Exploration & Development

Total gets Pelotas deepwater block off Uruguay

May 3, 2012

Total SA has been awarded an exploration license for a deepwater block in the Pelotas basin offshore Uruguay.

Block 14 covers 6,690 sq km in 2,000-3,500 m of water 250 km off the coast. ANCAP awarded the license, which remains subject to approval by other Uruguayan authorities.

Total also has interests in Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.

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Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.