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Aug. 19 (oilprice.com) Venezuela has signed deals with oilfield service major SLB and Hunt Oil Co. as part of efforts to boost investment in its key energy industry, Bloomberg reported, citing a TV statement made by the South American country’s oil minister, Paula Henao. One of the deals involves development of two fields and the other... Continue Reading →
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina's Vista, one of the largest oil companies operating in the country's Vaca Muerta shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The filing, published on Friday, comes four months after the tech billionaire met with... Continue Reading →
Aug. 11 (oilnow.gy) Two major offshore oil stories have unfolded on opposite sides of the Guyana-Suriname Basin, but the distance between discovery and production has been very different. Guyana went from the Liza discovery in May 2015 to first oil in December 2019, less than five years later. Its first final investment decision (FID) came in... Continue Reading →
Aug 9 - Petrobras is working to bring forward the start of production for the P-80 platform, scheduled for the Búzios field in the Santos Basin. According to the company's Director of Engineering, Technology, and Innovation, Renata Baruzzi, the goal is to achieve first oil from the unit in the first quarter of 2027 rather... Continue Reading →
Aug. 7 (oilprice.com) BP’s Bumerangue discovery is more than another giant Brazilian oil find: it could become the project that keeps both BP’s upstream portfolio and Brazil’s production boom alive well into the 2030s. With an estimated 2.5 billion barrels potentially recoverable and peak output that could reach 600,000 b/d, the ultra-deepwater development is large enough to... Continue Reading →
Aug. 3 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil is evaluating a ninth floating production, storage and offloading vessel for Guyana that could mirror the development concept being advanced for Longtail, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods said during the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call on July 31. Woods said the company sees an opportunity to use what it is... Continue Reading →
Aug. 3 - In June 2026, Brazil produced 5.842 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) of oil and natural gas. The data was released today (August 3) by the ANP in the Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin. Regarding oil, 4.475 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, an increase of 4%... Continue Reading →
July 31 (Reuters) Chevron surpassed analyst estimates for second-quarter earnings on Friday, reporting its highest quarterly profit in at least six years as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran disrupts world energy markets, boosting profits for the biggest oil companies. Adjusted earnings of $12 billion, or $6.06 per share, beat the average analyst estimate of $5.56... Continue Reading →
July 31 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Friday, even as high oil prices and improved refining margins brought by the Iran war led to its biggest quarterly profit in four years. Adjusted earnings for the largest U.S. oil major by market capitalization rose 67% from the first quarter to $14.7 billion, or... Continue Reading →
July 30 (Reuters) Italian energy group Eni on Wednesday lifted its share buyback programme by €600 million to €3.4 billion ($3.9 billion) after reporting better than expected second-quarter results. The company's adjusted net profit more than doubled in April-June compared with the same period last year to €2.3 billion, beating an analyst consensus of €2.09... Continue Reading →
