron, is preparing to embark on drilling activities off the coast of Suriname with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, an American offshore drilling giant. Chevron is set to drill the Korikori-1 exploration well this month, after receiving a permit for the drilling operations at the... Continue Reading →
Oct 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's government on Wednesday detailed a new Eco Invest auction to attract foreign equity into innovation and sustainability projects, offering a foreign-exchange hedge mechanism for the first time. The government will channel Climate Fund resources to financial institutions to structure foreign-exchange and performance risk-hedging mechanisms, which the Finance Ministry said would... Continue Reading →
Oct. 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has racked up 180 million reais ($33.7 million) in costs to keep a drillship on standby in the Foz do Amazonas basin, a company source and a local union said, as it awaits a regulator's decision on a drilling request. The NS-42 drillship arrived in August... Continue Reading →
Oct. 8 (Agencia Eixos by Gabriel Chiappini and Gustavo Gaudarde) The Working Group, announced last week, to discuss the regulation of offshore wind power, by the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE), has dashed the hopes of industry representatives that the third Lula administration would hold the first auction for the transfer of land for offshore... Continue Reading →
Oct. 8 (offshore-energy.biz) London-headquartered energy services provider Hunting has begun the delivery of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) accessories to support deepwater drilling operations offshore Guyana, described by the company as a strategically important energy region. Hunting secured the $20 million contract early this year through a “global oilfield service company”, supporting what it says is... Continue Reading →
Oct 7 (Reuters) - Drilling and fracking activity in Argentina's Vaca Muerta, the world's fourth-largest unconventional oil reserve, is plateauing due to lower oil prices and rising costs, a slowdown that could complicate the political agenda of libertarian President Javier Milei. The huge Vaca Muerta formation in western Argentina accounts for 64% of the country's... Continue Reading →
Oct. 7 - Petrobras announced promising results in its drilling program in the Campos Basin. The company notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) about the discovery of oil traces in the Agua Marinha block, in well 1-BRSA-1401DA-RJS, in a water depth of 2,601 meters, drilled by the Deepwater Aquila drillship in July. The Agua Marinha... Continue Reading →
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