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Oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has won a framework agreement with Equinor to provide maintenance and modifications services at the Peregrino field, offshore Brazil. The contract has a fixed period of four years and includes an option for a two-year extension, Aker Solutions said on Monday. The new contract means an expansion of the more... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The Trump administration’s final sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico generated nearly $121 million in high bids on Wednesday, an improvement from the last government auction held just as the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to depress world demand for fuel. The sale was the last before the January... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has signed an agreement with BP for the acquisition of interests in two fields offshore Brazil. PetroRio said on Thursday that the agreement was for the acquisition of 35.7 per cent interest in the BM-C-30 block which consists the Wahoo field. The deal also includes the buy of the... Continue Reading →
The jewel in the Petrobras crown, the Buzios field should reach the end of the decade with daily production above 2 million barrels of oil per day - today, this volume is 600 thousand. The forecast was presented by the executive manager of the state company Marcio Kahn, during the Technical Forum of Pre-Salt Petroleum... Continue Reading →
The Trump administration on Wednesday will offer all available areas in the Gulf of Mexico for auction to oil and gas companies in its final offshore sale before the January inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat who has pledged to ban new drilling on federal lands and waters. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm... Continue Reading →
The development of the 17 production sharing contracts in force represents an investment demand of US$ 122.7 billion, between 2021 and 2030, peaking in 2028, when six new FPSOs come into operation, according to PPSA estimates. - The studies are presented at the 3rd Pre-Salt Petroleum Technical Forum. - The investment projection considers the entry... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has launched an opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) for the sale of its 50 per cent in offshore oil fields known as the Marlim Cluster in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. Petrobras said it was looking to sell stakes in the deepwater concessions of Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste, and Marlim Sul fields. The company, which currently owns... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made another oil discovery off Guyana, at the Tanager-1 well, however, the discovery is reported as non-commercial. Unlike Exxon's previous Guyana wells which were drilled in the Stabroek offshore block, and which unearthed more than 8 billion barrels of oil, the Tanager-1 well was drilled in the nearby Kaieteur Block. Westmount Energy, which... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on September 25, 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of all of its stakes in the Albacora and Albacora Leste concessions, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive instructions... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has said that oil and gas exploration activity in 2020 has been resilient, despite concerns that Covid-19 could drive down discovered volumes to their lowest levels in decades. "Found resources already exceed 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and are projected to settle at around 10 billion boe... Continue Reading →
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