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April 11, 2024
KCA Deutag has announced the award of $204 million of onshore drilling contracts in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Peru and Bolivia.
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April 11, 2024
GeoPark Limited has submitted a binding offer to acquire a non-operated Working Interest (WI) in unconventional blocks Argentina’s Neuquen basin in the prolific Vaca Muerta shale region.
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April 11, 2024
Petrobras expects to require 280 new wells through 2028, and refurbish or plug another 700 wells, it said in an emailed response to questions. The company said the market for day rates is dynamic and that it will review pricing when hiring new rigs.
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April 10, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the oil and gas would be developed in Venezuelan fields near the Colombian province of Norte de Santander, while electricity would be provided from La Guajira province on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
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April 10, 2024
Petrobras has discovered an accumulation of oil in ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar Basin, in the Anhangá exploration well on concession POT-M-762_R15.
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April 10, 2024
Petrobras head Jean Paul Prates is set to remain in charge of Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant for now, as an internal government battle over the company’s chief executive role cools down, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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April 07, 2024
On Feb. 27th, 2024, the SPT-129 workover rig mobilized from the SJ-01 well to the SJ-06 well with a workover program designed to open an additional 12.4 m across 3 zones in the Tutoia formation.
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April 04, 2024
Prates’ potential departure after more than a year in the role underscores how Petrobras struggles to meet conflicting expectations from the government and minority shareholders.
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April 03, 2024
The FPSO will have a topside designed to produce approximately 250,000 bpd and will have associated gas treatment capacity of 540 MMcfd, water injection capacity of 350,000 bpd and produced water capacity of 300,000 bpd.
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April 02, 2024
The board of oil junior Enauta Participacoes SA has approved a proposal to merge with 3R, which has oil fields on land and off the coast of Brazil, the company said in a statement Tuesday. 3R already is considering a potential combination with PetroReconcavo SA, another Brazilian oil producer that has oil fields on land.
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April 01, 2024
MODEC will be responsible for the design of the hull and all related topsides facilities for the FPSO, which is projected to be moored by a SOFEC Spread Mooring system. The produced stabilized crude will be stored in the FPSO tanks, and the oil will be offloaded to shuttle tankers to go to market.
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March 29, 2024
The unified arbitration was approved after a March 26 application, according to a Hess letter to stockholders included in a Chevron regulatory filing on Thursday. Exxon and Beijing-based Cnooc, which own 45% and 25% of Stabroek, respectively, argue they have a right of first refusal over Hess’s stake in the block.
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March 28, 2024
The well started at a production rate of 4 MMcfd for 6 hours at a choke 21/128”. The rate was subsequently increased to 6 MMcfd and 8 MMcfpd for 6 hours and 24 hours, respectively. The well was tested at a rate of up to 10 MMcfpd at choke of 30/128” and is now producing into the Jobo gas treatment plant.
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March 26, 2024
Atlanta is a large, deepwater oil field with gross in-place volumes exceeding 1 Bboe. The field is currently producing over 21,000 gross bopd and production is expected to increase to over 40,000 boepd by early 2025.
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March 22, 2024
Exxon Mobil Corp. is convinced its interpretation of intent in a Guyanese oil contract signed a decade ago will prevail in a landmark arbitration case against Chevron Corp.
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March 21, 2024
CNOOC will do whatever it takes to protect the interests of the firm and its shareholders by legal means, he said at a briefing in Hong Kong. Guyana’s Stabroek block is expected to yield as much as 1.2 MMbpd by 2027, Chief Financial Officer Wang Xin told the event.
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March 20, 2024
Petrobras expects to invest roughly $7.5 billion in five years to explore for oil and gas in prospective regions like the Santos basin, Pelotas basin and Equatorial Margin. Mendes also revealed that the company plans to drill two Colombian exploration wells and discussed developing the deepwaters of northeast Brazil.
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March 19, 2024
This agreement will support Shell’s onshore and offshore assets, providing a suite of services that includes turnaround support for their mature brownfield assets and supporting new greenfield projects.
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March 19, 2024
Chevron held constructive talks with Exxon and Cnooc over the Stabroek block off Guyana several months ago as part its proposed $53 billion takeover of Hess, which owns 30% of the development, Wirth said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston Tuesday.
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March 19, 2024
Exxon has accused Chevron of attempting to “circumvent” a contract that gives Woods’ company a right of first refusal over Hess’s 30% stake in Guyana’s Stabroek block. Chevron agreed to buy Hess for $53 billion last year, in large part to gain access to the Guyana project, operated and 45% owned by Exxon.
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March 18, 2024
The Bluefin well encountered approximately 197 ft (60 m) of hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone and was drilled in 4,244 ft (1,294 m) of water, Exxon said in a statement. Bluefin joins the more than 30 oil discoveries in the Stabroek block since 2015, Exxon added.
