Bidding war for Block 3??!!!11 Mar 2024 07:53
Look at the bordering blocks being explored and the companies involved. Will there be a bidding war and early strike leading to a better term for CEG? You bet. Chevron acquired a company for $52 billions last year. Throwing few $100s million for exploration is peanuts for these big hitter in the oil industry, with Uruguay being the new frontier for oil exploration. Great news following on from last week’s.
“The AREA OFF-3 licence covers 13,252 km2 and is situated in relatively shallow water depths, from 20 to 1,000 meters, approximately 100 km off the Uruguayan coast. To the west the block is adjacent to the AREA OFF-2 block held by Shell, with the Amalia prospect straddling both the AREA OFF-2 and AREA OFF-3 blocks. To the east the block is adjacent to the Brazilian maritime border, an area that was subject to considerable licencing in December 2023, with thirteen nearby Brazilian blocks licenced variously to Chevron, Shell, CNOOC and Petrobras. To the south, the block is adjacent to two deepwater Uruguayan blocks, AREA OFF-6, held by APA Corporation (and on which block APA has a commitment to drill an initial exploration well in that block's initial four-year exploration period), and AREA OFF-7, which is held by Shell.“