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Brazil oil auction a ‘total disaster’ as bidders stay away

(Bloomberg) Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil deposits flopped, sending the real tumbling, after state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA did most of the bidding while other major oil companies stayed away. Petrobras, as the company is known, joined with China’s Cnooc Ltd....

AAPG geosciences workshop in Suriname to focus on offshore oil potential

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is set to stage a Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW) in Suriname to be held at the Torarica Hotel in Paramaribo on November 6-7, 2019. The workshop will focus on recent discoveries and exploration...

Apache records $170M loss in Q3 as Suriname oil search ramps up

US-based Apache Corporation has reported a quarterly loss of $170 million or $0.45 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2019. “During the third quarter, adjusted production exceeded guidance while capital expenditures remained on pace with our full-year...

BP eyes Brazil gas buildout, may swap LNG imports for domestic output

(Reuters) BP Plc (BP.L) wants to be part of an effort to build up natural gas infrastructure in Brazil, an executive said on Tuesday, and believes a power plant it is building in Rio de Janeiro could eventually be...

Hess strikes oil in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES), a 30 percent co-venturer in Guyana’s Stabroek Block, on Tuesday announced an oil discovery at the Esox-1 exploration well located in Mississippi Canyon Block No. 726 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Esox-1 was drilled in 4,609 feet (1,405...

Brazil leads globally in FPSO deployments

Brazil continues to drive global floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) deployment with 21 planned and announced FPSOs during the period 2019 to 2025, according to GlobalData. Brazil is expected to deploy a total of 11 planned and ten...

Brazil set to be major contributor to non-OPEC oil production in 2020s

Brazil’s oil production has seemingly found its groove, with Rystad Energy expecting the country to be a sizable contributor to non-OPEC, non-US growth throughout the 2020s. Rystad Energy said seven new FPSO projects have come under the spotlight, beginning at...

Siemens expects oil, gas revenues in Brazil to double in 2020 from 2018

(Reuters) - Germany’s Siemens expects revenue from its oil and gas division in Brazil in 2020 to double compared to 2018 levels, an executive said on Thursday, citing upcoming oil auctions that could total around $26 billion. The company does...

Petrobras boosts oil, gas output 16.5% in Q3

Brazilian oil company Petrobras said Friday its third-quarter crude oil and natural gas output was 16.5% higher year on year, amid record-setting production from subsalt fields. State-led Petrobras, which has been was completing the installation of seven new floating production...

SBM is successful bidder for five Brazilian FPSOs

SBM Offshore said on Friday it is the successful bidder for the interests held by Brazil’s Servicos de Petroleo Constellation in five floating production, storage and offloading vessels. The company said completion of the transaction remains subject to various conditions...

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Caribbean Energy Week opens in Suriname with regional leaders, investors in focus

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME - Caribbean Energy Week opened on Tuesday in Paramaribo, Suriname, drawing regional leaders, investors and industry executives...