Following the Bambo drilling campaign in late 2021, Australia’s FAR Limited and its partner Malaysia’s Petronas have completed a review of the prospectivity of the A2 and A5 blocks offshore The Gambia, opening additional, material exploration opportunities. The JV has now fulfiled the minimum work obligation for both blocks, gaining the right to enter the... Continue Reading →
ANP: Brazil’s oil production above 3 million bpd
Oil production in Brazil started the year on a high, totaling 3.03 million barrels per day in January on average, an increase of 5.5% compared to the same month last year, with an increase in the pre-salt and of the post-salt, indicated data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). In... Continue Reading →
PetroRio prepares drilling campaign for Campo de Frade
In a conference with investors, the company's CEO, Roberto Monteiro, detailed some of the future steps of the oil company. On the exploratory side, the executive said that in March the company will start a new drilling campaign in the Campo de Frade field, in the Campos Basin. Also according to Monteiro, the campaign will... Continue Reading →
Factbox: Offshore discoveries turn tiny Guyana into oil hotspot
(Reuters) - A string of offshore oil discoveries has turned Guyana, a tiny South American country with fewer than 800,000 people, into one of the hottest exploration and production frontiers in decades. Since 2015, oil companies operating off its coast have found more than 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas, a tenth of... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Brazil has oil. Exxon can’t seem to find it – Long read
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future. But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil giant has yet to make a major oil discovery as an operator in Brazil's waters and has let opportunities... Continue Reading →
Exxon boosts oil production with new vessel, raises Guyana outlook
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday said it is accelerating output at its Guyana's offshore oil development, starting a new production vessel that will bring total production capacity to more than 340,000 barrels per day. An Exxon-led consortium started production in the South America country in 2019 and is responsible for all oil and... Continue Reading →
U.S. rig count jumps by 22 to total 635 – Breaking news
(World Oil) — Baker Hughes rig count released Friday shows the United States has added 22 rigs since last week, bringing its total count to 635. This shows an increase of 238 rigs from last year, and brings North America’s total rig count to 854. Compared to a record low U.S. count of 244 in... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Production to grow 2% this year with impulse from the Mero, Sepia and Atapu fileds
(PN) The entry into operation of the first definitive system in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin, will help to jumpstart the global production of French company TotalEnergies. The European oil company announced in its report of the financial and operating results for 2021, that it expects a 2% growth in its hydrocarbon production,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras sets records for pre-salt production, gas use
(OM) Petrobras achieved record presalt production from its fields offshore Brazil last year, averaging 1.95 MMboe/d. This represented 70% of the company’s total production, and is twice as much as the total presalt output from five years earlier. Late last month the FPSO Guanabara arrived at the Mero field in the pre-salt Santos basin. The vessel, the first at... Continue Reading →
Petrobras: Highlights on Production and Sales in 2021
Petrobras posted an excellent operational performance in 2021, reaching all production targets for the year with the achievement of the following marks: The highlights for 2021 were: FPSO Carioca production start-up, on August 23, the first platform in Sépia field, in Santos Basin pre-salt. Throughout the year, 3 new producing wells were connected and currently... Continue Reading →