Total has been awarded an exploration license for block 14 offshore Uruguay, following a second bid round staged by state-owned company ANCAP.

OGX has acquired an additional 20% stake from partner Maersk Oil in two shallow water blocks in the Campos basin.

Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL) has entered a farmout agreement with an unnamed party for its licenses south and east of the Falkland Islands.

Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has approved BP’s farm-in to four deepwater exploration and production concessions operated by Petrobras.

The Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs plans meetings with potential oil and gas partners in Houston Feb. 28-29.

Petrobras has executed all of its contingency procedures in response to the oil spill at Carioca Nordeste.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has reported an accident on its offshore rig PUB-03 and that one worker is dead and two injured, according to Dow Jones.

The editors of Offshore have made their choices for the winners of the Five Star Award, the top five offshore field development projects for 2011.

Husky Energy has started production from a two-well pilot scheme on the West White Rose field offshore Newfoundland.

Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda is suspending voluntarily its drilling license, including its permitted presalt wells in Frade field, but excluding current P&A activities.

Chevron Corp. may see fines and possible lost of a license as a fall-out from the deepwater oil seep, reports Dow Jones.

Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda continues working with Brazilian authorities to contain, reduce, and eliminate the remaining surface oil sheen in the Frade field area.

Cementing operations are under way as part of the well plugging plan near the Frade field offshore Brazil, reports operator Chevron and its drilling contractor Transocean.

Chevron has repeated its report on the status of oil sheen at the Frade project offshore Brazil.

The Zaedyus discovery well offshore French Guiana has intersected 72 m (236 ft) of net oil pay in two turbidite fans.

High on the list of frontier areas beckoning explorers are the Arctic offshore regions bordering the US, Canada, Europe, and Russia, with growing interest in Greenland.

Senergy has issued a competent person’s report (CPR) concerning Desire Petroleum’s offshore acreage in the North Falkland basin.

Argos Resources has issued the results of a new Competent Persons Report on its offshore acreage in the North Falkland basin, prepared by Senergy.

Desire Petroleum has agreed to farm out part of its exploration acreage in the offshore North Falkland basin to Rockhopper Exploration.