June 23 (oilnow.gy) Venezuela’s efforts to restructure more than US$150 billion in sovereign and oil company debt could improve investor confidence in its energy sector, but obligations to China may complicate any final agreement, according to experts interviewed by S&P Global. The June 12 report noted that Venezuela’s total external debt is estimated at between... Continue Reading →
Saipem Mobilizes for GranMorgu Oil Development off Suriname
June 23 (OE) Italian energy services company Saipem has launched operations for the GranMorgu offshore project in Suriname with the arrival of the multi-purpose construction vessel Normand Navigator at the Jules Sedney Harbour commercial port in Paramaribo. The vessel is berthed and ready to begin preliminary activities for the project, which is located in Block... Continue Reading →
ABL Expands Asset Integrity Services in Brazil
June 23 (OE) Energy and marine consultancy ABL has opened a new office in Salvador, Brazil, expanding its presence in the country and strengthening its asset integrity management offering for the oil and gas, maritime and industrial sectors. The new office will support asset integrity management projects in Brazil and across the wider Americas region,... Continue Reading →
Azule Energy gives final go-ahead to $5.1 billion Angola offshore project
June 22 (Reuters) - Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, and its partners have approved the $5.1 billion Greater PAJ offshore oil project in Angola, company and government officials said at a signing ceremony on Monday. Partners in the project, Angola's first integrated cross-block development, include Norway's Equinor, Angola's oil and gas agency... Continue Reading →
Petrobras approves investment in bio-jet fuel and renewable diesel plant at RPBC
June 19, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors today approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the RPBC Biorefining project, which provides for the implementation of a dedicated plant for the production of bio-jet fuel and renewable diesel at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery (RPBC), located in Cubatão (São... Continue Reading →
Vantage Investors Back $258M Merger with Eldorado Drilling
June 19 (OE) The shareholder in offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling have approved its proposed merger with Norway-based Eldorado Drilling, advancing a transaction that values Vantage's equity at approximately $258 million. The approval was secured at a special general meeting held in Bermuda on June 18, where shareholders voted in favor of all resolutions related... Continue Reading →
CADE Approves Ecopetrol’s Acquisition of Control of Brava Energia (BRAV3)
June 18 - The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) approved, without restrictions, the acquisition of control of Brava Energia (BRAV3) by Ecopetrol, removing another regulatory step for the completion of the operation. The decision comes a day after Brava announced that the public takeover bid (OPA) launched by the Colombian oil company was temporarily... Continue Reading →
Trump Administration Strikes New Offshore Wind Lease Buyback Deal, Invenergy Agrees to Exit Four Projects
June 18 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US Department of the Interior (DOI) said on 17 June that it had reached an agreement with Invenergy under which the developer will relinquish four offshore wind leases in exchange for a USD 765 million (approximately EUR 664 million) reimbursement and redirect the capital into natural gas and geothermal energy projects.... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s frontier basin lit up as TGS, SLB drive 3D seismic push
June 18 (offshore-energy.biz) A multi-client 3D seismic survey is on the agenda at one of the frontier regions in Brazilian waters, with Norway’s energy data and intelligence company TGS and its joint venture (JV) partner, U.S.-headquartered SLB, at the helm of the campaign that will help boost the hydrocarbon exploration momentum in the South American... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia: Arbitration Proceedings by Westlawn Energia Brasil Ltda.. – Atlanta Field
June 17 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or the “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), hereby informs its investors and the market in general that it has received, on this date, a request for arbitration from Westlawn Energia Brasil Ltda. ("Westlawn"), in which Westlawn claims, among other matters, that the transaction announced by the Company involving Ecopetrol and the... Continue Reading →