Latin America

Courtesy Shearwater
Shearwater Announces Commencement of Second Season of Brazil Pelotas Basin Acquisition
Geosciences

Shearwater expanding 3D seismic coverage offshore southern Brazil

Jan. 8, 2025
Shearwater Geoservices has started its second season of acquisition for the Pelotas Basin multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore southern Brazil
Courtesy Constellation Oil Services
Brava Energia has contracted the Lone Star semisubmersible rig from Constellation Oil Services.
Latin America

Brava awards drilling, subsea contracts for two offshore Brazil projects

Nov. 27, 2024
Brava Energia has contracted the Lone Star semisubmersible rig from Constellation Oil Services.
Courtesy Petrobras
Petrobras' portfolio of new production systems
Production

Petrobras updates forward plan for E&P offshore Brazil

Nov. 25, 2024
Petrobras plans total investments of $77.3 billion in E&P over the 2024-29 period, 5% higher than in its previous forward plan.
Courtesy Solstad Offshore ASA
Normand Valiant CSV
Vessels

Four Solstad offshore support vessels have contracts extended

Nov. 25, 2024
Solstad Offshore has secured new contracts for four of its vessels to support operations offshore Brazil and Western Australia.
Courtesy Staatsolie
ExxonMobil Withdraws from Block 52
Company News

Exxon Mobil withdraws from gas-proven block offshore Suriname

Nov. 22, 2024
Exxon Mobil has advised Suriname’s state oil and gas company Staatsolie that it is exiting offshore Block 52, despite the Slonea gas discovery made in 2020.
Courtesy bpTT
Cypre drilling
Latin America

bp awarded first exploration block offshore northern Trinidad

Nov. 21, 2024
bp has secured the NCMA 2 Block 30 km offshore Trinidad’s north coast, under the Shallow Water 2023/24 bid round that closed in May.