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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 11:44 UTC

Tag: Chevron Uruguay 1976

  • Friday, April 1st 2016 - 06:07 UTC

    Total/Exxon/Mobil drilling offshore Uruguay a record-deep well; first since 1976

    The well was spud at the “Raya/1” prospect in Block 14 by the Maersk/Venturer drilling ship

    A consortium led by France's Total and U.S.-based super major ExxonMobil Corp started this week drilling for oil off Uruguay, Industry, Energy and Mining Minister Carolina Cosse announced. Uruguay is totally reliant on imports for its oil and has for decades tried to discover possible hydrocarbons resources both in the continent and offshore.