Colombia’s Energy Self-Sufficiency at Risk

(Rystad Energy, 23.Dec.2021) — Colombia, Latin America’s third-largest oil producer after Brazil and Mexico, is in danger of losing its energy self-sufficiency and a significant part of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the future, unless the pace of exploration accelerates, a Rystad Energy report has revealed. The country’s oil […]

ExxonMobil Hits Guyana Oil Output Goal

(Argus, 21.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil reached targeted crude production of 120,000 b/d at the Liza 1 well on Guyana’s deepwater Stabroek block, a milestone that had been delayed by an earlier re-injection glitch and equipment delays. The target was achieved a year after start-up of the Liza Destiny floating production, storage […]

Ibank Jefferies Cuts Bankers As M&A Slows

(Reuters, Gary McWilliams and David French, 27.Sep.2019) — Jefferies Financial Group has laid off 15 people in its energy investment banking team, as the bank reacts to a slowdown of mergers and acquisitions activity among oil and gas companies, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The job cuts […]

Capital Discipline In GOM Lease Sale: WoodMac

(WoodMac, 21.Aug.2019) — Capital discipline remains key for offshore operators, judging by the results of today’s US Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sale. Lease Sale 253 attracted 165 bids from 27 companies, with high bids totalling US$159.4 million. While this is a decrease of about $85 million (35%) from the […]

Mozambique LNG Under Starter’s Orders

(WoodMac, 18.Jun.2019) — US independent Anadarko Petroleum today formally sanctioned its Mozambican liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Mozambique LNG. Anadarko is developing Mozambique’s first onshore LNG facility, initially consisting of two LNG trains with a total nameplate capacity of 12.88 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa). Feedgas comes from the Golfinho/Atum field, […]

LatAmNRG Q&A With ANH Colombia: Exploratory Drilling To Start In 2H:20

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.May.2019) — As part of Energy Analytics Institute’s ongoing coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean energy sectors from conventionals, unconventionals to renewables, Colombia’s Hydrocarbons National Agency (ANH) weighs in on some of our Colombia-related questions. What follows are excerpts from our series: LatAmNRG Q&A […]

Total CEO Says Planned Buy Of Anadarko’s Africa Assets ‘Perfectly Fitting’

(Reuters, Humeyra Pamuk, 16.May.2019) — French energy giant Total SA’s planned acquisition of U.S. firm Anadarko’s African assets is “perfectly fitting” with the company’s overall strategy and helps play to its strengths, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Thursday. Total agreed to buy all of Anadarko’s oil-and-gas-producing assets outside the […]

WoodMac: Chevron Exits Bidding War For Anadarko

(WoodMac, 9.May.2019) — Chevron Corporation today announced that it would not offer a counter proposal to Occidental Petroleum’s rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum. Earlier this week, Anadarko said it had received an offer from Occidental that was superior to a previously-arranged deal with Chevron. Chevron said it would allow […]

Occidental Makes $38bn Rival Bid for Anadarko

(WoodMac, 24.Apr.2019) — Occidental Petroleum today put forward a rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum for US$38 billion, surpassing Chevron’s US$33 billion offer earlier this month. Occidental proposes paying US$76 per share, roughly 20% more than Chevron‘s earlier offer of US$65 per share. Zoe Sutherland, corporate analyst at Wood Mackenzie, […]

Anadarko To Invest $200mn In Peruvian Oil Area

(Reuters, 9.Oct.2017) — U.S.-based Anadarko Petroleum will invest some $200 million to develop an offshore oil area near Peru’s northern coast, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Monday. Kuczynski and company executives signed three exploration and drilling agreements with state oil agency Perupetro in blocks Z-61, Z-62 and Z-63 […]

Ecopetrol Announces Caribbean Deepwater Find

(Ecopetrol S.A., 28.Jul.2015) – Ecopetrol informs that at a depth of 3720 meters, the Kronos-1 well verified the presence of hydrocarbons in ultra-deepwater of Colombian south Caribbean area. This discovery proves the geological model proposed for an unexplored area with high hydrocarbon potential. Kronos-1 is located in block Fuerte Sur, […]

Ecopetrol Announces 1Q:15 Results

(Ecopetrol, 12.May.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. reports the Group’s financial results for the 1Q:15, prepared and filed in Colombian pesos (COP$) and on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). According with the article 3 of the Decree 2784 of 28.Dec.2012, the application date of the new technical framework is […]

CGG Lands Anadarko Seismic Deal in Colombia

(CGG, 19.Mar.2015) – France’s CGG has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire and process a 6,299-square mile (16,314square kilometers) 3D seismic survey on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia. The survey will be the largest marine seismic program ever acquired in Colombia and follows […]