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Zenith Energy has made an offer to the Republic of Benin operate Block 1 containing the "largest and most prospective oilfield in the country". The shallow water block in the Gulf of Guinea contains the Sèmè oilfield, which was discovered in 1968 and produced for 14 years, but was shut-in in 1998. Now, Zenith is... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is uncertain whether it will bid for new offshore areas Guyana wants to explore, a person close to the matter said, as the oil major ramps up production faster than expected and the South American country wrestles with fixing terms of new oil leases. An Exxon-led consortium discovered oil in the... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3:RRRP3), in accordance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, informs its investors and the market in general that, at a Board of Directors Meeting held on September 8, 2022, was approved the acquisition of shares representing 15% of the capital of 3R Petroleum Offshore S.A.... Continue Reading →
(PN) The company's president in the country, Veronica Coelho, announced the forecast to start drilling a well in Bacalhau, in the Santos Basin. According to the executive, the activity should start between the end of September and the beginning of October. Veronica also said that there is an estimate of using a second rig in... Continue Reading →
(Rigzone) Colombia’s upstream sector is especially dynamic in 2022. Offshore exploration of the Colombian Caribbean has delivered in 2022 with Shell and Petrobras hitting the target with their wells earlier this year. Shell and Petrobras hit natural gas pay in the Gorgon-2 and Uchuva-1, both with Ecopetrol as a non-operating partner – according to Wood... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Wednesday that its Atlanta field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil had resumed its production through well 7-ATL-2HP-RJS. "The second well should start operating next and, by the end of September, the resumption of production from the third well in the field is expected," Enauta said. Enauta... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras announced the bidding process that will contract a new FPSO for the Albacora field. The unit will be chartered for 27 years and will have the capacity to produce 120,000 barrels per day and process 6 million cubic meters of gas per day. Petrobras' idea is to replace the two units currently in... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil company Prio will continue to assess the purchase of some assets from state-owned Petrobras even after a deal for its Albacora offshore oilfield fell through, Prio's finance chief told Reuters on Tuesday. Petrobras has in recent years sold off dozens of oil fields, as well as refineries, pipelines, gas station chains and other... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for August 2022 in the assets that the Company holds participation. The Company is the operator of Macau, Areia Branca, Fazenda Belém, Rio Ventura, Recôncavo... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is due to rise 66,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 5.413 million bpd in October, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its productivity report on Monday. Total output in the major U.S. shale... Continue Reading →
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