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Oil Leaps 4% after OPEC+ Keeps Output Increase Unchanged

Oil prices jumped by about 4% on Monday after producer group OPEC+ kept output increases in July at the same level as the previous two months. Brent crude futures climbed by $2.28, or 3.6%, to $65.06 a barrel by 1335 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $2.99, or 4.9%, at $63.78. The Organization […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday June 2, 2025
bpTT Achieves First Gas from Mento Development Project

bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has announced that the Mento development has safely delivered first gas through connection of the initial discovery well and the drilling campaign for the remaining seven gross wells on the platform will now begin. Mento is a 50/50 joint venture between EOG Resources Trinidad Ltd (EOG) and bpTT, with EOG […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday May 29, 2025
TotalEnergies Achieves First Oil from Mero-4 Field

TotalEnergies has announced first oil from the fourth development phase of the Mero field on the Libra block, located 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. Launched in August 2021, this new phase called “Mero-4” will connect 12 wells to the new Alexandre de […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday May 26, 2025
Equinor Divests Interest in Peregrino field for USD 3.5 billion

Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda., a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, has entered into agreements(1) with Brazilian company Prio Tigris Ltda., a subsidiary of PRIO SA (PRIO3.SA) for a sale of its 60% operated interest in the Peregrino field in Brazil. PRIO, Brazil’s largest independent oil and gas company, will pay a consideration of USD 3.35 billion […]

Oilfield Africa - Saturday May 3, 2025
Shell Seals Acquisition of WI in the Ursa Oilfield

Shell Offshore Inc. and Shell Pipeline Company (SPLC), subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell), have completed the previously announced agreement to increase their stake in the Ursa platform in the Gulf of America from 45.3884% to 61.3484%. This acquisition is part of Shell’s strategy to invest in profitable and carbon-competitive oil and gas projects with a […]

Oilfield Africa - Saturday May 3, 2025
Enquest Secures two PSC Oil Blocks in Indonesia

The Ministry of Energy and Minerals of Indonesia has confirmed EnQuest (and its joint venture partners) as the winning bidder for two Production Sharing Contract (‘PSC’) blocks in Papua Barat, Indonesia: Gaea and Gaea II. These blocks present a multi-Tscf unrisked resource potential for EnQuest and its joint venture partners, and are located as shown […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday April 23, 2025
U.S Announces Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to initiate the first step in a robust public engagement process to develop a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.  “Launching the process to develop the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Program […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday April 21, 2025
TotalEnergies Streams First Oil from Ballymore Field Offshore U.S

TotalEnergies said it has started production from the deepwater Ballymore field offshore the U.S., located 120 kilometers off the Louisiana coast, and launched in May 2022. The company has a 40% interest in the field alongside operator Chevron (60%). Ballymore has a total daily gross production capacity of 75,000 barrels of oil per day and 50 million cubic […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday April 21, 2025
BP Discovers Oil at the Far South Gulf of America

bp drilled the exploration well in Green Canyon Block 584, located in western Green Canyon approximately 120 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 4,092 feet of water. The well was drilled to a total depth of 23,830 feet. The Far South co-owners are bp (operator, 57.5%) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (42.5%). “Our Gulf of […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday April 14, 2025
TAG Oil to Sell its New Zealand Royalty Interests

TAG Oil is pleased has announced that certain of its New Zealand subsidiaries have entered into a definitive asset sale and purchase agreement dated April 7, 2025 (the “Agreement”), for the sale of its New Zealand royalty interests to an arm’s length party (the “Transaction”). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company will receive […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday April 8, 2025