Na Bacia potiguar Murphy oil compra participações da Wintershall Dea

In The Potiguar Basin, Murphy Oil Acquires Stakes From Wintershall Dea

Written by Renato Oliveira

Published on 09/10/2019 at 15:33

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Potiguar Basin Has Deal Involving Wintershall Dea and Murphy Oil, and Both Companies Have Already Confirmed Participation in ANP’s 16th Bidding Round

Last week, Click Petroleum and Gas reported that the Basin of Ceará and Potiguar Could Have New Oil Companies Operations. Well, Wintershall confirmed today (10/09) the completion of an agreement for the sale of 30% of its stake in exploratory blocks POT-M-857, POT-M-863, and POT-M-865, all in the Potiguar Basin, to the American Murphy Oil.

Despite the deal, the German Wintershall Dea will retain a 70% stake and the operation of the areas it won for R$ 98.3 million during the 15th bidding round of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), held in 2018.

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The member of Wintershall Dea’s Board of Directors responsible for Brazil, Thilo Wieland, spoke about the country’s importance to the oil company, “The transfer of participation in these areas aligns with Wintershall Dea’s strategy to maintain a balanced exploration portfolio. Chosen as a growth region, Brazil plays an important role for the company,” he stated.

Wintershall is awaiting a license for an exploratory well in the POT-M-857 block area, in deep waters of the Potiguar Basin in Rio Grande do Norte. This asset was acquired after a dispute with a consortium formed by Petrobras, Shell, and Petrogal.
Regarding the competition for the other two blocks, POT-M-863 and POT-M-865, Wintershall’s victory was over a consortium formed by Petrobras and Shell.

Wintershall and Murphy Oil will participate in ANP’s 16th bidding round, which takes place tomorrow (10/10) in Rio de Janeiro, with 36 blocks being offered in the auction from seven sectors of five maritime sedimentary basins: Pernambuco-Paraíba, Jacuipe, Camamu-Almada, Campos, and Santos, totaling 29.3 thousand km² of area.

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Murphy Oil is already present in Brazil, where it is a partner of Enauta and ExxonMobil in exploration projects in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, where the strong point is natural gas.
The companies are awaiting licenses for 11 exploratory wells in areas acquired in the 13th, 14th, and 15th bidding rounds of the ANP, when the consortium acquired the operation of blocks SEAL-M-351, SEAL-M-428, SEAL-M-430, SEAL-M-501, SEAL-M-503, and SEAL-M-573.

In The Potiguar Basin, Murphy Oil Acquires Stakes From Wintershall Dea

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