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    Photo from PCR Ecuador.
    PCR operations in Ecuador.
    Discoveries

    PCR discovers oil in Amazon region of Ecuador

    May 6, 2024
    Argentina’s Petrochemical Comodoro Rivadavia SA, through subsidiary PCR Ecuador, discovered oil in a petroleum block 90-Sahino in southwest Ecuador and will carry out extended...

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    Exploration & Development

    Talos Energy lets subsea contract for Sunspear GOM tieback

    April 12, 2024
    Talos Energy Inc. has let a contract to Subsea 7 SA for the Sunspear development in Green Canyon Block 78 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    ExxonMobil makes FID for Whiptail development offshore Guyana

    April 12, 2024
    ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Whiptail development about 200 km offshore Guyana.
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    Petrobras operations offshore Brazil.
    Discoveries

    Petrobras discovers oil in ultradeep Potiguar basin exploration

    April 11, 2024
    Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) discovered an oil accumulation in Potiguar basin about 190 km from Fortaleza and 250 km from Natal in 2,196 m of water in the Brazilian Equatorial...
    Louisiana State University configured its Well 2 to perform gas-in riser tests (Fig. 1). Source: SPE-217444
    Exploration & Development

    Fixed-choke circulation vents riser gas

    April 9, 2024
    Venting riser gas during a gas influx event relieves riser pressure and enables pit monitoring, but it can lead to uncontrollable discharge. A novel fixed-choke, constant-outflow...
    Drilling & Production

    Pantheon Resources to drill in upgraded Kodiak field

    April 9, 2024
    Pantheon Resources PLC will drill additional wells in Kodiak based on improved contingent resource estimates based on acreage expansion and improved updip reservoir conditions...