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The US is poised to impose fresh sanctions on Venezuela, ratcheting up the stakes in the country's political crisis by curbing the Maduro government's access to cash from crude exports.
ExxonMobil’s exploration success in the last few years has established the Guyana basin as one of the world’s offshore exploration hotspots. Luiz Hayum, research analyst with Wood Mackenzie's Latin America upstream oil and gas team, comments on Exxon's latest find, Pluma.
In a newly published report, Wood Mackenzie notes that the deepwater industry appears in good health, following a sustained cost reduction through the downturn. However this hard work is in danger of being undone, as impending cyclical cost inflation could raise break-even costs once again.
Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global oil and gas development spend needs to increase by around 20% to meet future demand growth and ensure companies sustain production next decade.
With many Independents and Majors chasing onshore shale and white hot Brazil and Mexico, the US Gulf of Mexico, once the coveted jewel of the oil industry, has become a lower investment priority in recent years. This has opened the space for private equity-backed companies who have stepped up to the plate, turned pennies into dollars and shown they have what it takes to compete.
ExxonMobil’s exploration success in the last few years has established the Guyana basin as one of the world’s offshore exploration hotspots. Accounting for 15% of all conventional crude found globally since 2015, no other area has delivered as much conventional oil resource.
Brazil’s Campos basin is awaiting a resurgence in production according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, analysing the impacts redevelopment of the basin's mature oil fields could have on production, royalty collection and job creation.
Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie sees OPEC maintaining its role as a key oil supplier through to 2040, although output from non-OPEC producers will help ensure adequate supply in the years to 2030.
Brazil's new local content regulations could fast-track the deployment of FPSO units, speeding up the pace of pre-salt oil production by more than 21 billion barrels by the mid-2020s, a new report by Wood Mackenzie analysing the impact of new local content rules on production, royalty collection and job creation has found.
On 7 June 2018, Brazil held its fourth pre-salt auction, just eight months after the highly competitive second and third pre-salt rounds. US$818 million was collected in signature bonuses, the outcome was yet another big success for Brazil. With the successful conclusion of five licensing rounds in the span of less than a year, and a fifth PSC Round set for September 2018, interest in Brazil's upstream sector continues to be very strong.
Mexico’s second deepwater licensing round closed today on a high note with 19 of 29 offered blocks awarded, raising more than US$500 million in cash payments. Shell dominated the auction, snapping up nearly half of all blocks awarded. In the Perdido Area, the company won five of six awarded blocks.
Driven by an impressive array of licensing and farm-in opportunities, plus an upsurge in exploration activity, Latin America’s upstream sector is poised for a banner year in 2018, according to a new insight by Wood Mackenzie, Latin America Upstream: What to look for in 2018.
The impact of the 2014 oil price collapse is still being felt across the upstream sector. Operators have cut investment, deferred projects and implemented tough cost discipline, slashing US$910 billion from global capital expenditure estimates for 2015-2020. While many operators believe the cuts will stick, a new survey released today by natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates the pictured is more nuanced.
2018 looks set to be a brighter year for upstream oil and gas companies
OPEC and non-OPEC producers agree to extend production curbs through 2018
Following ExxonMobil's (NYSE: XOM) announcement this morning of its fifth new oil discovery after drilling the Turbot-1 well offshore Guyana, Pablo Medina, Wood Mackenzie's senior analyst, Latin America Upstream has the following comments.
Following Brazil's record oil field auction yesterday, where ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) vastly expanded its presence in the country with winning stakes in ten blocks, including eight deepwater blocks in the Campos basin, Horacio Cuenca, Research Director, Upstream Latin America at Wood Mackenzie offers the following commentary.
The seven most advanced developments are expected to see production increases of 43% in 2017.
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