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GOM block sale New well at Sapinhoá

The Bureau of Ocean Energy A third well is now produc-

Management (BOEM) received ing in the Sapinhoá feld,

Petrobras announced.

380 bids on 19 Mar 2014, for 326 blocks in the central

Well 7-SPH-04-SPS, which lays in 2120m of water on

Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US$850 million. Gulf of

Block BM-S-9 of the Santos basin presalt region, has

Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bid on almost 40 an estimated production potential of 26,000bo/d, the million acres, the most popular being the deepwater and ultra-

Brazilian company said.

Sapinhoá‘s frst producing deepwater regions.

Freeport-McMoRan Oil & well, 1-SPS-55, was brought

Gas was top bidder, with 16 online in December 2013,

A bids totaling $321.44 million. with a potential production

The company’s highest bid rate of 25,000b/d.

went on Atwater Valley Block

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Eni progresses 198, which received the most bids of all blocks offered. Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni out-

Supermajors Chevron and lined the Italian company’s

Shell placed the single highest exploration progress and bids for acreage in the region. activities within the coun-

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Pil a success

Republic of Mozambique

Partners in the Pil exploration Armando Guebuza. Eni well 6406/12-3 S have carried announced that the “possi- out “a highly successful pro- bility of enlarging the share- duction test” on the well, on holder base of Area 4 was the Norwegian Sea’s Halten favorably received by the

Terrace. The well fowed President, as this would fur- generation self-propelled missed a target date to agree next month reveals that cracks at 6710bo/d of 37° API oil, ther strengthen the project.” semisubmersible drilling rig. a deal which would see remain in the offshore portion exceeding expectations. Next steps for 2014 include Woodside take a 25% stake of its pipeline. The company

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Kaombo approved

Preliminary estimates by the drilling of two additional in the two petroleum licenses said it cannot give a restart operator VNG Norge (VNG) wells, after achieving a perfect Total and its partners will containing the Leviathan date for the development until put the size of the Pil discov- success rate in the completion move ahead with the 650MM feld—349/Rachel and 350/ it determines what repairs are ery at 50-170MMboe. of 11 wells. bbl deepwater Kaombo project Amit. required.

The US$50 billion pipe- offshore Angola after cutting Woodside and its partners

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Statoil farm-in Lukoil completes line began production in

US$4 billion from the proj- agreed in principle under a

Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Lukoil Overseas completed ect’s capex costs. Kaombo will non-binding memorandum

September 2013, but was

Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis drilling on its frst offshore develop six of 12 discoveries of understanding (MOU), halted weeks later after gas cleared Statoil to enter the exploration well, Capitaine made in Block 32, covering with a target date to execute leaks were detected in the

São Bernardo discovery in East-1X, at block CI-101 in the 800sq km, through 59 subsea a fully-termed agreement pipeline’s network.

The deal

Espírito Santo, the Norwegian Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The wells, connected to two foat- by 27 March 2014.

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Peluang produces would see Woodside become company announced. On 27 well penetrated through 140m ing production vessels. Capex operator of any LNG develop-

Dec 2012, Statoil farmed in to of sandstone from a Turonian costs to reach full capacity on Australia-based Santos Ltd. ment of the feld, with Noble the BM-ES-22A concession, formation. Lukoil said a sur- the 230,000 bbl/d potential announced that natural gas

Energy remaining the upstream which holds the São Bernardo vey confrmed the presence of development were reduced production has commenced operator. discovery, through the pur- hydrocarbons, indicating the by $4 billion to $16 billion. ahead of schedule from chase of Brazilian mining frm oil potential of the area. The Start-up is expected in 2017. the Peluang gas project off-

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Further

Vale SA’s 25% participating well’s target depth exceeds shore East Java in Indonesia.

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Woodside MOU fails Kashagan delays interest for a cash payment of 5200m; the water depth at the Sanctioned in February

US$40 million. Petrobras, as well location exceeds 2000m. Australia’s Woodside and The Kashagan oilfeld devel- 2013, Peluang is a tie-back to operator, holds the remaining Drilling was conducted the offshore Israel Leviathan opment in Kazakhstan may the existing facilities at the 75% interest. using the Eirik Raude, a ffth project joint venture partners be delayed to restart if testing Maleo gas feld and is located

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