The presence of giant oil and gas fields in South America, stretching all the way from the Santos basin in the south to the Guyana-Suriname basin to the north, have long been known, with estimates of tens of billions...
CGX Energy and joint venture partner Frontera Energy are looking to complete a 3D seismic program on the northern section of the Corentye block offshore Guyana during the first half of 2020 that will help to determine best prospects...
Apache and Total, 50-50 partners in Suriname’s Block 58, said their next well – Sapakara West-1 - will test the same-aged upper Cretaceous intervals that brought them success at Maka Central-1, in a separate and distinct stratigraphic feature.
Sapakara is...
(Bloomberg) Apache Corp. proved skeptics wrong with a major discovery off the northeast coast of South America, a hotly anticipated oil target that investors had feared would be another flop for the U.S. producer.
The update on the Maka Central-1 well...
Continued success offshore the South American country of Guyana is once again playing a major role in the addition of discovered volumes and value creation for US oil major ExxonMobil and its Stabroek Block co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC.
“ExxonMobil can...
ExxonMobil said Monday it has secured more than 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt.
“These awards strengthen our exploration portfolio in the Eastern Mediterranean,” said Mike Cousins, senior vice president of exploration and new ventures at ExxonMobil. “We look forward...
US oil major ExxonMobil’s record 14 discoveries in Guyana which amount to more than 6 billion barrels of oil resource has placed the small South American country at the top of the list for prospective offshore regions in the...
Maersk Drilling has secured a three-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer with BP for development drilling at the Matapal project offshore Trinidad and Tobago.
Maersk said Monday the contract has an estimated duration of 322 days and is...
SBM Offshore said on Wednesday it has signed contracts with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the 22.5 years lease and operation of FPSO Sepetiba (formerly known as Mero 2). These contracts follow the signing of the binding Letter of...
Chevron Corporation on Wednesday announced a 2020 organic capital and exploratory spending program of $20 billion. The 2020 budget supports a robust portfolio of upstream and downstream investments, highlighted by the company’s world-class Permian Basin position, its major capital...