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May 29, 2023
The Brazilian company has had an oil rig in place since early December, awaiting approval to drill in block FZA-M-59, costing around $1 million a day.
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May 26, 2023
Colombia needs to consider the importance that oil and gas still have for the balance of payments and the fiscal accounts, Trade Minister German Umaña said.
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May 24, 2023
The Lulo 1 exploration well, located on the 100% operated VIM21 Exploration and Production (“E&P”) contract, encountered 207 feet of net gas pay within the Cienaga de Oro (“CDO”) sandstone reservoir.
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May 24, 2023
The contract includes Trendsetter’s TCS subsea connectors, hubs, and an assortment of pressure caps and tooling. The contract also includes subsea valves, sourced from Advanced Technology Valve (ATV) in Colico, Italy.
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May 19, 2023
The contract includes delivery of three dynamic and seven static umbilicals totaling over 52 kilometers in length.
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May 17, 2023
The well is in progress and the oil-bearing interval was verified through wireline logging and fluid samples, which will be further characterized through laboratory analyses.
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May 17, 2023
Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais wrote that readmission of the Latin American nation is a “top priority” for OPEC and offered to visit to “explain the multiple advantages” of membership.
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May 15, 2023
The two European companies want to resume their jointly run Cardon IV project “at its maximum capacity,” which is 1.3 Bcf, Tellechea said. It currently pumps 580 MMcf of natural gas to meet Venezuela’s household and industrial demand.
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May 11, 2023
Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Roa told investors that he hoped more oil contracts and bidding rounds for exploration blocks would be forthcoming.
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May 11, 2023
Equinor has, on behalf of the BM-C-33 license offshore Brazil with partners Repsol, Sinopec Brasil and Petrobras, awarded a contract for subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) to TechnipFMC, and a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for the delivery of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to MODEC Inc.
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May 09, 2023
QatarEnergy will own a 20% working interest in both blocks, where licensing of the new 3D seismic and associated exploration activities are planned. The remaining working interest is shared equally between TotalEnergies (Operator) and Staatsolie’s affiliate, Paradise Oil Company.
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May 08, 2023
The concept selected for BM-C-33 is based on an FPSO, capable of processing natural gas and oil/condensate and specifying these for sale without a need for further onshore processing.
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May 04, 2023
The final phase of the awarded scope of work includes the design, fabrication and installation of subsea structures, risers, flowlines, and umbilicals for a large subsea production facility. Saipem will perform the operations using its flagship vessels FDS2 and Saipem Constellation. 
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May 03, 2023
TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver the overall subsea production system. The award covers 44 subsea trees and associated tooling, as well as 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment.
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April 29, 2023
Since U.S. President Joe Biden eased sanctions on Venezuela last year, Chevron has started lifting so much crude from the country that it’s had to put 600,000 bbl of it in storage in the Bahamas this month.
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April 28, 2023
The company expects Uaru, the fifth project on Guyana’s offshore Stabroek block, to add approximately 250,000 bbl of daily capacity after a targeted startup in 2026.
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April 2023
Vaca Muerta poised to boom
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April 27, 2023
The P-82 FPSO will be one of the largest vessels to be deployed in the Búzios field, an ultra-deepwater oil and gas field covering an area of 853 square kilometers in the Santos Basin, around 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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April 25, 2023
The company will target an increase of two percentage points in its oil recovery factor, or the amount of crude that can be extracted from a reservoir, he added, without elaborating on what the technology will be.
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April 18, 2023
Chief Executive Officer Doug Manner commented, "We are disappointed that our VMM-37 partner for more than a decade, ExxonMobil, has voluntarily chosen to withdraw from both the JOA and Contract.
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April 17, 2023
With a fleet of 6 vessels (Large PSV, AHTS & Tugs) and the full range of marine services, Bourbon Guyana has operated in the country since 2019 and has since then successfully supported ExxonMobil Guyana and Saipem Guyana for the development of Stabroek field, promoting local employment with more than 70 Guyanese seafarers onboard its vessels.
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