Category: Exploration & Development

Vista to invest USD 900 million in Argentina this year

According to the company, the new investments will be allocated to its operations in Vaca Muerta, with the goal of connecting 46 new wells and reaching a production of 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2024

JPMorgan forecasts an average oil price of $83 per barrel in 2024

JPMorgan, one of the leading global financial services companies, has adjusted its outlook for the oil market, projecting that oil prices will average $83 per barrel in 2024

Norway boosts oil, gas drilling, including in Arctic

Norway awarded stakes in 62 offshore oil and gas exploration licences to 24 energy companies, including state-controlled Equinor, opens new tab, boosting the amount of acreage offered as the country seeks to pump for decades to come

‘Stating that oil must remain underground will lead to energy chaos’

The Secretary-General of OPEC, Haitham al-Ghais, said during a panel discussion at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai that stating that oil has to remain underground will not lead to an energy transition but to energy chaos

Iraq to discuss modification of Kurdistan oil contract

Basim Mohammed, Iraqi Deputy Minister of Oil for Exploration and Production Affairs, stated that the resumption of crude oil exports from the north depends on renegotiating the current production-sharing contracts to a profit-sharing model

Petronas makes another discovery off the coast of Suriname

This marks the second discovery by the company in Block 52, with the first one in 2020, confirmed by Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Petronas, and Suriname’s national oil company, Staatsolie

Energy giants place tentative bets on oil finds in Uruguay

Shell, Argentina’s YPF and Houston-based APA Corp are among the companies awarded licenses. Ancap estimates the potential oil and gas in place is around 20 billion barrels

Washington drafts proposal for Venezuela’s oil sanction easing

Easing sanctions has been a carrot held out in the past by the U.S., but which so far has resulted in very few authorizations, including one to Chevron Corp that has allowed the firm to expand operations in Venezuela and export its oil to the United States since November

Britain commits to hundreds of North Sea oil and gas licences

Britain committed to granting hundreds of licences for North Sea oil and gas extraction as part of efforts to become more energy independent

CNPC plans new shale oil field near northeast China’s Daqing

China National Petroleum Co (CNPC) said that it plans to produce new shale oil from formations within the existing Daqing oil field area that will help replenish production in decrease of that site