Brazil Licensing | Brazil’s 1st PSC Permanent Round – what appetite remains for high-risk pre-salt exploration?
The 1st PSC Permanent Bid Round held on December 16th by the ANP had mixed results. It attracted some of the industry big guns. …
Read MoreBrazilian field on track for first oil in 1Q 2023
Commenting on this, Welligence Energy Analytics, said: “For independents like Karoon, this type of development strategy is compelling. Its short-cycle nature can yield attractive returns…
Read MoreWelligence Americas M&A Q3 2022 | US GoM deal-making finally takes off. Is Brazil’s secondary market ready to follow?
M&A came back with a bang through Talos’ US$1.1 billion acquisition of EnVen at the end of the quarter. The deal could mark the start…
Read MoreWelligence Rumblings on the Ground — Brazil — October 2022
Welligence attended the Rio Oil & Gas Conference last week, Latin America’s largest gathering of industry professionals. Presentations and conversations focused not only on the…
Read MoreWelligence Brazil Energy Transition | Brazil passes offshore green energy regulation, what does it mean?
Brazil has become a global hotspot for offshore wind. Interest in the country’s maritime space as a source of renewable energy has exploded over the…
Read MoreOil Boom Falls Flat in Region With a Fifth of World’s Reserves
“If Lula wins as expected, a main concern is that the government would slow down development of any big discoveries to increase the state’s take”
Read MoreWelligence Americas M&A Q2 2022 | PetroRio makes transformational Brazil acquisition, but headwinds could slow deal-making in the region
Brazil again dominated deal-making in our Americas coverage, with deals worth almost US$2.3 billion. M&A activity elsewhere was also again quiet. ACCESS PDF
Read MoreWelligence Brazil M&A | BW Energy’s inventive deal-making in Brazil could create enormous value
On 23 June 2022, BW Energy announced it is to acquire a package of deepwater assets in Brazil’s Espiritu Santo Basin from Petrobras for up…
Read MoreWelligence GHG | Offshore decarbonization, what moves the needle?
In this report, we focus on the topic of decarbonizing offshore operations and quantify the strategies that are most likely to have an impact on…
Read MoreWelligence Brazil M&A | PetroRio’s transformational Albacora Leste acquisition
PetroRio’s planned US$2.2 billion acquisition of Albacora Leste is the largest purchase to date by an independent in Brazil. ACCESS PDF
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