By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Qatar Petroleum signs agreement to farm Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar’s state-owned energy company, has signed an agreement with French supermajor Total SA (stock ticker: TOT), under which the company will farm into Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya. With regards to
From The Houston Chronicle In a victory for Venezuela’s opposition government, a U.S. judge confirmed Citgo Petroleum’s board of directors appointed by Juan Guaido, squashing socialist leader Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to regain control over the Houston oil refiner. On Wednesday a Delaware judge issued a final order approving the Guaido board, who have been effectively leading Citgo since the opposition
From Reuters The Panama Canal will continue authorizing vessels coming from Venezuela provided they present the necessary paperwork, the waterway’s chief said on Wednesday, suggesting a new round of U.S. sanctions on the South American nation should not make a difference to canal traffic. President Donald Trump’s administration last week issued an executive order freezing all Venezuelan government assets in
From Reuters Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC.N), in its last earnings report before shareholders vote on its sale to Occidental Petroleum (OXY.N), on Friday reported a quarterly profit that topped analysts’ estimates, as higher production offset lower prices for its oil. It reported a net loss on a $1 billion breakup fee paid to Chevron Corp (CVX.N). Anadarko accepted a $38
Latin America-based GeoPark Limited (stock ticker: GPRK) has been extending its reserves and announced plans to buy back shares in 2019. Last month, GeoPark increased its equity interest to 100% in its Colombian and Chilean businesses, blocks, and reserves, including the Llanos 34 block (GeoPark operated, 45% WI) in Colombia. In doing so, GeoPark acquired and closed on LG InternationaI’s
From Houston Chronicle The slow deepwater recovery in the Gulf of Mexico and the rest of the world is now threatened by falling oil prices and the projected cost rise of drilling rigs and other services. A new report Tuesday by research firm Wood Mackenzie highlights how the offshore sector has returned to viability through costs reductions and greater
Toronto-based Frontera Energy Corporation (ticker: FECCF) announced a light oil discovery in the Llanos-25 Block in Colombia. The discovery was made on the Acorazado-1 exploration well. According to a presentation from Frontera, the Llanos-25 property is a 168,805-acre property for which the company has 100% working interest. “The Acorazado-1 exploration well is the fourth exploration discovery in Colombia so far in 2018,
From Reuters Two of Venezuela’s four crude upgraders are scheduled to undergo previously delayed maintenance in the next few weeks, according to three sources close to the facilities, further reducing state-run PDVSA’s exports of upgraded crude. The upgraders, which convert the extra-heavy oil produced in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt into exportable grades, have a combined 700,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity. The maintenance
GeoPark (NYSE: GPRK) Company Overview GeoPark, founded in 2002, is an independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with assets and growth platforms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru. GeoPark is currently ranked the third-largest private oil and gas operator in Colombia and the first private oil and gas producer in Chile. Recently expanded into the
Calgary’s Canacol Energy Ltd. (ticker: CNE) recorded a net loss of USD$148 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, or $(0.48) per share – this compares to a net income of $23.6 million for the same period in 2016. For Q4 2017, the company had a net loss of $150.3 million, or $(0.85) per share – this compares to
‘For every barrel produced, we replaced it with almost three proven barrels’ – GeoPark CEO James Park EnerCom Dallas presenter GeoPark Limited (ticker: GPRK) recently received an independent appraisal of reserves covering 100% of the company’s assets in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Peru and Argentina. Following GeoPark’s oil and gas production of 10.2 MMBOE in 2017, the company received certified 2P
GeoPark Limited (ticker: GPRK) is a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. The company has 29 blocks in nine basins across five countries – approximately 6 million acres. GeoPark’s 3P reserve estimates project that 235 MMboe can be developed. In 2017 the company
