| Petrominerales Awarded 3 Blocks in the 11th Bid Round |
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Brazil >> 5/17/2013 - Petrominerales is pleased to announce that, following the Brazilian 11th Bid Round ("Bid Round"), administered by the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo, Gas Natural e Biocombustiveis of Brazil ("ANP"), we ...
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| Chevron Agrees Terms of Argentina Shale Investment with YPF |
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Argentina >> 5/16/2013 - Argentine energy company YPF (YPF.N) signed an agreement with U.S. oil major Chevron Corp on Wednesday to define the terms and conditions of Chevron's investment of up to $1.5 billion in Argentina's v...
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| Premier Awarded 3 Blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round |
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Brazil >> 5/16/2013 - Premier is pleased to announce that it has been awarded three blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round held in Rio de Janeiro on 14 May. The blocks are located in deep water basins offshore North East Brazil in ...
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| Petrobras Buys the Most Blocks in the 11th Round |
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Brazil >> 5/16/2013 - Petrobras announces that it acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 b...
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| Gran Announces Successful Acreage Awards in Brazil |
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Brazil >> 5/16/2013 - Gran Tierra Energy Inc., a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, announced successful bids on three blocks in the recently completed 2013 Brazil Bid Round administered by...
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| OGX & MPX Signs an Agreement for 4 Blocks in Round 11 |
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Brazil >> 5/16/2013 - OGX Petroóleo e Gas Participacoes S.A. (“OGX”), the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announces that it has signed an agreement (...
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| Chariot Awards Four Blocks in Barreirinhas Basin |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - Chariot Oil & Gas Limited is pleased to announce that the Company has, subject to final contract, been successful in its bids for a 100% interest and operatorship in four shallow-water exploration lic...
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| Geopark Awards Seven New Blocks in Round 11 |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - GeoPark Holdings Limited ("GeoPark"), the Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and producing properties in Chile, Colombia and Argentina, is pleased to announ...
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| Geopark Enters SPA for $ 140m in the BCAM-40 Block |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - Panoro Energy ASA's wholly-owned subsidiary Panoro Energy do Brasil Ltda has on 14 May 2013 entered into a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to divest its Brazilian subsidiary Rio das Contas to GeoPa...
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| Ecopetrol Awards Three Blocks in Brazil Bidding Round |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - Ecopetrol S.A. announces that it submitted the highest bids for three exploratory blocks in the 11th Bidding Round carried out yesterday by the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo, Gas Natural e Biocombustiv...
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| OGX Acquires 13 Exploration Blocks in 11th Bid Round |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A. (“OGX”), the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announces that it has acquired a working int...
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| BP Wins 8 Exploration Blocks in Brazil Round 11 |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - BP and partners Total, Petrobras and Petrogal were yesterday named winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offshore Brazil in the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP’s) 11th bid round. BP wi...
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| Statoil Awarded 6 Licences Offshore Brazil |
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Brazil >> 5/15/2013 - Statoil was the highest bidder on 6 licences in Brazil's 11th licensing round, the first licencing round in the country since December 2008. With the new licences, Statoil has strengthened its positio...
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| Clontarf Concludes Agreement on its Peruvian Blocks |
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Peru >> 5/15/2013 - Clontarf Energy plc announces that it has concluded an agreement on its Peruvian oil and gas exploration Blocks. ...
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| Brazil Gets Strong Bids at 1st Auction in 5 Yrs |
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Brazil >> 5/14/2013 - Global energy companies were strong bidders at Brazil's first auction for oil and natural gas rights in five years, alleviating fears that government intervention and growth in new global supplies mig...
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| OGX & Exxon Mobil Win Potiguar Offshore Brazil Blocks |
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Brazil >> 5/14/2013 - Oil companies OGX and Exxon Mobil Corp won Brazilian deepwater oil and natural gas exploration blocks in a frontier region of Brazil's Potiguar Basin at an auction. ...
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| Brazil's Petrobras studying offer for Argentine unit |
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Brazil >> 5/14/2013 - Argentine media reported that Petrobras has agreed to sell 51 percent of the assets of subsidiary Petrobras Argentina SA to Argentina-based Oil Combustibles. La Nacion, Clarin and El Cronista newspape...
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| Amerisur Provides Updates on Platanillo and Fenix |
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Colombia >> 5/14/2013 - Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) On 14 may 2013 at 9:30 AM. At that meeting Giles Clarke, Chairman, an...
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| Amerisur Appointed Non-Executive Director |
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Colombia >> 5/14/2013 - Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, is pleased to announce the proposed appointment of Nigel Luson as Non-Executive Director. ...
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| Platino Increases Interests in the Coati and Andaquies |
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Colombia >> 5/14/2013 - Platino Energy Corp. is pleased to provide an update on its operations, including an increase in its working interest in two of its exploration properties. ...
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| TOYO’s Brazil Affiliate Awarded FPSO Topsides Units |
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Brazil >> 5/13/2013 - Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda. (EBR), a jointly owned Brazilian company by Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO, President and CEO Katsumoto Ishibashi) and SOG - Oleo e Gas S.A. (SOG), a leading engineering...
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| Pacific Provides Update on Oil Discovery in Bilby-1 |
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Brazil >> 5/13/2013 - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. provided an update on the oil discovery in the Bilby-1 exploration well, drilling on block S-M-1166, in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. ...
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| Ivanhoe Disputes Baseless Allegations Filed |
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Ecuador >> 5/10/2013 - Ivanhoe Energy announced that reported allegations contained in a recently filed lawsuit in Vancouver, British Columbia against Ivanhoe Energy, its subsidiaries Ivanhoe Energy Latin America and Ivanho...
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| Ecopetrol Approves Funding for Cartagena Refinery |
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Colombia >> 5/9/2013 - Ecopetrol S.A. announces that its Board of Directors approved the allocation of an extra US$502 million for the modernization project of its Cartagena Refinery in 2013. ...
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| INPEX Acquires 30% Interest in Block 15 |
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Uruguay >> 5/9/2013 - Inpex Corporation is pleased to announce that through its subsidiary, Inpex Uruguay, Ltd., it has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% participating interest in exploration Area 15 (the Block) offshor...
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| Petronas Bolsters Brazil's Batista with $850m OilField Buy |
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Brazil >> 5/8/2013 - Petronas has agreed to pay $850 million for a stake in a Brazilian offshore oil field, bolstering its billionaire owner Eike Batista who is unloading assets to keep his energy businesses afloat. ...
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| Cumulative Production Exceeds 192 MMBOE |
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Brazil >> 5/8/2013 - Carlos Tadeu Fraga, Executive Manager for Petrobras’ Pre-salt Exploration and Production, announced at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2013) that, between 2008 and April 2013, the cumulative p...
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| Petrobras Will Double in Size in Seven Years |
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Brazil >> 5/8/2013 - Petrobras will double in size by 2020. The statement was made by the Company’s CEO, Maria das Gracas Silva Foster, during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), in Houston (USA). The CEO presented ...
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| Suroco Provides Updates On Colombian Blocks |
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Colombia >> 5/8/2013 - Suroco Energy Inc. is pleased to announce commencement of production from recently drilled wells at the Cohembi-6 multi-well pad and the spudding of the Cohembi-14 well. ...
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| BPZ Energy Provides Operational Update |
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Peru >> 5/8/2013 - BPZ Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, provided an offshore and onshore operations update. ...
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| Sulzer Pumps Supplies to New FPSO Vessel in Brazil |
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Brazil >> 5/7/2013 - Sulzer Pumps will supply 3 water injection pump packages and topside API 610 process pumps for installation on a new FPSO vessel that will operate in the Iracema Norte area of a pre-salt oil field off...
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| Petrobras Finds New Discovery in Transfer of Rights Area |
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Brazil >> 5/7/2013 - Petrobras, announces that has discovered good quality oil in the Transfer of Rights area referred to as Entorno de Iara, at Santos Basin pre-salt. ...
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| Brownstone Energy to Sell Interest in Canaguaro Block |
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Colombia >> 5/7/2013 - Brownstone Energy Inc. announces that it has agreed to sell its 25% oil and gas participating interest in the Canaguaro Block in the Llanos Basin in Colombia to Petrominerales Ltd. ...
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| Karoon Discovers Oil in the Bilby-1 Exploration Well |
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Brazil >> 5/6/2013 - Karoon Gas Australia Ltd has made a second oil discovery in its three well Santos Basin exploration drilling campaign. ...
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| BP Agrees to Sale its Interest in Polvo Field |
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Brazil >> 5/6/2013 - BP announced that it has agreed to sell its 60% interest in the Polvo oil field in Brazil to HRT Oil & Gas Ltda for $135m in cash. Subject to regulatory approvals, BP expects the deal to close in the ...
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| Sagres Confirms Expiry of El Triunfo Block Agreement |
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Colombia >> 5/6/2013 - Sagres Energy Inc. reports that the extension request made by the consortium partners on the El Triunfo block in Colombia (the Block) has been rejected by the Agencia Nacional de Hibrocarburos in Colo...
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| Santa Maria Sells Interest in Canaguaro Block |
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Colombia >> 5/6/2013 - Santa Maria Petroleum Inc. announces that it has agreed to sell its 25% oil and gas interest in the Canaguaro Block in the Llanos Basin in Colombia to Petrominerales Ltd.
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| Petroamerica Announces Las Maracas-9 Well Results |
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Colombia >> 5/3/2013 - Petroamerica Oil Corp., a junior oil and gas company operating in Colombia is pleased to announce the drilling results for its Las Maracas-9 well on the Las Maracas Field, Los Ocarros Block, Colombia....
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| Brookwater Provides Update on Block 166 |
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Brazil >> 5/2/2013 - Brookwater Ventures Inc. reports that the operator of block 166 in the Reconcavo Basin in Brazil has commenced arbitration proceedings against Brookwater's wholly owned subsidiary, Agua Grande Explora...
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| Canacol Provides Operational Update on Labrador 2 Well |
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Colombia >> 5/2/2013 - Canacol Energy Ltd. Is pleased to announce the results of its Labrador 2 well on the Labrador discovery (announced in December 2012), located on the LLA23 Exploration and Production (“E&P”) Contract i...
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| Kentz Awarded US$58m Contract in Colombia by CB&I |
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Colombia >> 5/1/2013 - Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, is pleased to announce the award of electrical and instrumentation installation works by CB&I for the Re...
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| Madalena Provided an Evaluation of its Unconventional Shale |
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Argentina >> 4/30/2013 - Madalena Ventures Inc. (the "Company" or "Madalena") is pleased to provide information on the Company's unconventional shale resources on its three land blocks within the Neuquen basin, Argentina. The...
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| Gold Oil Farms out Block Z-34 to Union Oil & Gas |
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Peru >> 4/30/2013 - Gold Oil, the AIM-listed oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce that it has farmed out 80% of its interest in the block Z-34, offshore Peru, to Union Oil & Gas Group Co...
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| HRT Confirms the Filing of Guarantees to ANP |
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Brazil >> 4/29/2013 - HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A. announces that, on April 26th, 2013, its subsidiary, HRT O&G Exploracao e Producao de Petroleo Ltda. ("HRT O&G"), filed before National Agency of Petroleum, Natural ...
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| Global Provides Update on Bolivar Partnering Process |
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Colombia >> 4/26/2013 - Global Energy Development PLC (Global), the Latin America focused petroleum exploitation, development and production company with operations in Colombia is providing an update on the status of the par...
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| Geopark Begins Drilling Operations in Tierra Del Fuego |
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Chile >> 4/25/2013 - GeoPark Holdings Limited ("GeoPark"), the Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and producing rights in Chile, Colombia and Argentina, is pleased to announce t...
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| Brazil Economy - April 2013 |
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Brazil >> 4/23/2013 - National accounts data for 4Q12 has provided new information for us to change the GDP growth forecast for 2013 to 3.2%. GDP growth in 2013 assumes that private investment will accelerate due to lower ...
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| Pacific Announces Update on Quifa Contract |
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Colombia >> 4/23/2013 - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. provided an update to the March 13, 2013 news release with respect to its arbitration with Ecopetrol, S.A. (Ecopetrol) regarding the interpretation of the high-prices cla...
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| Apco Continues Exploration Efforts in Colombia |
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Colombia >> 4/22/2013 - Apco Oil and Gas International Inc. participated in the drilling of two exploration wells in Colombia's Llanos 32 block during the first quarter of 2013. Apco participates in the block with a 20 perce...
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| Petroamerica Announces Test Results of Maracas-8 Well |
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Colombia >> 4/22/2013 - Petroamerica Oil Corp., a junior oil and gas company operating in Colombia is pleased to announce initial test results for its Las Maracas-8 well on the Las Maracas Field, Los Ocarros Block, Colombia....
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| Exxon Acquires Interest In Block Vmm-37 From Sintana |
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Colombia >> 4/22/2013 - Sintana Energy Inc is pleased to announce that Patriot Energy Oil & Gas Inc. (Patriot), wholly-owned by the Company, has entered into an amendment to the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Contrac...
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| Saipem Wins $500m E&C Offshore Contracts in Latin America |
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Venezuela >> 4/22/2013 - Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Latin America for the total value of approximately $500 million. ...
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| OGX to Sell 40% Stake to Lukoil in Tubarao Martelo |
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Brazil >> 4/21/2013 - OGX Petroleo e Gas SA, the flagship of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's troubled EBX group, is negotiating the sale of a 40 percent stake to Russia's Lukoil in a rescue plan that also involves Mal...
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| Newpark Announces Two Deepwater Contract Awards |
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Brazil >> 4/18/2013 - Newpark Resources, Inc. announced that it has been awarded two deepwater contracts. In Brazil, the Company was awarded a two-year contract from a subsidiary of Total S.A., to provide drilling fluids a...
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| Teekay Receives Offer to Acquire 50% in Itajai FPSO |
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Brazil >> 4/18/2013 - Teekay Offshore Partners (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner, Teekay Offshore GP LLC, has approved an increase to the Partnership's first ...
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| Petrobras Signs Contracts for 23 New Support Vessels |
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Brazil >> 4/18/2013 - Petrobras has signed contracts for 23 support vessels, as part of the 3rd Fleet Renewal Plan for Offshore Support Vessels. The units, type PSV 4500 and OSRV 750, fulfill 60% local content requirements...
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| Technip Awarded Contract for the P-76 FPSO in Brazil |
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Brazil >> 4/17/2013 - Technip, leader of a 50/50 consortium with Techint, was awarded by PNBV a substantial contract for the topside construction and integration, the commissioning and start up assistance of the P-76 float...
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| PETRONAS Denies Deal to Acquire Stake in Brazil |
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Brazil >> 4/17/2013 - In response to press reports on PETRONAS’ possible acquisition of OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA (OGX)’s interest in the Tubarao Martelo oil block in Brazil’s Campos Basin, PETRONAS would like to...
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| Gran Tierra Announces Operations Update in Brazil |
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Brazil >> 4/17/2013 - Gran Tierra Energy Inc, a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, provided updates for its production and exploration drilling in Brazil. ...
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| Expro Wins $10mn Award for Full Service Offering |
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Brazil >> 4/17/2013 - Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract to provide equipment and services in support of a client’s offshore project in Latin America. ...
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| Petronova Provides Update on the Pendare-2 Well |
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Colombia >> 4/17/2013 - PetroNova Inc., a company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas resources in Colombia, provided an update on the Pendare-2 exploratory well located on the CPO-13 Block (in ...
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| Gran Tierra Provides Updates on Chaza Block |
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Colombia >> 4/17/2013 - Gran Tierra Energy Inc., a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, provided updates for its production and exploration drilling in Colombia. ...
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| Gran Tierra Announces Operations Update in Peru |
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Peru >> 4/17/2013 - Gran Tierra Energy Inc, a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, provided updates for its production and exploration drilling in Peru. ...
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| Panoro Decides not to Participate in Bid Round 11 |
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Brazil >> 4/16/2013 - Panoro Energy ASA announces that the company has decided not to participate in the 11th Bidding Round in Brazil and consequently has informed the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) accordingly....
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| Chevron Grills U.S. Lawyer in $19 Bln Pollution Case |
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Ecuador >> 4/16/2013 - Chevron Corp sought to persuade a New York federal judge to punish a U.S. lawyer representing Ecuadorean villagers who won a $19 billion environmental damages award, saying the lawyer is withholding d...
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| FOGL Acquiring 3D Seismic Offshore Falklands |
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Falkland Islands >> 4/16/2013 - FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands is pleased to provide the following operations update with respect to the...
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| BPZ Energy Provides Block Z-1 Operations Update |
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Peru >> 4/16/2013 - BPZ Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, provided an operational update for offshore Block Z-1. ...
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| President Announce Fraccing Operations Commence |
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Argentina >> 4/15/2013 - President Energy PLC announces that fraccing operations have commenced at its Puesto Guardian concession in Argentina. ...
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| FMC Signs Subsea Services Agreement with Petrobras |
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Brazil >> 4/15/2013 - FMC Technologies announced that it has signed a four-year frame agreement with Petrobras to provide subsea services for its fields offshore Brazil. ...
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| Brazil to Offer up to 40 Bln Barrels/Oil at Auction |
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Brazil >> 4/15/2013 - Brazil plans to offer as much as 40 billion barrels of oil in place in its first auction of subsalt production-sharing contracts in November, the country's oil regulator told reporters in Rio de Janei...
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| Woburn Energy Provides Corporate Update |
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Colombia >> 4/15/2013 - On 22 August 2012 Woburn announced the consideration payment dates in respect of the disposal by Woburn's 51 per cent. owned subsidiary, LQRC, of its 50 per cent. working interest in the Las Quinchas ...
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| Ecuadorean Environmental Claims Disavowed Under Oath |
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Ecuador >> 4/12/2013 - Stratus Consulting has provided sworn declarations outlining the firm's knowledge of the plaintiffs' lawyers' misconduct in the ongoing environmental litigation in Lago Agrio, Ecuador as well as testi...
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| Andes Announces Acquisition of Assets in Argentina |
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Argentina >> 4/11/2013 - The Board of Andes is pleased to announce the successful completion of the acquisition from local South American investors of 100% of the issued share capital of Ketsal S.A. ("Ketsal"), a private oil ...
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| HRT Receives ANP's Qualification of 'A' Operator |
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Brazil >> 4/10/2013 - HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") announces that, on April 09th, its wholly-owned subsidiary, HRT O&G Exploracao e Producao de Petroleo Ltda. ("HRT O&G"), was technically qua...
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| Petrobras to Borrow $20 Bln in 2013 |
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Brazil >> 4/10/2013 - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras said that it would borrow $20 billion in 2013, 63 percent above its planned five-year average, as stagnant revenue and fuel subsidies increase the need for deb...
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| Subsea 7 Awarded $350m Contract from Petrobras |
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Brazil >> 4/9/2013 - Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract worth in excess of U$350 million from Petrobras. The contract is for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV) Kommandor 3000 on a day rate ba...
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| Petroamerica Provides Updates on Colombian Wells |
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Colombia >> 4/9/2013 - Petroamerica Oil Corp, a junior oil and gas company operating in Colombia is pleased to present preliminary drilling results for its Las Maracas-8 well on the Los Ocarros Block, and provide the result...
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| BOR Completes 3D Seismic Acquisition Falklands |
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Falkland Islands >> 4/9/2013 - Borders & Southern, the London based independent oil and gas exploration company, provides an update on its activities in the South Falkland Basin. ...
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| Argos Resources Announces PL 001 Licence Extension |
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Falkland Islands >> 4/9/2013 - Argos Resources Limited, the Falkland Islands based exploration company focused on the North Falkland Basin, has received notification that the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has extended the secon...
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| Karoon Gas Spuds Bilby-1 Well in Santos Basin |
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Brazil >> 4/8/2013 - Karoon has now commenced the drilling of its third Santos Basin exploration well, with the spudding of the Bilby-1 exploration well at 05:03 hours (Brazilian Summer Time) BRST on 7 April 2013. ...
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| Petro Vista Provides 7-TTG-1DP-SES Well Update |
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Brazil >> 4/8/2013 - Petro Vista Energy Corp. (“Petro Vista” or the “Company”), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company is pleased to provide the following operational update. ...
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| OCP Bursts But Oil Exports Unaffected, Government Says |
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Ecuador >> 4/8/2013 - Ecuador's second-largest oil pipeline burst, but exports from the OPEC-member country will not be affected, the government said. ...
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| Americas Petrogas Discovered New Vaca Muerta Shale |
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Argentina >> 4/7/2013 - Americas Petrogas ("Americas Petrogas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the discovery of gas and natural gas liquids on its Aguada Los Loros well, ALL.x-1, a vertical well that was drilled on ...
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| SOFF Awards Two New Contracts by Petrobras |
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Brazil >> 4/5/2013 - Solstad Offshore ASA has been awarded two new contracts by Petrobras for hire of the PSV's "Normand Vibran" and "Normand Trym". ...
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| 71 Companies Signed up for May Oil-Rights Auction |
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Brazil >> 4/4/2013 - Brazil's oil regulator said on Thursday that 71 companies have signed up to bid in the country's 11th round auction of oil exploration and production rights in May, the first such sale in Brazil in fi...
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| FWLT Awarded SNG Studies by Pecket Energy in Chile |
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Chile >> 4/2/2013 - Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of our Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Pecket Energy to perform feasibility, conceptual and basic engineering stu...
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| Ecopetrol Awarded Two New Patents in Colombia |
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Colombia >> 4/2/2013 - Ecopetrol reports that the Superintendency of Industry and Trade of Colombia patents granted to two new systems developed to remove contaminants. The first patent purifies wastewater from the producti...
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| BPZ Energy Provides Update on Block Z-1 |
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Peru >> 4/2/2013 - BPZ Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, provided an update on offshore Block Z-1. ...
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| Brazil Economy - March 2013 |
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Brazil >> 3/29/2013 - After a weak 4Q, Brazil’s GDP grew by less than 1% in 2012. Our forecast that GDP growth will reach 3.2% in 2013 assumes that private investment will accelerate owing to a reduction in electricity tar...
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| Gazprom & Total Discuss Cooperation in Bolivia |
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Bolivia >> 3/28/2013 - The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO of Total. ...
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| PRE Exercises Option to Acquire 35% in Bilby Well |
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Brazil >> 3/28/2013 - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. has elected to exercise its option to acquire a 35% interest in Karoon Gas Australia Ltd’s Santos Basin Block, S-M-1166. In consideration for acquiring the option interes...
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| Houston Announces Termination of Interest in CPO 4 |
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Colombia >> 3/28/2013 - Houston American Energy Corp announced on December 10, 2012 that it was evaluating its future plans and alternatives regarding the CPO 4 block. The Company announced that it has entered into an Assig...
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| Aker Wins $800 mln Frame Agreement with Petrobras |
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Brazil >> 3/27/2013 - Aker Solutions has entered a frame agreement with Petrobras to provide subsea equipment for the oil company's deepwater pre-salt field developments in Brazil. The contract value is approximately NOK 4...
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| FMC Awarded $130 Million Contract for Petrobras |
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Brazil >> 3/27/2013 - FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an order from Petrobras for the supply of the first subsea manifold systems for its pre-salt fields, located offshore Brazil. The value of the con...
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| Aker Receives Second Call-Off from Petrobras |
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Brazil >> 3/27/2013 - Aker Solutions has received a second call-off order from Petrobras for the delivery of subsea equipment for the Sapinhoa and Lula Nordeste pre-salt field developments in Brazil. The contract is a call...
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| Shell, Repsol, OGX Qualify to Bid for Brazil Blocks |
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Brazil >> 3/26/2013 - Units of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Repsol SA and OGX Petroleo e Gas SA were given approval by Brazil to bid in an auction of oil rights in May, the country's first since 2008, Brazil's oil regulator said...
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| QGOG Constellation Awarded with Two New FPSOs |
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Brazil >> 3/26/2013 - QGOG Constellation S.A. announces that, by means of letters of intent (LOI), its subsidiary Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas S.A., together with SBM Inc., has been awarded two charter and service agreements ...
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| BP Successfully Completes Flow Test of Itaipu-1A Well |
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Brazil >> 3/25/2013 - BP announced that it has completed a successful flow test of the Itaipu-1A discovery well offshore Brazil. ...
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| Perupetro Announces Bidding Round for 9 Offshore Blocks |
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Peru >> 3/25/2013 - Perupetro S.A. announced the International Public Bidding for the hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation of nine offshore blocks, located in Salaverry, Trujillo Lima, Pisco and Mollendo Basins, whic...
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| Karoon Reports Disappointing Results from Emu-1 Well |
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Brazil >> 3/23/2013 - Karoon Gas Australia has advised that the Emu-1 exploration well has been drilled to a total depth of 4381mRT and a wireline evaluation program is nearing completion. Since the last report, the well w...
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