The first production from the Cascade and Chinook fields in the Gulf of Mexico by Brazil's state-owned oil giant Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) is set to launch sometime near the end of 2010.
Petrobras owns the entirety of the Cascade field after acquiring the remaining 50 percent from Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN), which has turned its focus to onshore natural gas in North America.
Concerning Chinook, Petrobras has a 66.7 percent stake in that field, with Total SA (NYSE:TOT) of France having the remaining 33.3 percent. Petrobras is the operator of both the fields.
The oil moratorium from the Obama administration has set the project back, but since the wells were drilled before the implementation of the moratorium, it won't be negatively impacted from the permitting process, which will take a lot of time for competitors to get approved for.
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