(PetroNoticias) Constellation Oil Services announced this week that it has signed new contracts with Petrobras for the charter of two semi-submersible rigs. The contracts involve the Gold Star and Lone Star rigs and will last for three years. The rigs will operate in water depths of up to 2,400 meters and exploration campaigns are scheduled... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Launches RES20 Program Enabling to Recover 20 Billion boe by 2030
Petrobras created the RES20 program, enabling to recover up to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in its operational fields by 2030. The program was created with a focus on the incorporation of new reserves and targets the main oil fields of the company. To date, in nearly seven decades of the company's operations... Continue Reading →
Oil bulls return as the threat from Omicron recedes: Kemp
(Reuters) - Portfolio investors have started to rebuild bullish positions in the oil market, reassessing earlier fears about the likely impact of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on major economies and passenger aviation in 2022. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 54 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures... Continue Reading →
Brazil Oil Production Grows 2.7% in November at 2.8 MM/bpd
Domestic oil production in November was 2.852 million bpd, up 2.7% from the previous month; and 3.5% compared to November 2020. In natural gas, with production of 137 million cubic meters per day, there was an increase of 3.7% compared to October and 8.1% compared to November 2020 Total Brazilian oil and gas production during... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Initiated Drilling the Marolo Well, 3,000 mts Water Depth in the Campos Basin
French oil company TotalEnergies began drilling the Marolo-1 well in block C-M-541 on the 31st. The activity is being carried out by the Valaris DS-15 drillship, in a water depth of 3,000 meters. Valid for 5 years, the license issued by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) authorized the drilling of two exploratory wells... Continue Reading →
Venezuela Surprises Oil Markets With Large Production Increase
(Oil Price) Despite decades of mismanagement, malfeasance and corruption, strict U.S. sanctions and crumbling energy infrastructure, Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA has stunned observers by reporting a significant increase in crude oil output for November 2021. OPEC’s December 2021 Monthly Oil Market Report shows based on primary sources Venezuela pumped an average of 824,000 barrels daily for November... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM Enters on IBOVESPA and IBrX 100 Indexes
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. ("3R" or "Company") (B3: RRRP3), communicates its investors and the market in general that, as of this date, its shares will be included in the portfolio of Ibovespa Index (“Ibovespa”) and Brazil 100 Index (“IBrX 100”) of B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (“B3”). The new portfolio will be... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM Prepayment of Debt Securities
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of Resolution No. 44 of the Brazilian Securities Commission, informs its investors and the market in general that on December 30th, 2021 has concluded, through its integrally owned subsidiary 3R Macau SA (“3R Macau”), the prepayment of the 2nd Issuance... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Enauta will not sell stake in Manati oilfield
(Reuters) - Brazilian oil company Enauta Participacoes SA (ENAT3.SA) said on Monday it will no longer sell its stake in the Manati oilfield, adding that conditions for the conclusion of a previously announced deal with Gas Bridge SA have not been met. "The deal was subject to a series of commercial and regulatory conditions that should have... Continue Reading →
Oil starts 2022 heading towards $79 as Omicron concerns ease
(Reuters) - Oil rose towards $79 a barrel on Monday supported by tight supply and hopes of further demand recovery in 2022 spurred in part by a view that the Omicron coronavirus variant is unlikely to significantly dampen the outlook. Libyan oil output will be cut by 200,000 barrels per day for a week due... Continue Reading →