U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made yet another oil discovery in its prolific Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, and has now increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the block to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels…
Brazil is set to sell off exploration and production rights in dozens of offshore oil producing blocks on Thursday, in an auction that is small by local standards but will offer opportunities for majors to snap up potentially prolific assets…
Update: Following the release of news that Petrobras has selected PetroRio SA and Cobra as winning bidders for the Albacora field acquisition, Petrobras released a statement denying this. Read more here.Brazil state oil giant Petrobras has chosen a consortium of PetroRio SA and Cobra…
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has restarted production from the Manati offshore gas field in Brazil, after closure in September due to a leak in the onshore part of the export pipeline.Production from the field located in the Camamu Basin…
DP World's subsidiary Drydocks World Dubai has started converting an Aframax tanker capable of carrying 700,000 barrels of oil to a Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO) for Dixstone, part of Perenco.As part of the extensive modification and life extension work at the FSO Pargo project…
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has confirmed it has received bids for its Albacora and Albacora Leste offshore fields which could 'exceed US$4 billion for both fields.'Petrobras said that binding offers were submitted by the consortia…
Oil and gas company Rockhopper Exploration on Thursday affirmed its intention to press ahead with the development of the Sea Lion offshore oil field in the Falkland Islands, a week after its partner decided to pull out.Rockhopper Exploration…
Brazilian oil firm Enauta has said production from the Manati offshore field in Brazil was stopped preventively on Monday due to small gas leakage in the inland pipeline between the compression station and the gas treatment station. 'The operator is assessing the causes of this incident…
Oslo-listed oil and gas company BW Energy, responding to press speculation, said Monday it had not made any formal decision to buy any of Brazil-based Petrobras' assets.BW Energy said it had noted the press speculation regarding the possibility of BW Energy acquiring the Golfinho field in Brazil…
Dutch FPSO provider SBM Offshore has secured a US$635 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, one of the world's largest FPSOs.SBM Offshore said Friday that it had secured the loan by the…
Harbour Energy, a London-listed oil firm created through a merger between Chrysaor and Premier Oil, has decided to exit the Sea Lion oil field development in the Falkland Islands.The company has a 60 percent stake in the oil field, with Rockhopper Exploration holding the remaining 40 percent stake…
Karoon Energy sees strong growth prospects in Brazil, where it started producing oil last year, working to more than double output by 2023 and considering two options to develop another field by mid-decade, its chief executive said on Monday…
Guyana has granted a unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co, known as Aramco, a one-year contract to market the government's share of the crude produced in the South American country, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters.The country in early September…
Norwegian offshore support vessel firm DOF said this week its Brazilian subsidiary Norskan had secured a new long-term contract and extended another one with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras.Anchor handler Skandi Botafogo has been awarded…
Australian oil and gas firm Karoon Energy has reached a settlement agreement with Pitkin Petroleum over a dispute related to Block Z-38, offshore Peru. Back in May, Pitkin Petroleum sent a notice of the dispute to Karoon Energy, related to the joint operating agreement in respect of Block Z-38…