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November 17, 2023
(WO) — CNOOC Ltd. has announced the safe commencement of production at the Payara Project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The project, equipped with one FPSO and 41 subsea wellheads, represents a significant milestone for the partnership and production growth of the Stabroek Block.
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November 14, 2023
The Prosperity floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is expected to reach initial production of approximately 220,000 bpd over the first half of next year as new wells come online.
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November 10, 2023
The Joint Venture believes that the rock quality discovered in the Maastrichtian horizon in the Wei-1 well is analogous to that reported in the Liza Discovery on Stabroek block.
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November 08, 2023
Under the deal, M&P aims to increase its current production to 50,000 bpd in Zulia state, Venezuela’s oil cradle.
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November 05, 2023
The African Energy Chamber, therefore, strongly calls for an end to the demonization of oil and gas, encouraging African and Caribbean nations to collaborate towards a common and fair energy agenda.
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November 03, 2023
Further evaluation is being undertaken to determine the full extent of this discovery and its potential development synergy with the Sloanea-1 discovery made in 2020 within the same block.
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November 03, 2023
In Venezuela, the company will expand works, including new drilling, after the Biden administration temporarily lifted a four-year ban on the country’s oil industry.
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November 02, 2023
Stockholm-based Maha Energy has gained rights to a stake in the PetroUrdaneta project that belongs to Brazilian industrial conglomerate Novonor, Kjetil Solbraekke, the Swedish firm’s chief executive officer, told Bloomberg
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October 31, 2023
The contract amendment scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of 76 km of rigid risers and flowlines for the steel lazy wave production system.
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October 27, 2023
This discovery from the Lancetfish-2 well is the fourth made in 2023 in the country, bringing the total amount of recoverable oil and natural gas resources to 11 billion barrels.
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October 26, 2023
The project's underwater system has reduced the average well interconnection time by 15%, by incorporating a new solution for installing rigid pipelines, which has contributed directly to the record ramp-up time.
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October 26, 2023
Guyana’s government has encouraged the joint venture to develop its oil resources “as fast as we can” to earn revenues for the country and its citizens, Hess said.
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October 25, 2023
As part of the development project, the Miros system will be matured and installed with a cloud-based add-on to the monitoring software currently in use offshore Brazil, thereby allowing data to be safely shared with multiple stakeholders in real-time.
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October 25, 2023
PGS has 2D multiclient data to aid understanding of the areas and evolving plays in the Trinidad and Tobago Shallow Water Competitive Bidding Round 2023.
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October 24, 2023
Guyana’s oil production is on course to triple to 1 MMbpd by the end of the decade, a rapid expansion for a field that pumped its first barrel at the end of 2019.
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October 24, 2023
The development of this natural gas reserve in the southern Caribbean has the potential to make a substantial contribution to the country's energy security and support Ecopetrol's ongoing energy transition efforts.
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October 23, 2023
The surprise move on Oct. 18 allows international companies to apply the full weight of their expertise and technology to crude fields and infrastructure that atrophied amid years or underinvestment, civil turmoil and international isolation.
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October 23, 2023
Hess’ Bakken assets add another leading U.S. shale position to Chevron’s DJ and Permian basin operations and further strengthen domestic energy security.
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October 20, 2023
The sanctions relief follows the issuance of the government’s smallest plan in decades for offshore oil and gas leasing during the next five years, Manchin stressed.
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October 19, 2023
That Venezuelan recovery, along with a more vigorous rebound in Iran, has helped moderate futures prices this year and helped to offset some of the impact of curtailments by Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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October 19, 2023
In a gesture of goodwill after Maduro’s government entered talks with some members of the opposition, the U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it issued a six-month license authorizing transactions involving the oil and gas sector in Venezuela.
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