(Reuters, 21.Apr.2020) — More than 30 companies, including commodities traders like Gunvor and Vitol as well as units of oil majors like Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, submitted expressions...
(Apache, 2.Apr.2020) — Apache Corporation announced a significant oil discovery at the Sapakara West-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. The well was drilled using the Noble Sam Croft...
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s oil regulator approved on Friday a request by French oil company Total SA to give up its exploration and production rights to a deep water block...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 20.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) announced updates on three resolutions affecting Total E&P México, S.A. de C.V., Servicios Múltiples de Burgos, S.A. de...
(Seeking Alpha, 4.Mar.2020) — Total expects to invest 15B reais ($3.34B) in Brazil's oil and gas industry over the next five years, according to a report in a Brazilian newspaper....
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Jan.2020) — Equinor, Shell and Total vowed to press on with projects in Vaca Muerta, even as policy uncertainty and price controls make it harder to plan...
(Reuters, 23.Jan.2020) — Guyana’s government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the South American country’s crude, the...
(Apache, 7.Jan.2020) — Apache Corporation and Total S.A. announced a significant oil discovery at the Maka Central-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. The well was drilled using the...
(Total, 7.Jan.2020) — Total and Apache have made a material oil discovery with the Maka Central-1 well on Block 58 offshore Suriname, on trend with the prolific discoveries in the...
(Tullow, 2.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil plc announces that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Kanuku licence offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately four metres of net oil pay based on...
(Zacks, 24.Dec.2019) — Shares of Apache Corporation rallied more than 17% in yesterday’s trading, hitting an all-time high among the S&P 500 components, after the energy explorer teamed up with...
(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...
(Sempra LNG, 23.Dec.2019) — Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, announced that Cameron LNG has begun producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the second liquefaction train of the export...
(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...
(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...
(Reuters, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 5.Nov.2019) — As Brazil approaches the biggest oil auction in its history — and one of the world's most expensive ever — the field...
(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...
(Reuters, 30.Sep.2019) — Fourteen companies have been officially approved by Brazilian authorities to participate in an oil bidding round in November, in which total signing bonuses are expected to be the...
(Argus, 26.Sep.2019) ) — Guyana will hold parliamentary elections on 2 March 2020, around the time that ExxonMobil plans to launch offshore oil production that promises to transform the economy...
(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...
(Eco, 16.Sep.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announces a second oil discovery on the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana. The Joe-1 exploration well was drilled by the Stena Forth...
(Petrobras, 16.Sep.2019) — Petrobras reports that the P-68 platform left today the Jurong Aracruz Shipyard, heading to the Berbigão and Sururu fields, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Production of these...
(Tullow, 16.Sep.2019) — Tullow Oil plc announces the Joe-1 exploration well has successfully opened a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin. The Joe-1 exploration well was drilled...
(Total, 9.Sep.2019) — The top management of Total in Nigeria led by the Country Chair and Managing Director of Total E&P Mr. Mike Sangster, the Managing Director of Total Nigeria...
(Eco, 27.Aug.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. said drilling of the Joe prospect has commenced offshore Guyana, the company's second exploration well on the Orinduik Block. Joe-1 was...
(Zacks Equity Research, 22.Aug.2019) — Equinor ASA recently announced the signing of a deal with the Argentine energy company, YPF Sociedad Anónima YPF, to jointly conduct exploration activities in the...
(Zacks, 22.Aug.2019 ) — Equinor ASA recently announced the signing of a deal with the Argentine energy company, YPF Sociedad Anónima YPF, to jointly conduct exploration activities in the CAN...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Aug.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Gustavo Lopetegui held a meeting in provinces with governors and oil company executives to discuss recently announced freezes to oil...
(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...
(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 14.Aug.2019) — Foreign joint venture partners with Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA are concerned the latest set of U.S. sanctions on the South American country could disrupt...
(Reuters, 3.Jul.2019) — Guyana is preparing to raise the take of the government in future oil licences, the director of the South American country’s Department of Energy said on Wednesday....
(Chron.com, Jordan Blum, 12.Jun.2019) — The Libra Consortium led by Petrobras, Royal Dutch Shell and Total said they've authorized construction of the multibillion-dollar Mero 2 project offshore of Brazil. The...
(Platts, 10.Jun.2019) — Mexico's already liberalizing fuel market will become far more competitive in 2020 as several private midstream projects start operations, multiple oil company executives say. Infrastructure shortages has...
(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...
(Sempra, 14.May.2019) — Sempra Energy announced that Cameron LNG has begun producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the first liquefaction train of the Cameron LNG export project in Hackberry, La....
(Eco, 29.Mar.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announced that the partners on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana approved the drilling budget and the location of the second well...
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Feb.2019) — Total expects to see its market-leading oil and gas production growth driven by rising deepwater volumes from Brazil and the Gulf of Mexico over the...
(Reuters, 23.Feb.2019) — Mexico’s Pemex produced 1.62 million barrels of crude per day in January, less than any month in almost three decades, the state-owned oil company said on Friday,...
(CNN, Matt Egan, 19.Feb.2019) — US sanctions on Venezuela’s national oil company have accelerated the unprecedented collapse of its oil output and set off a domino effect in the global...
(Reuters, Andrei Khalip, 11.Feb.2019) — Portuguese oil company Galp said on Monday it expects higher crude output, refining margins and efficiency gains to deliver a steep rise in 2020 and...
(Reuters, Corina Pons, Marianna Parraga, 9.Feb.2019) — Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at...
(Eco Atlantic, 1.Jan.2019) — The 1800km2 Orinduik Block is situated in shallow water (70 – 1,400m), 170 km offshore Guyana in the Suriname Guyana basin, and is located 11km up-dip...
(Petrobras, 21.Dec.2018) — Petrobras reports that yesterday it signed with the French company Total new documents related to the strategic partnership between the two companies announced on 03/01/2017. In the...
(AFP, 17.Dec.2018) — A major group of indigenous people living in Argentine Patagonia are taking some of the world's biggest oil and gas multinationals to court for “environmental contamination,” Greenpeace...
(Total, 14.Nov.2018) — Modern engines need a modern motor oil to keep them efficient and running strong. Through ongoing innovations to meet advancements in engine technology, Total is upgrading its...
(Atlantic, 5.Dec.2018) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (EOG), the oil and gas exploration company with licences in highly prospective regions in Guyana and Namibia, is pleased to announce...
(S&P Global Platts, 26.Nov. 2018) — Vista Oil & Gas plans to invest $157.4 million in its first pilot projects in Vaca Muerta, betting on the Argentinian shale play for...
(Total, 22.Nov.2018) — Total has entered into an agreement with Brazilian company Grupo Zema to acquire its fuel distribution company Zema Petróleo, its reseller and retailer arm Zema Diesel as...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart and Pietro D. Pitts, 20.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta unconventional shale gas formation in Neuquén is at the center of an energy revolution taking place...
(Jamaica Observer, Karena Bennett, 18.Nov.2018) — Months after announcing plans to expand operations in Jamaica, Total Jamaica has set up a production hub on the island from which it is...
(Oilprice.com, Viktor Katona, 12.Nov.2018) — I know what you think – such a headline is quite reckless given that Guyana has not produced any oil so far and it is...
(Aker Solutions, 5.Oct.2018) — Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide a subsea production system and related services for the Mero 1 project within the Mero field...
(OffshoreEnergyToday, 13.Sep.2018) — French oil major Total has exercised its option to acquire a 25 percent working interest in the Orinduik block offshore Guyana after a competent persons report identified...
(Reuters, 5.Sep.2018) — Tullow Oil plans to drill its first well in the much-watched Guyana offshore basin in the third quarter of next year in its Orinduik licence bordering discoveries...
(AP) — As the United States plans new defences against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 17.Aug.2018) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado tours the Jusepin petroleum region in Venezuela. https://twitter.com/i/status/1030477377988710401 Jusepin is just one of many petroleum-rich areas in...
(Argus, 9.Aug.2018) – Venezuela's state-owned PdV and its joint ventures fell short of officially targeted crude production by more than 125,000 b/d in July, according to an internal PdV upstream...
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 18.Jul.2018) – A renewable energy division of French supermajor Total said Wednesday it was moving forward with new solar power developments in Brazil. Total in September...
(Maritime Herald, 9.Jul.2018) – The oil spill that occurred this Friday, July 6 in two tanks of the secondary recovery plant of the Jusepín Operational Complex of Pdvsa, demonstrates the...
(Financial Times, Benedict Mander, 25.Jun.2018) – The collapse of the Argentine peso and the government’s struggle to tackle soaring inflation are causing disquiet among companies developing Vaca Muerta, one of...
[caption id="attachment_893" align="alignnone" width="800"] Luis Poma and Vitaly Markelov at signing ceremony. Source: Gazprom[/caption] (Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 16.Jun.2018) – Russian oil giant Gazprom remains attracted to the hydrocarbon...
(Reuters, Marc Frank, 30.Apr.2018) -- French energy firm Total SA and German industrial giant Siemens AG hope to sign a deal soon with Cuba to build a 600 megawatt gas-fired...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 24.May.2018) – Venezuela’s reserves-to-production or R/P ratio was a remarkable 342 times in 2016 based on reserves of 300.9 billion barrels and production of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.May.2018) – A brief look at Venezuela’s oil sector glory days. Will they return? https://youtu.be/22pUoLvYcko
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Apr.2018) – Patrick Pouyanne, the Chief Executive Officer of French major Total, announced production at one of its oil fields in Venezuela was down to...
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia & Marianna Parraga, 27.Mar.2018) -- Mexico awarded just under half of the 35 shallow-water blocks it tendered on Tuesday, in an auction muddied by the promises...
(Observatorio Petrolero Sur, 5.Feb.2018) — Vaca Muerta is a leading case for the next generation of fossil fuels. Big Oil and Gas companies are keen to turn it into a...
(Total, 5.Feb.2018) — Total has signed agreements to acquire interests into two exploration licenses offshore Guyana, the Canje Block and the Kanuku Block. These agreements come after entering into an...
(CaribbeanLife, Bert Wilkinson, 31.Jan.2018) — Now that Guyana’s oil and gas basin has been deemed as one of the hottest and most exciting prospects in the world, Shell Oil has...
(Total, 10.Dec.2017) — Total has entered into an agreement with GASORED, a group of service station owners, to rebrand a network of around 250 service stations in and around Mexico...
(Schuepbach Energy Uruguay – SEU, 30.Oct.2017) — The Norte Basin is part of a huge sedimentary basin called Paraná Basin in Brazil and Paraguay, and called Chaco-Paraná Basin in Argentina....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Mar.2017) – PDVSA said that the start of the Jusepin 200 gas processing plant will allow its affiliate PDVSA Gas to reduce gas flaring by...
(Petrobras, 10.Mar.2017) – Petrobras understands that the content disclosed to the market on the Strategic Alliance with Total on 10/24/2016, 12/21/2016 and 3/1/2017, includes the relevant information about this partnership,...
(Petrobras, 7.Mar.2017) – Petrobras clarified that the R$ 500 million amount mentioned in the article published by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and mentioned by President Pedro Parente...
(Petrobras, 1.Mar.2017) – Petrobras and Total signed the sales contracts for the assets in the Strategic Alliance, as set out in the Master Agreement signed on the 21st of December,...