Exxon Mobil Corp. is preparing to approve its fifth oil production project in Guyana and is considering taking additional exploration acreage, the head of its Guyanese operations, Alistair Routledge, told Reuters in an interview. The efforts would add significantly to the $30 billion committed thus far by Exxon and Guyana partners Hess Corp and CNOOC... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Greenlights U$ 1 Billion FID for Deepwater Development off Brazil
French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has approved a final investment decision (FID) for an oil development project located in the Santos Basin, 300 km off the coast of Brazil. TotalEnergies announced the FID for the Lapa South-West oil development project on Monday, 16 January 2023. The French player operates this project with a 45 per cent interest, in... Continue Reading →
UK oil & gas firm gets green light for Angolan offshore blocks
UK-headquartered Afentra plc has received approval from the Angolan Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas for the acquisition of INA-Industrija Nafte’s interest in two blocks offshore Angola. Afentra is acquiring from INA-Industrija a 4 per cent interest in Block 3/05 and a 4 per cent interest in Block 3/05A, pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum December 22 Production Data
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), following best practices in Corporate Governance informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for December 2022. (1) Refers to the 35% Interest held by 3R in Pescada Cluster concessions. (2) In December, approximately 70% of the gas produced... Continue Reading →
China’s CNOOC Eyes Record Oil, Gas Production for 2023
(Reuters) China's CNOOC Ltd has set its 2023 production target at a record 650 million to 660 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), about 8% above last year's goal. The state-controlled offshore oil and gas company produced about 620 million boe last year, exceeding its goal of 600-610 million boe, CNOOC said on Wednesday in a... Continue Reading →
Brazil independent Enauta production up 5% in December
(PN) The production of the independent oil company Enauta in December reached the level of 18 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day. The volume represents a growth of around 5% compared to the previous month, when the operator produced 17,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin, Enauta's... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Oil production drops 4.6% in November
The total production of Oil and Natural Gas for the month of November 2022 was 3.978 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), of which 3.095 million barrels of oil per day (bbl/d) and 140.380 million cubic meters of natural gas per day (m³/d). In oil, there was a reduction of 4.6% in comparison... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s Oil Boom Will Only Accelerate In 2023
(OP) Guyana’s offshore oil boom continues to gain momentum. It is the ExxonMobil-led consortium operating the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block offshore Guyana which stands to benefit the most from what analysts describe as the last great frontier offshore oil boom. The global energy supermajor has made over 32 world-class discoveries in the Stabroek Block and is... Continue Reading →
Petroreconcavo Buys Maha Energy’s Brazil Subsidiary
(Reuters) Brazilian oil company Petroreconcavo SA has agreed to buy Maha Energy's subsidiary in the Latin American country, the companies said on Wednesday, marking another step in the Brazilian firm's ongoing expansion. According to a securities filing, Petroreconcavo will pay $138 million for 100% of Maha Brasil, which operates oilfields in the country's northeastern region,... Continue Reading →
Analysis: Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale boom is running out of road – Long read
(Reuters) - Argentina's booming shale production in Vaca Muerta, a formation that rivals the United States' Permian Basin, is at risk of running out of road as infrastructure to handle the oil and gas nears capacity, threatening to put the brakes on rapid growth. The government is now racing to build out infrastructure: a major... Continue Reading →