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Feb. 5 (ABPIP) The average production of small and medium-sized oil companies in the country, the so-called independents, was 364,300 boe/d (barrels of oil equivalent per day) in 2025, a 22.8% increase compared to the previous year, reported the ABPIP (Brazilian Association of Independent Oil and Gas Producers). This growth mainly reflects the expansion of... Continue Reading →
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology, regulatory reforms, and the need to restock spur a hunt for the next Brazil. Companies are restocking their oil and gas assets given prospects for fossil fuel demand to stay higher for longer than predicted just a... Continue Reading →
Feb. 3 (TN) Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has signed an agreement to sell a 20% stake in the Orca Project to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC). Orca is a deepwater project in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. After the transaction is completed, Shell will remain... Continue Reading →
Feb 2 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor said on Monday it has agreed to sell its onshore business in Argentina's Vaca Muerta basin to Vista Energy for $1.1 billion, half paid in cash and the other half in the form of Vista shares and future payments linked to output and oil prices. "The consideration includes contingent... Continue Reading →
Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chevron's fourth-quarter profits fell but came in ahead of estimates as it focused on cutting costs and making its operations more efficient to contend with lower crude prices throughout 2025. The only U.S. oil producer currently operating in Venezuela and now in the geopolitical spotlight after the U.S. capture and removal of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas... Continue Reading →
Jan 30 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil beat Wall Street targets in fourth-quarter earnings reported on Friday, with higher oil production in profitable Permian Basin and Guyana assets helping to boost the No. 1 U.S. oil producer's results. Adjusted earnings for the October to December quarter were $1.71 per share, beating a consensus estimate of $1.68 per... Continue Reading →
Jan. 29 (oilprice.com) Russia’s oil producer Lukoil has agreed to sell most of its international assets to private equity giant Carlyle. Following the U.S. sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft, “as a result of Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine,” Lukoil announced in October it would sell all of its international assets, initiating a... Continue Reading →
Jan. 20 (oilprice.com) A three-day strike at Peru’s state oil company began Monday as workers protested government plans to open the company to private investment, a move that comes as Petroperu also weighs bringing in outside management for its debt-laden Talara refinery. Workers at state-owned Petroperu launched the strike in opposition to what unions describe... Continue Reading →
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Portuguese energy firm Galp will focus on growing its upstream business from oilfields in Brazil and Namibia and may list parts of its newly formed downstream business in a couple of years, its co-chief executive Joao Diogo Marques da Silva told Reuters on Tuesday. The company said earlier this month it was in... Continue Reading →
Jan. 16 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that, on January 15, 2026, it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the entire 50% equity interest currently held by PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (“PPBL”) in... Continue Reading →
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