Latin America

ExxonMobil announces first operated discovery at Vaca Muerte field

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-05-21 17:21

21st May 2014

ExxonMobil announces first operated discovery at Vaca Muerte field

ExxonMobil has announced its first operated discovery at Argentina's Vaca Muerta play, according to local reports

Pemex awards FoundOcean approval for subsea grouting offshore Mexico

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-05-20 14:26

20th May 2014

Pemex award FoundOcean approval for subsea grouting offshore Mexico

FoundOcean has announced that it has been awarded approved supplier status for offshore grouting services in the Mexican region by state-owned petroleum company, Pemex

Global Energy Development testing production at Colombia play

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Mon, 2014-05-19 10:17

19th May 2014

Global Energy Development prepares to test production at Colombia play

Global Energy Development, a Latin America-focussed petroleum exploration, development and production company, has announced that rig mobilisation has commenced to the Catalina-1 well in the Bolivar block located in Colombia

Vallianz secures USD 82m contract for OSV management services in Latin America

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Thu, 2014-05-15 10:11

15th May 2014

Vallianz secures USD 82m for offshore construction ship management services in Latin America

Vallianz Holdings (Vallianz) has received a letter of award for the provision of charter and ship management services worth USD 82m to a major offshore construction company

WorleyParsons wins engineering services contract offshore Trinidad and Tobago

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Thu, 2014-05-15 09:31

15th May 2014

WorleyParsons win engineering services contract offshore Trinidad and Tobago

WorleyParsons has been selected as the main provider of full service engineering and project and portfolio management services under a master services agreement (MSA) for the Atlantic Company of Trinidad and Tobago’s (Atlantic’s) four LNG trains, located in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago

Crown Point spuds first of ten Tierra del Fuego wells

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Mon, 2014-05-12 09:59

12th May 2014

Crown Point spuds first of ten Tierra del Fuego wells

Crown Point Energy and its partners have started drilling at the Tierra del Fuego play and plan to commence completion operation on itsVaca Muerte well in late May

Leni strikes oil at Goudron field in Trinidad

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-05-07 09:38

07th May 2014

Leni strikes oil at Goudron field in Trinidad

Leni Gas and Oil announced yesterday that the first new development well in the Goudron Field, GY-664, successfully reached a depth of 512 metres at 7am (Trinidad) on 3 May 2014, and after logging and casing was reported to be drilling ahead midnight (Trinidad) on 5 May 2014

New Vaca Muerte blocks to be auctioned this month

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Fri, 2014-05-02 16:57

02nd May 2014

New Vaca Muerte blocks to be auctioned this month

Argentina's Neuquen province will be inviting international supermajors to bid in a May auction of 11 oil blocks, its energy minister said this week.

Peru approves CNPC’s USD 1.4bn natural gas exploration works

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Tue, 2014-04-29 10:41

29th April 2014

Peru approves CNPC’s USD 1.4bn natural gas exploration works

Peru has approved an environmental permit that will allow China National Petroleum Corp to do USD 1.39bn of exploratory work in a natural gas block it is buying from Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras., according to Reuters

Subsea joint venture to boost Caribbean Sea pipeline capability

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Thu, 2014-04-24 15:22

24th April 2014

Subsea joint venture to boost Caribbean Sea pipeline capability

Transatlantic JV between FoundOcean and Delta Subsea to provide subsea grouting and scour remediation services in Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuelan waters

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