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Petrobras Confirms Gas Discovery Offshore Colombia

Aug 05, 2024

Petrobras has achieved the main objective of the Uchuva-2 well, confirming the extent of the gas discovery made in the Tayrona block, located offshore Colombia’s Caribbean coast.The achievement confirms the gas discovery made in 2022 with the drilling of the Uchuva-1 well. This well adds relevant information for the development of a new exploration and production frontier in Colombia, reinforcing the volumetric potential for gas in the region…

FourPhase Nets Shell Contract for its Caribbean Oil and Gas Platforms

Jun 12, 2025

FourPhase, a solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas industry, has secured a master service agreement (MSA) with Shell Trinidad and Tobago, for work on its topside offshore oil and gas platforms in the Caribbean.The MSA involves sand management and production optimization…

US Revokes Licenses for Trinidad-Venezuela Gas Projects

Apr 08, 2025

The United States has revoked two licenses it had granted in recent years for the development of offshore natural gas projects between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country's prime minister, Stuart Young, said on Tuesday.Trinidad…

Gas Project with Venezuela Goes Full Steam Ahead, Trinidad PM Says

Mar 28, 2025

Companies planning a flagship offshore gas project between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago 'have not slowed down' work, Trinidad Prime Minister Stuart Young said on Thursday, despite the United States increasing pressure on sanctioned Venezuela…

Colombia Plans to License Petrobras, Ecopetrol Gas Project by Mid-2026

Mar 14, 2025

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras and its Colombian counterpart Ecopetrol could have the licenses needed for moving forward a joint offshore gas project in Colombia by mid-2026, said Orlando Velandia, head of Colombia's hydrocarbons regulator…

Trinidad and Tobago Put 26 Deepwater Oil and Gas Blocks on Offer

Jan 29, 2025

Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday offered 26 offshore oil and gas blocks in its largest-ever auction of areas for deepwater exploration and production, according to an official notice.The twin-island Caribbean country, Latin America's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Occidental Petroleum’s Subsidiary Secures Oil and Gas Permit Off Colombia

Dec 23, 2024

Colombia's national environmental licensing agency (ANLA) on Friday said it has awarded an environmental license to Anadarko Colombia Company, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, to carry out oil and gas exploration in the country's Caribbean waters…

Trinidad Signs PSA with BP

Nov 19, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) with a unit of British oil and gas producer BP for exploring and producing natural gas at a shallow water block, the energy ministry said.The agreement follows an offshore…

Trinidad and Venezuela Set to Launch Seismic Survey at Joint Gas Fields

Aug 30, 2024

Seismic work at offshore gas fields shared by Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago is expected to start in the coming days, the Caribbean country's energy minister Stuart Young said on Friday on social media.Venezuela in July issued a 20-year license…

Trinidad's Court Reaffirms Recognition of ConocoPhillips' Claim Against Venezuela

Jul 18, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago's High Court on Thursday reaffirmed a decision recognizing U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips' arbitration claim against Venezuela, which could freeze the Caribbean country's payments to its neighbor for joint natural gas projects…

Argeo Lands Woodside Energy’s Calypso Survey

Apr 23, 2024

Norwegian offshore services company Argeo has signed a contract with Woodside Energy to conduct a geophysical survey for the deepwater Calypso field in Trinidad and Tobago.The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey work will be carried out by Argeo Searcher vessel…

BP in Talks to Sell Some Trinidad Upstream Assets to Perenco

Apr 08, 2024

BP is close to an agreement to sell some of its Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas assets to Anglo-French oil company Perenco, according to three people familiar with the talks.BP is Trinidad and Tobago's largest natural gas producer with an output of just over 1…

Seatrium Scoops $259M Worth of Repairs and Upgrades Work

Apr 04, 2024

Singapore-based Seatrium has secured a series of major contracts for vessel repairs, upgrades and conversions, set for completion by the end of 2025.With an aggregate value of S$350 million ($259 million), the contracts have reinforced Seatrium’s…

CGG Pens Multi-Client Reimaging Deal with Trinidad and Tobago

Jan 24, 2024

France-based marine seismic data firm CGG has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries of Trinidad and Tobago to reimage vintage 3D seismic data from four deepwater offshore blocks.CGG’s work scope will cover blocks 25a…

What to Watch in '24: Global Exploration Outlook

Dec 27, 2023

Industry continues chasing big oil, key gas targets also on the radarGlobal exploration drilling is set for a boost in 2024 – we have line of sight on over 200 wells targeting over 30 bnboe of resource (unrisked). Several gas hotspots are on the industry agenda…

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