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November 14, 2024
SBM Offshore, Technip Energies and TechnipFMC all announced today the securement of major contracts for the GranMorgu field development project located in Block 58 in Suriname, operated by TotalEnergies.
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November 11, 2024
Interoil Exploration and Production ASA has announced that its Colombian subsidiary, Interoil Colombia Exploration and Production (ICEP), has successfully completed a downhole intervention to the Vikingo well.
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November 07, 2024
SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, have completed a purchase transaction for the FPSO Prosperity. The purchase allows ExxonMobil Guyana to assume ownership of the unit while SBM Offshore will continue to operate and maintain the FPSO up to 2033.
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November 01, 2024
Shell Brasil announced the start of production of the Mero-3 FPSO facility in the Mero field, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The FPSO has an operational capacity of 180,000 bopd.
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October 31, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to sell most of its assets in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale patch to Pluspetrol S.A., as Exxon shifts focus to other areas of interest, including Guyana.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — TotalEnergies has achieved first oil from the third 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.
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October 28, 2024
Baker Hughes has won contracts with Petrobras to provide flexible pipe systems in Brazil’s pre-salt fields. The multi-year project includes risers and flowlines for hydrocarbon production and associated gas and water injection with support for equipment storage, maintenance and installation.
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October 25, 2024
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez met with Indian energy officials on Friday to explore new oil and gas partnerships between both countries. 
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October 25, 2024
(Bloomberg) — Suriname, which is on the verge of becoming a major South American energy producer, is ruling out more borrowing against future oil production, according to its finance minister.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — C-Kore Systems has announced the successful deployment of their 900th subsea testing tool. This significant milestone was reached with a mobilization for a major operator in Brazil, monitoring umbilical installations during a large-scale campaign.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — Kongsberg Maritime will supply an extensive range of equipment for a new fleet of 10 platform supply vessels (PSV) being built by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China for Greek shipowner, Capital Offshore.
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October 21, 2024
(WO) – Venezuela detained former Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea over the weekend as part of an internal purge at the state-owned oil company, PDVSA, after President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed reelection.
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October 20, 2024
Argentina energy producer Pampa Energia SA will soon decide whether to partner on a multibillion-dollar LNG plant as President Milei’s deregulation tactics accelerate development of the world’s second-biggest shale gas deposit. 
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October 17, 2024
Petrobras is pushing to extract as much oil as possible from its existing fields in Brazil while simultaneously hunting for new reserves to prevent production from starting to decline in the 2030s.
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October 17, 2024
Peru’s government can’t find board members to lead its struggling state-owned oil company more than five weeks after its last board resigned.
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October 16, 2024
Perenco Colombia successfully completed drilling of three new development wells on the Paravare and Chaparrito fields at Casanare, onshore Colombia, identifying large oil discoveries.
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October 14, 2024
KBR announced today it has been awarded an engineering and procurement services contract for the Beachfield Manatee upgrade, the onshore portion of the Manatee gas field project.
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October 11, 2024
ExxonMobil Guyana plans to increase output from its Stabroek block offshore Guyana by 18,000 bpd once it has completed risk assessments and received approval from local authorities.
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October 09, 2024
Jindal Power Ltd. is walking away from a venture that would have operated an oil-processing facility for Venezuela’s state-controlled crude producer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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October 09, 2024
Under the agreement, Petrofac will provide technical and engineering support for key onshore and offshore assets, including five offshore steel jacket facilities in the Alba Field and the Alba Gas Plant onshore.
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October 09, 2024
In the third quarter of 2024, Petrobras recorded an average FUT of 95.2%. This period also saw a significant increase in the processing of pre-salt oil, which made up 73% of the total load in the distillation units.
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