France’s TotalEnergies exits Petrocedeño JV in Venezuela, concedes $1.38bn capital loss

CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jul.2021, Words: 161) — TotalEnergies, through its affiliate Total Venezuela, has decided to transfer its non-operated minority participation of 30.32% in Petrocedeño S.A. to Corporation Venezonala de Petróleos (CVP), an affiliate of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Equinor having also decided to transfer in […]

Total, Siemens To Reduce LNG Related Emissions

(Total, 13.Apr.2021) — Total and Siemens Energy signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement to study sustainable solutions for CO2 emissions reduction. The collaboration will focus on natural gas liquefaction facilities and associated power generation. Each partner will bring together their best-in-class technologies and combine their know-how to deliver industrial-stage solutions such […]

Total Gabon Divests Mature Non-Operated Assets

(Total, 30.Jul.2020) — Total announces that its 58% owned affiliate Total Gabon has signed an agreement with Perenco to divest its interests in seven mature non-operated offshore fields, along with its interests and operatorship in the Cap Lopez oil terminal. The transaction remains subject to approval by the Gabonese authorities. […]

Total Reports Ramp-Up On Iara With Second FPSO

(Total, 25.Jun.2020) — Total and its partners announce the start-up of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) P-70 of the Iara cluster (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil. With a productive capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day, this new unit double the […]

Total Enters Suriname With 50% Stake In Block 58

(Total, 23.Dec.2019) — Total has signed an agreement with Apache Corporation to acquire a 50% working interest and operatorship in the highly prospective Block 58 offshore Suriname, further expanding Total’s footprint in the prolific Guyana-Suriname basin. Block 58 is located on trend with the prolific discoveries in the adjacent Stabroek […]

Total Advances Two Deepwater GOM Projects

(Total, 16.Dec.2019) — Total announces the final investment decision (FID) to develop the Anchor oil field. Additionally, front-end engineering and design (FEED) has begun for the North Platte discovery. Both projects are located in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. FID for Anchor Project Total […]

Total Reports 1st Oil From Iara Offshore Brazil

(Total, 15.Nov.2019) — France’s Total announced first oil from the Iara license (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt. This marks the start-up of the FPSO P-68, the first of the two floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO) already launched and to be installed on the license. […]