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3 June 2022

LatAmOil: Guyana renews Liza-1 environmental permit

1 June 2022

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on May 31 that it had renewed the environmental permit issued to US super-major ExxonMobil for the Liza-1 development project.

Guyana renews ExxonMobil’s environmental permit for Liza-1 oilfield

1 June 2022

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on May 31 that it had renewed the environmental permit issued to a subsidiary of US super-major ExxonMobil for the Liza-1 development project.

Brazil’s Eneva signs long-term LNG supply deal with paper manufacturer

1 June 2022

Eneva, a privately owned Brazilian energy company, announced last week that it had signed a long-term LNG supply contract with Suzano, a local pulp and paper manufacturer.

CNH authorises Pemex unit to drill Popoca-1EXP

27 May 2022

Mexico’s CNH has authorised a unit of Pemex to spud a new exploration well at the Popoca field, located off the coast of Tabasco State in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Colombia’s Ecopetrol to join Oxy subsidiary in exploring four offshore Caribbean blocks

27 May 2022

Colombia’s Ecopetrol will be teaming up with a subsidiary of the US-based Occidental Petroleum to explore four offshore blocks in Colombia’s section of the Caribbean Sea.

Bolsonaro fires yet another Petrobras CEO

27 May 2022

Brazil’s Petrobras is facing yet another personnel re-shuffle, as the country’s president has fired CEO José Mauro Ferreira Coelho and nominated a senior official from the Economy Ministry as his replacement.

Equinor, ExxonMobil near decision on Bacalhau expansion project

27 May 2022

The Norwegian oil company Equinor and its US-based partner ExxonMobil are moving toward a decision on an $8bn upstream expansion project in Brazil, according to a Reuters report.

Melbana Energy spuds Zapato-1 at Block 9

27 May 2022

Australia’s Melbana Energy revealed earlier this week that it had spudded the Zapato-1 exploration well at Block 9, its contract area onshore Cuba.