Tag: oil exploration

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Petrobras and partners make major oil discovery at Sépia offshore field

  

  Petrobras and partners have made an oil discovery in the north-west of the Sépia oil field, offshore Brazil, some 250 kilometers from Rio do Janeiro, drilling the 4-BRSA-1386D-RJS (Pedunculo) well. The well, which was spudded in late July 2022, was drilled at a water depth of around 2,200m.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Drilling in search of oil in Paraguay to continue

  

  Despite previous comments that there was no commercial oil available in Paraguay's soil, President Energy is to drill its third well in the Chaco region, it was announced Thursday.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 11:08 UTC

  Uruguay is back in the oil exploration business; three companies awarded four off shore blocks

  

  Uruguay's oil refining and fuel distribution company Ancap announced on Friday that three blocks and exploration licenses in the country's maritime shelf had been awarded. Two of them were acquired by Shell and the third by Apache Corporation, including an exploratory well, in the framework of the Open Uruguay Round.

• Saturday, March 5th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Falklands exploration company raising funds to appraise and develop a gas condensate discovery

  

  Borders & Southern Petroleum PLC said on Friday that it intends to conduct fundraising of up to US$1.8 million to appraise and develop its Darwin gas and condensate discovery in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Further oil and gas discovery off the coast of Guyana

  

  More oil reserves discovered in Guyana, Canada's CGX Energy reported that together with parent Frontera Energy discovered an oil and gas reservoir off the coast of Guyana and anticipated drilling on a second well could begin later this year.

• Friday, January 29th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Hess Exploration investing heavily in its Guyana oil offshore operations

  

  The Hess Exploration company is betting strongly in the opportunities of its Guyana operations. With a 30% interest in the Stabroek Block, it has allotted more than 80% of its capital and exploratory budget of US$1.9 billion for 2021 to its offshore blocks.

• Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Uruguay signs contract to resume offshore seismic surveying for oil and gas

  

  Norwegian oil and gas exploration seismic data company PGS has signed an agreement with Uruguay's state oil company ANCAP to reprocess over 11 000 km of existing 2D lines of various vintages, applying the latest seismic imaging techniques.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Guyana rapidly becoming an oil major: 16th discovery in four years of exploration

  

  ExxonMobil today announced its 16 discovery in the Stabroek Block, located off the Guyanese coastline. The Texas-based company announced that it encountered 29 meters of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone at the Uaru well.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Major oil discovery offshore Suriname next to Guyana's prolific Stabroek's block

  

  Apache Corp and Total SA announced they had made a major oil discovery in a closely watched area off the coast of South America’s Suriname, sending Apache’s shares surging nearly 27%.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands extends duration of Rockhopper and Argos Resources oil exploration licenses

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC said on Monday that the Falkland Islands government has extended the duration of the PL032 Discovery Area License until May 1, 2021, with no additional license commitments.