Tag: Pelotas basin

• Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  Norway's Statoil joins Tullow Oil and expands share in Uruguay's Pelotas basin

  

  Norway’s Statoil said that it has signed an agreement with Tullow Oil to secure a 35% working interest in a Uruguay’s Pelotas basin exploration block 15, about 200 kilometers off the coast of Uruguay.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 05:52 UTC

  Norway's Statoil confirms interest in Uruguay's offshore potential, acquires 15% of exploration block

  

  Norway's Statoil giant announced on Tuesday an agreement with French Total to acquire a 15% working interest in an offshore exploration block in Uruguay's continental shelf. The announcement comes only weeks before Total is preparing to drill its first exploratory well in Uruguayan waters.