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Giant Pao de Acucar in Block BM-C-33 reaches FEED The giant discovery Pao de Acucar and its adjacent fields, Seat and Gavea, are reaching the front end engineering and design (FEED) stage to develop the prolific Block BM-C-33 pre-salt in the ultra deep water of the Campos Basin offshore Macae, in the State of Rio de […]
Wintershall inks deal with Gas y Petroleo del Neuquen The Basf oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall and the Argentina local company Gas y Petroleo del Neuquen (GyP) finalized their joint venture agreement by which the German company will take the operator role to develop shale gas in the Block Aquada Federal as part of the Vaca […]
Semi-sub Chevron Buckskin project at pre-FEED stage The US super major Chevron and its partners, Maersk Oil (Maersk) from Denmark, Repsol from Spain and Samson Offshore Company (Samson) from USA, may consider to move a step ahead with the development of the oil and gas field Buckskin in the US part of the Gulf of […]
Algeria aims to double oil & gas production in 10 years After a couple of years with no significant investments and the trauma of the In Amenas attack, the Algerian Government and its national oil and gas company (NOC) Sonatrach have decided to ramp up the oil and gas production in order to double it in the […]
Total and Wintershall proceed with Vega Pleyade The french major company, Total and its partners, Basf–Wintershall from Germany and the local Pan American Energy (PAE), are proceeding with the development of the world utmost southern Vega Pleyade project offshore Argentina. After years without investments to maintain oil and gas fields and explore new ones because […]
Total made final decision to develop Incahuasi gas field The French major company, Total and its partners, Gazprom from Russia and Tecpetrol de Bolivia (Tecpetrol), made the final investment decision (FID) to develop the gas and condensate discoveries from Incahuasi in Bolivia. In a country where the production of natural gas is historically dominated by […]
North Reggane first production still targeted in 2016 Despite the In Amenas attack, the Spanish Repsol and its partners, the national oil company (NOC) Sonatrach, RWE Dea from Germany, and Edison from Italy, are moving ahead in the development of the North Reggane gas fields according to the original plans to deliver the first production […]
Argentina Key Projects and Business Highlights Argentina is one these countries with oil and gas reserves among the largest in the world but have hard to stand self-sufficient in energy. Since 2007, the export tax scheme for oil and gas was conceived primarily to allocate the local production to the domestic market before exporting elsewhere. In doing […]