Oil & Gas Exploration
BP confirma indícios de hidrocarbonetos no bloco Tupinambá, Bacia de Santos
Com 50% do bloco agora sob Shell e BP mantendo a operação, a descoberta reposiciona a estratégia exploratória da empresa no pré-sal brasileiro.
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Oil & Gas Exploration
Discoveries, licensing rounds, pre-salt developments
Oil & Gas Exploration
BW Energy confirms commercial volumes at Dussafu appraisal wells off Gabon
Two appraisal wells add 8–9 million barrels to Dussafu's resource base, a modest but meaningful data point for frontier West Africa exploration.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Pelotas Basin draws renewed seismic attention with 11,200 km² survey
TGS and SLB advance a second phase of multi-client 3D seismic in a frontier basin that has seen limited exploration activity relative to Brazil's prolific pre-salt fairways.
Oil & Gas Exploration
ANP encaminha estudos de Oeste de Jubarte ao MME para avaliação de oferta no pré-sal de Campos
A aprovação técnica abre o caminho regulatório para uma possível licitação, mas a decisão final permanece com o Ministério de Minas e Energia e o CNPE.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Petrobras e QatarEnergy consolidam presença na Margem Equatorial com sete blocos no Ceará
A parceria entre a estatal brasileira e a empresa qatari avança sobre uma das fronteiras exploratórias mais debatidas do país, com compromissos mínimos de R$ 235 milhões.
Oil & Gas Exploration
ANP opens fourth permanent sharing-round cycle amid global energy uncertainty
With 13 offshore blocks on offer across Santos and Campos, the regulator frames exploration continuity as a strategic imperative — not merely a commercial one.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Segunda descoberta no poço Morpho amplia perspectivas da Margem Equatorial
Petrobras confirma novo intervalo portador de petróleo no bloco FZA-M-59, reforçando o potencial exploratório da Bacia da Foz do Amazonas em águas ultraprofundas.
Oil & Gas Exploration
ANP delimita 501 blocos na Margem Equatorial após expansão da plataforma continental
A decisão é técnica e não garante oferta imediata, mas organiza o território para futuras rodadas e aquisição de dados sísmicos.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Chevron avança em exploração no Mediterrâneo oriental
A entrada da Chevron em águas gregas sinaliza um redirecionamento de apetite exploratório para bacias mediterrâneas — com reflexos limitados, mas observáveis, para o mercado brasileiro.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Morpho well returns high-quality oil in Foz do Amazonas
A positive crude quality result at Morpho reopens strategic questions about one of Brazil's most contested frontier basins.
Oil & Gas Exploration
OMV confirms commercial viability of Libyan Sirte Basin discovery
A 45-million-barrel ceiling on recoverable volumes positions Essar as a modest but meaningful addition to Libya's upstream portfolio — with limited direct implications for Brazil.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Norway's expanded licensing round draws 21 applicants, signaling sustained exploration appetite
A high application count in Norway's latest round offers a useful benchmark for how international capital is reading frontier exploration risk.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Angola's fast-track model tests the limits of infrastructure-led exploration
TotalEnergies moves Acacia-5 from discovery to first oil in three months — a timeline that raises questions about what Brazilian offshore could replicate.
Oil & Gas Exploration
ANP indica 24 blocos terrestres na Bacia Potiguar para ciclos futuros da OPC
As áreas só poderão ser ofertadas após o 6º ciclo da OPC; um dos blocos abrange região onde a própria ANP confirmou ocorrência de petróleo.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Eni assumes operatorship of Uruguay's OFF-5 block as South Atlantic frontier exploration expands
The move signals continued international appetite for frontier acreage in the South Atlantic — a dynamic with direct implications for Brazil's own exploration cycle.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Shearwater reforça portfólio multi-client no Mar da Noruega com nova sísmica 3D
A campanha de sete semanas sinaliza apetite contínuo do mercado norueguês por dados sísmicos em áreas de acréscimo recente — um modelo que o Brasil observa de perto.
Oil & Gas Exploration
TGS extension in Indonesia signals sustained appetite for frontier seismic work
A one-month contract extension on Indonesia's largest seismic streamer project points to how data firms are managing exploration momentum in competitive basins.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Shell's South Africa legal setback signals a wider litigation risk for frontier exploration
A five-year court battle over offshore seismic work raises questions about how environmental litigation is reshaping exploration risk globally — including in Brazil.
Oil & Gas Exploration
TGS reprocessa dados sísmicos 2D ao largo de São Tomé e Príncipe
Com fonte primária escassa, o projeto revela como empresas de dados energéticos mantêm o ritmo de avaliação exploratória em margens africanas pouco iluminadas.
Oil & Gas Exploration
Angola's Block 24 DST result signals maturing non-associated gas frontier
A confirmed high-quality reservoir and a first-of-kind DST in Angola's Benguela Basin raise questions about West Africa's gas monetization trajectory — and what it means for competing LNG supply.