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QatarEnergy adds to Uruguay offshore acreage
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Uruguay - May 20, 2026

QatarEnergy has added to its Uruguay portfolio with the acquisition of an 18% stake in offshore block OFF-4 from operator Shell.

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Chevron grows Venezuela heavy oil position with asset swap
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Venezuela - April 14, 2026

Chevron has executed an asset swap with PDVSA to expand its heavy oil position in Venezuela.

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Chevron and QatarEnergy take stakes offshore Uruguay
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Uruguay - March 31, 2026

Chevron and QatarEnergy have acquired stakes in Uruguay offshore blocks OFF-2 and OFF-7 from Shell, who will continue as operator.

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Interview
Colombia - February 04, 2025

Ramiro López-Ghio of Inter-American Development Bank talks about the importance of financing the energy sector.

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Challenger Energy takes Uruguay block, Chevron farms in
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Uruguay - March 11, 2024

Challenger Energy has acquired a block offshore Uruguay, with Chevron farming in for 60%.

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Chevron snaps up 60% stake in block offshore Uruguay
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Uruguay - March 07, 2024

US major Chevron has partnered with Challenger Energy Group to develop promising acreage offshore Uruguay, Challenger announced on Wednesday.

In a deal valued at USD…

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Uruguay hands out four oil and gas exploration blocks
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Uruguay - December 18, 2023

Uruguay has signed contracts for four offshore oil and gas blocks in the Pelotas basin to begin exploration activity, Upstream Online reported on Thursday.

The…

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Uruguay launches 3rd offshore round
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Uruguay - September 19, 2017

Uruguay’s National Alcohol and Portland Fuel Administration (ANCAP) launched the country’s long-delayed third offshore bid round in Houston on Monday, placing 17…

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ENAP looks to Argentine gas market
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Argentina - April 27, 2017

Chile’s National Petroleum Company (ENAP) is hoping to start exporting gas to Argentina soon, CEO Marcelo Tokman Ramos told international media on…

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Consortium spuds record well off Uruguay
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Uruguay - March 31, 2016

Maersk Drilling, on behalf of a Total-led consortium, has spudded an exploration well in the deepwater block 14 offshore Uruguay, the country’s Ministry of Industry,…

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Total chases Uruguayan elephant
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- March 08, 2016

Total is expected to start exploration drilling offshore Uruguay over the next several weeks, the company’s director for exploration, Christian Tichatschke, said on…

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Statoil takes second step into Uruguay
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Uruguay - February 15, 2016

Statoil signed an agreement with the UK’s Tullow Oil for 35% interest in an offshore block in Uruguay, the Norwegian multinational reported on its website…

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BP to hand over three Uruguay blocks
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Uruguay - August 04, 2015

BP confirmed that it had put an end to activities in its three blocks located off the coast of Uruguay in a shift towards projects that do not pose a high risk such as…

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