(Reuters, 19.Aug.2021) — The world’s newest oil-producing nations grabbed the spotlight at this week’s Offshore Technology Conference with ambitious plans to tap oil and gas discoveries in a race against a global energy transition to lower-carbon fuels. At the conference highlighting renewable and cleaner-burning fuels and investors moving bets away […]
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TotalEnergies In Two New Exploration Licenses In Suriname
(TotalEnergies, 25.Jun.2021) — TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) and its partner Qatar Petroleum have been awarded Block 6 and Block 8 in the Suriname SHO Bid Round 2020/2021. TotalEnergies shall operate these blocks, situated in shallow water with depths between 30 meters and 50 meters, and adjacent to the TotalEnergies operated […]
TotalEnergies, QP Win Exploration Blocks Off Suriname
(Argus, 20.Jun.2021) — A consortium of TotalEnergies and Qatar’s state-owned QP have won two offshore exploration blocks in Suriname following the South American state’s latest bid round launched in November. TotalEnergies, formerly Total, will leads the consortium with a 40pc stake, alongside QP with 20pc. Suriname’s state-owned Staatsolie will hold […]
Qatar Petroleum Enters Suriname’s Block 6 And Block 8
(Qatar Petroleum, 19.Jun.2021) – A consortium including Qatar Petroleum has been awarded two offshore blocks in Suriname, under Production Sharing Contracts as part of the recent Suriname offshore bid round. The winning bids in the competitive round were announced by Suriname’s state oil company, Staatsolie. A consortium comprising of Qatar […]
IOCs Take Three Suriname Shallow Offshore Blocks
(Staatsolie, 18.Jun.2021) — Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. (Staatsolie) announces that after evaluation of all received bids in the SHO Bid Round 2020/2021, the following companies have submitted the most favorable bids for the relevant Blocks: Chevron Exploration Suriname Limited for Block 5, and the consortium consisting of TotalEnergies and Qatar […]
Fact Box: Qatar’s North Field Expansion (NFE) Project
(US Department of Commerce, 20.May.2021) — Significant opportunities exist in Qatar for US companies offering products and services in LNG production. Qatar is the largest global exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and the country’s exports of LNG, crude oil, and petroleum products constitute the majority of government revenue. Despite […]
Qatar Petroleum Enters Two Namibian Offshore Exploration Blocks
(Qatar Petroleum, 6.Apr.2021) – Qatar Petroleum entered into an agreement with Shell to become a partner in two exploration blocks offshore the Republic of Namibia. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to customary approvals, Qatar Petroleum will hold a 45% participating interest in the PEL 39 exploration […]
NOCs To Slash Exploration Budgets
(WoodMac, 20.May.2020) — National oil companies (NOCs) globally are estimated to cut exploration budgets by over a quarter on average in 2020, says Wood Mackenzie. The analysis is based on announcements and tracking well plans of 11 top spending NOC explorers, including three Chinese NOCs, PTTEP, PETRONAS, ONGC, Qatar Petroleum, […]
Qatar Petroleum Enters Into Three Mexican Blocks
(Qatar Petroleum, 5.May.2020) — Qatar Petroleum entered into three farm-in agreements to acquire about 30% of Total’s participating interest in blocks 15, 33 and 34 located in the Campeche basin, offshore Mexico. Each of the farm-in agreements is subject to customary regulatory and other approvals by Total’s existing partners and […]
Qatar Petroleum Wins Three Blocks Offshore Brazil
(QP, 10.Oct.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in three offshore blocks in Brazil, as part of two bidding consortia. The winning bids were announced by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) at a public bidding session held in Rio de Janeiro. Competing bids were […]
ANP 16th Round Attracts Record R$8.9bn Signings
(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. The round will generate investments of at least R$ 1.58 billion in the first phase of the concession contracts alone (exploration phase). Twelve of the […]
Diplomats Say Guyana Gov’t In Breach Of Constitution
(Reuters, 19.Sep.2019) — U.S. and European diplomats on Thursday declared Guyana’s government in breach of the country’s constitution until new elections are held and called on Guyanese President David Granger to “set an elections date immediately” or possibly face a cutoff of development funding. Guyana’s independent electoral body on Thursday […]
‘The More Operators In Guyana’s Oil Fields The Better’
(Stabroek News, 20.Aug.2019) — Guyana is better off with more operators and countries involved in its oil fields, British High Commissioner to Guyana Gregory Quinn has said in wake of UK-based Tullow Oil’s recent offshore oil discovery. Tullow last week announced the discovery of oil in commercial quantities in its […]
Qatar Petroleum In Guyana Exploration Deal
(Trade Arabia, 5.Aug.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with French oil major Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore Guyana in Latin America. Under the agreement, Qatar Petroleum will hold 40 per cent of Total’s existing 25 per cent participating interest […]
Qatar Petroleum Enters Blocks In Guyana
(Qatar Petroleum, 29.Jul.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore Guyana in Latin America. Under the agreement, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals by the government of Guyana, Qatar Petroleum will hold 40% of […]
Qatar Petroleum And Chevron Ink Deal For Mega US Petrochemical Plant
(Qatar Petroleum, 10.Jul.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has signed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC to develop a new world-scale petrochemical project in the Gulf Coast region of the United States of America. The signing took place at the White House, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Tamim […]
ExxonMobil Proceeds With Vaca Muerta Project
(ExxonMobil, 11.Jun.2019) — ExxonMobil said it is proceeding with a long-term oil development in Argentina’s Bajo del Choique-La Invernada block. The project is expected to produce up to 55,000 oil-equivalent barrels per day within five years and will include 90 wells, a central production facility and export infrastructure connected to […]
Argentina Awards 18 Exploration Areas Offshore For $724 Million
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 17.May.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat awarded 18 areas corresponding to the first International Offshore Public Competition, the country’s Finance Ministry announced May 17 in an official statement. The crude oil and natural gas exploration areas offered cover three basins of the Argentine continental shelf. Companies […]
Exxon Mobil Wins Three Exploration Blocks Offshore Argentina
(Reuters, 16.Apr.2019) — U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Tuesday its unit and an affiliate of Qatar Petroleum had won three exploration blocks offshore Argentina. The three blocks will add about 2.6 million net acres to Exxon’s existing holdings in Argentina, the company said. The blocks are located […]
Qatar Petroleum Wins Exploration Rights In 5 Offshore Blocks In Argentina
(Qatar Petroleum, 16.Apr.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in five offshore blocks in the North Argentina, and Malvinas West basins in Argentina. The winning bids were announced today by Argentina’s Secretariat of Government of Energy (“SGE”) at the end of a public tender process that started in November […]
ExxonMobil Grabs Additional Acreage in Brazil’s 5th Pre-Salt Bid Round
(ExxonMobil, 28.Sep.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after it won the TitĂŁ exploration block with co-venturer Qatar Petroleum during Brazil’s 5th pre-salt bid round. The block awarded added more than 71,500 net acres to the ExxonMobil portfolio, expanding the company’s total position in the […]
Shell Offers 1H:18 LatAm Updates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Aug.2018) – Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the following updates during the first half of 2018. Mexico In the deep-water bid round in Mexico in January for the Gulf of Mexico, Shell won four exploration blocks on its own, four with its partner Qatar Petroleum […]