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(WO) Greenfield investments in Angola and other leading and emerging hydrocarbon producing countries in Africa will help increase cumulative capital expenditure across the continent’s oil and gas sector in 2022 and beyond. According to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) Q1 2022 Outlook, The State of African Energy, which takes a deep dive into Angola’s current... Continue Reading →
In March, Brazil produced 2.981 MMbbl/d (millions of barrels per day) of oil, an increase of 2.2% compared to the previous month and 4.8% compared to March 2021. A further 134 MMm3/d (millions of cubic meters daily) of natural gas, an increase of 0.9% compared to February and 6.6% compared to the same month of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will invest US$ 16 billion in the Campos Basin renovation plan, with plans to install three new platforms and connect more than 100 wells in the area over the next five years. With more than 40 years of history and two awards received by the Offshore Technology Conferece (OTC) for technological advances in the... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum Óleo e Gás S.A. (“3R”) is pleased to invite you to the first quarter of 2022 earnings conference, which will take place tomorrow, May 4, 2022, at 2:00 pm (BRT). To access the webcast, click here. To access all the material, including the Earnings Release and the Presentation that will be used during... Continue Reading →
(WO) Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda., a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced the start of production of the FPSO Guanabara in the Mero field, offshore Santos Basin in Brazil. The FPSO Guanabara, which while under construction was also known as Mero-1, has an installed capacity of 12 million cubic meters of natural gas and 180,000 barrels... Continue Reading →
(WO) ApexBrasil, a Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, is partnering with Brazil's Energy Research Office (EPE), The Brazilian Petroleum and Gas Institute (IBP), The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), Petrobras, and the Federation of the Industries of Rio De Janeiro State (FIRJAN) to highlight the country's burgeoning leadership in the sector at the... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) — Galp Energia SGPS SA is considering a sale of its upstream operations in Angola, as Portugal’s biggest oil company seeks to streamline its hydrocarbon portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is working with a financial adviser to gauge interest in its assets in the African country, the people said,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, on April 30, 2022, it started producing oil and natural gas through FPSO Guanabara, the first definitive production system installed in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The platform, an FPSO (floating unit for the production, storage, and transfer of oil and gas) type, is capable... Continue Reading →
Oil major Chevron booked a significant increase in its quarterly earnings and revenues driven by higher oil and gas prices. Chevron on Friday reported earnings of $6.3 billion for the first quarter of 2022, compared with $1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2021. Included in the current quarter were pension settlement costs of $66... Continue Reading →
Craig Fleming (WO) With the havoc created by the war in Ukraine and the hard push to convert to renewables, operators are once again focusing on the high ROI that offshore prospects offer. There is an onslaught of good news and positive indicators that suggest operators are poised to significantly increase offshore development in 2022. ... Continue Reading →
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