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October 17, 2024
Peru’s government can’t find board members to lead its struggling state-owned oil company more than five weeks after its last board resigned.
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October 16, 2024
Perenco Colombia successfully completed drilling of three new development wells on the Paravare and Chaparrito fields at Casanare, onshore Colombia, identifying large oil discoveries.
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October 14, 2024
KBR announced today it has been awarded an engineering and procurement services contract for the Beachfield Manatee upgrade, the onshore portion of the Manatee gas field project.
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October 11, 2024
ExxonMobil Guyana plans to increase output from its Stabroek block offshore Guyana by 18,000 bpd once it has completed risk assessments and received approval from local authorities.
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October 09, 2024
Jindal Power Ltd. is walking away from a venture that would have operated an oil-processing facility for Venezuela’s state-controlled crude producer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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October 09, 2024
Under the agreement, Petrofac will provide technical and engineering support for key onshore and offshore assets, including five offshore steel jacket facilities in the Alba Field and the Alba Gas Plant onshore.
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October 09, 2024
In the third quarter of 2024, Petrobras recorded an average FUT of 95.2%. This period also saw a significant increase in the processing of pre-salt oil, which made up 73% of the total load in the distillation units.
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September 2024
International activity is maintaining leisurely growth, while the U.S. continues to lag. Global oil production was up slightly in 2023, with stronger gains in the Americas. Offshore activity is buoyed by continued success in areas like Guyana, Suriname and Namibia.
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October 04, 2024
Petrobras has confirmed a significant gas discovery in Colombia's Guajira offshore basin, estimating the potential reserves at around 6 Tcf.
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October 04, 2024
Colombia’s Ecopetrol SA discovered an offshore natural gas deposit that could potentially produce up to 800 MMcfgd, according to Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Roa.
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October 04, 2024
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company is nearing a deal with government regulators allowing it to move forward with plans to redevelop a massive deepwater field that could reinvigorate the nation’s stalled output.
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October 01, 2024
TotalEnergies has announced the final investment decision (FID) for the GranMorgu development on offshore Block 58 in Suriname.
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September 24, 2024
The Norwegian oil major has secured suppliers to build a floating production vessel, drill production wells and install sea-bed infrastructure. Valaris earlier this year won a $498 million contract to drill wells for the project, known as Raia. The project will cost an estimated $9 billion and could supply 15% of Brazilian gas demand when it comes online.
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September 23, 2024
On Sept. 19, the Board of Directors of ANCAP, the Uruguayan state-owned oil company with regulatory responsibility for offshore licenses, approved Challenger Energy’s farmout agreement for the AREA OFF-1 license with Chevron. The original deal was announced on March 6.
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September 23, 2024
Total executives used a $50-to-$60-a-barrel benchmark to test the viability of oil projects when presenting them for board approval, and is “very close” to approving a 220,000 bpd project in Suriname, CEO Patirck Pouyanne said at a conference in Rio de Janeiro.
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September 22, 2024
The Fenix field is part of the Cuenca Marina Austral 1 (CMA-1) concession. With a production capacity of 10 MMcmd (70,000 boed), the Fenix development consists of a new unmanned platform, located in 70 m water depth and connected to the existing CMA-1 facilities.
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September 20, 2024
Although the French supermajor hasn’t formally greenlit the $9 billion development of crude discoveries in the Latin American nation, it’s already seeking to lock in two rig leases for future drilling in the area, according to people familiar with the tenders who asked not to be named discussing non-public information.
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September 19, 2024
The first award is a “substantial” contract to design, engineer, and manufacture riser flexible pipe. The second award involves work to design, engineer, and manufacture subsea production systems to be deployed on the Atapu 2, Sepia 2, and Roncador projects.
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September 16, 2024
Suriname’s state oil company, Staatsolie, has announced plans to issue bonds in 2025 as part of a strategy to finance its participation in the development of offshore Block 58.
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September 15, 2024
Block 14 and Block 15 were part of the Suriname Shallow Offshore 2 Bid Round 2023-2024. The blocks are in the eastern part of the Suriname-Guyana basin and border Block 52, where oil and gas discoveries have previously been made. Block 14 has water depths of 50 to 75 m, and Block 15 from 75 to 150 m.
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September 15, 2024
Set to face a shortfall of natural gas at the start of next year, Colombia’s hopes are riding on the future potential of its deepwater wells. Ecopetrol’s offshore chief, Elsa Jaimes, said in an interview last month that production from Caribbean waters could come online as early as 2029, depending on approvals from local communities and securing environmental licenses.
