Old news but still relevant22 Jan 2024 06:39
Uruguay's state-run oil company Ancap has awarded all seven offshore oil and gas exploration licenses open for bids to four foreign companies: YPF (Argentina), APA Corp (United States), and Shell and Challenger Energy Group (CEG) (United Kingdom), it was reported in Montevideo Seven offshore blocks became available to bidders in 2019 with an average area of 15,000 square kilometers each, located between 100 and 300 kilometers from the coast. Ferro also said that in May 2022 a first contract was signed with CEG, while five more are expected to be signed in October and the last one is expected to be signed by the end of the year.
This is the interesting bit…….
Other bidders were Brazil's Petrobras, France's Total, and Britain's British Petroleum (BP), British Gas (BG), and Tullow Oil.