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December 27, 2023
The updated reserves and resources incorporate the recently drilled Aruchara-3 well at Maria Conchita, which includes the newly encountered section in zone H4 in addition to zones H1 and H2 and finalized plans for construction of infrastructure at Sinu-9.  
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December 26, 2023
Current oil production from Parque das Conchas is approximately 35,000 boed day from 25 wells connected to the FPSO Espírito Santo. In the first half of 2023, average production was 28,000 boed.
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December 23, 2023
The drilling of the Pitu Oeste well, located 53 km (33 miles) off the coast of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, is expected take three to five months as Petrobras seeks more geological information about the area.
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December 22, 2023
Seadrill Limited has clinched significant 1,064-day fixed-term contracts for both the West Auriga and West Polaris through a competitive bidding process led by Petrobras.
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December 18, 2023
While easing sanctions has opened a path for oil majors to return to Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro has yet to meet all the terms laid out by the U.S., prompting Biden officials to assess the potential need to reimpose sanctions.
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December 15, 2023
TotalEnergies, in partnership with QatarEnergy and Petronas, have signed a production sharing contract for Block 64 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), the State-owned oil company of Suriname.
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December 13, 2023
FPSO Atlanta has a production capacity of 50,000 bopd and a maximum offloading storage capacity of 1,251,000 bbl.
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December 12, 2023
The ANP is offering a total of 602 oil blocks that span areas on land in the Amazon basin to deepwater regions in northeastern and southern Brazil under concession contracts, with minimum signing bonuses totaling 259 million reais ($52 million).
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December 11, 2023
Oil majors operating in Guyana’s waters are “moving ahead aggressively” with production plans despite Venezuela’s threats to take over the region in an escalating border conflict, according to President Irfaan Ali.
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December 11, 2023
The border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is unlikely to escalate into a military conflict despite the growing hostile rhetoric between the South American nations, says Chevron Corp.’s top executive.
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December 11, 2023
PGS has made available multi-client 2D and 3D data, along with Quantitative Interpretation (QI) products, to facilitate the assessment of farm-in opportunities in Uruguay.
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December 11, 2023
Halliburton Company has announced that it will work with Libra Consortium, lead by Petrobras, to develop a digital twin for a pre-salt field system in Brazil.
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December 10, 2023
Traders are more jittery than ever about the outcome of Chevron Corp.’s proposed $53-billion takeover of Hess Corp. as Venezuela threatens to seize mineral-rich regions in neighboring Guyana.
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December 07, 2023
Chevron Corp. followed competitor Exxon Mobil Corp. in raising planned capital spending as the biggest U.S. oil operators seek to increase long-term crude production.
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December 06, 2023
The Spanish and Italian companies are hammering out contract terms between their oil ventures and state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela SA, according to three people familiar with the deals who aren’t authorized to speak publicly.
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December 04, 2023
ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods said the Texas energy giant is focusing on producing oil in Guyana as efficiently as possible to help the South American country in its border dispute with Venezuela.
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December 03, 2023
When completed, FPSO Raia will have the capacity to process 126,000 boed and 16 MMcmgd, with a storage capacity of 2 MMbbl of crude oil.
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November 30, 2023
Brazilian Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira told a meeting of the group on Thursday that the country would join its charter from next year. The charter, open to all oil producing countries, doesn’t bind signatories and provides a platform for dialog and exchange of views.
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November 29, 2023
The first contract is for the proposed Whiptail oil field development located in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The second contract is for the Raia project, the development of a pre-salt gas and condensate field in the Campos basin.
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November 28, 2023
Wintershall Dea, YPF, Argentina's national energy company, and Dow, a global materials science leader, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly assess potential carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities in Argentina.
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November 28, 2023
The Manatee natural gas project scope is for the design, procurement, fabrication, transportation, installation, and commissioning of a wellhead platform, offshore and onshore gas pipelines.
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