AIM-listed Mosman Oil and Gas, the hydrocarbon, helium and hydrogen exploration, development, and production company, has provided an update on its Stanley project in the US (34.85% to 38.5% WI) where the recent gross production has increased 84% to circa 221 boepd (30 day average flow rate in April). This is a material improvement from the recently notified March quarter gross average flow rate of 120 boepd.
On Wednesday, May 1st, Brazil’s Tupi field reached 15 years of operations and 2.6 Bboe or accumulated production, with seven units in operation. Located offshore Brazil in the Santos basin, Tupi is the country’s largest producing field, with an average volume of 850,000 bopd, accounting for 20% of the total produced in Brazil, according to Petrobras.
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 tests for 90 days, starting this month.
Brent crude futures rose 21 cents, or 0.3%, to US$83.54 a barrel by 0810 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 1 cent at US$78.49
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC has promised to create a sustainable environment for the sale and operations of Nigeria’s 19 oil blocks put forward for sale by the government.
Saudi Aramco has raised the official selling price of all the grades it exports to Asia, with flagship Arab Light for delivery in June set to become $0.90 more expensive, Bloomberg reported citing a pricing list it had seen.
Global maritime company BW Group has unveiled plans to separate BW Energy as an oil and gas exploration business from its maritime businesses, as part of corporate restructuring process.
Uganda will start importing fuel directly from next month in a deal with Vitol Bahrain which the country hopes will supply cheap petroleum products.
Oil and gas production was a boon for one of Africa’s smallest nations, but it is now caught between dwindling hydrocarbon reserves and the pressures of the energy transition.
Azule Energy, an equal joint venture between BP and Italian oil major Eni for their Angolan business, has signed an agreement with Rhino Resources of Namibia for a 42.5 per cent interest in the country’s offshore oil bloc in the Orange Basin.