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Jan. 3 (oilprice.com) Suriname’s government, in the capital Paramaribo, has been hungrily eyeing neighboring Guyana’s massive world-class oil boom since before the 2020 pandemic. Both impoverished South American nations of less than one million share the Guyana Suriname Basin. The offshore basin is delivering an oil boom that is exceeding all expectations, making Guyana, based... Continue Reading →
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuela is unlikely to see any meaningful boost to crude output for years even if U.S. oil majors do invest the billions of dollars in the country that President Donald Trump promised just hours following Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces. The South American country may have the world's largest estimated oil reserves,... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2 (oilprice.com) Argentina, in a surprise development, overtook Colombia to become South America’s fourth-largest oil producer. The country is undergoing a once-in-a-generation unconventional hydrocarbon boom, which began with Buenos Aires nationalizing integrated energy major YPF in 2012. Since then, Argentina’s oil and natural gas output has kept soaring higher, regularly hitting new monthly highs as volumes... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2 (oilprice.com) As tech companies worldwide invest heavily in the deployment of large-scale data centres to power advanced technologies, not everyone is so happy about the new phenomenon. Concerns over energy security and a prolonged reliance on fossil fuels are just two of the issues that are repeatedly coming up, as governments seek to... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2 (Reuters) - Peru issued an emergency decree late Wednesday approving the reorganization of state-owned oil firm Petroperu, allowing private investment in key company assets. The decree signed by Peru's President José Jerí says the company could be separated into one or more asset blocks, including the state-of-the-art Talara refinery that the company spent... Continue Reading →
Jan 2 (Reuters) - Denmark's Orsted said on Friday it was challenging the U.S. government's suspension of the lease for its Revolution Wind joint venture and would seek a court injunction against the decision to halt its $5 billion offshore wind project. The Trump administration suspended leases on December 22 for five large offshore wind projects that are... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2, 2026 - Petrobras began oil production from the P-78 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, this Wednesday, December 31. Búzios 6 (P-78) has the capacity to produce 180,000 barrels of oil and 7.2 million m³ of gas per day. The... Continue Reading →
Dec. 31 - Petrobras has postponed the deadline for receiving bids in the tender for chartering AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply) vessels to the end of January 2026.This measure is part of a set of adjustments to the state-owned company's contracting schedule for the offshore sector, aiming to allow the market and Brazilian Shipping Companies... Continue Reading →
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp purchased its first Colombian oil under an optional supply deal with state oil company Ecopetrol, two people familiar with the matter said, as India's top refiner seek to diversify from Russian oil. Indian refiners are scouting for crude as tighter U.S. and European Union sanctions on Moscow's producers and... Continue Reading →
Dec. 31 (OE) U.K.-based oil and gas firm Harbour Energy has been appointed operator of the Zama oil project offshore Mexico. The appointment was agreed by the Zama partners, including Pemex, Grupo Carso and Talos Energy who will have the option to appoint key personnel into Harbour's project team, and subsequently approved by SENER (Mexico's... Continue Reading →
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