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(Reuters) - The giant Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, wedged between Paraguay and Brazil on the Parana River, is facing an energy crunch amid record low river and rainfall levels that experts say could last into next year. The Itaipu dam, which supplies around 10% of the energy consumed in Brazil and 86% of that used... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday. The U.N. Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oilfield firm Baker Hughes Co (BKR.N) reported quarterly profit that fell short of analyst expectations on Wednesday, in part due to global supply chain issues, sending its shares down sharply in early trading. Oil service firms are expected to be supported by a rebound in oil prices to pre-pandemic levels as demand recovers and the... Continue Reading →
(WO/Bloomberg) --Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy. Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company BW Energy has started production from the Tortue Phase 2 field development on the Dussafu Marin license located offshore Gabon. BW Energy kicked off its 2021 Gabon drilling campaign with the spudding of the Hibiscus Extension well (DHIBM-2), on the Dussafu Marin permit, in April 2021, using the Borr Norve jack-up drilling rig. It... Continue Reading →
Three marine seismic data acquisition and processing companies TGS, CGG, and BGP have signed a multi-client agreement with Suriname's national oil firm Staatsolie. Under the agreement, the consortium will be able to acquire, promote and license multi-client seismic programs, including new 3D acquisition and legacy data reprocessing, in the shallow water acreage offshore Suriname. Suriname’s shallow... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling company Valaris has won a drilling rig contract with the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras offshore Brazil. The contract is for the drillship Valaris DS-4, for operations offshore Brazil. The contract is for a minimum term of 548 days. The drillship is currently preservation stacked in the UK and will transit to the Canary... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) confirmed it will not be able to meet "atypical demand" from fuel distributors in November that has surpassed its production capacity, raising fears of supply shortages in the country. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, said in a securities filing late on Monday that it has... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Tuesday made its first intervention in the spot currency market since March in support of the real after it almost touched a six-month low due to fresh concerns about looser government spending ahead of next year's election. The government is preparing an expanded welfare program next year, a person... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A surge in oil prices is drawing fund managers back into shares of oil and gas companies, even as some remain unsure that the price gains will stick. Energy stocks in the S&P 500 (.SPNY) are up 53.8% for the year to date compared with a 20.2% gain for the broader index, as rising demand... Continue Reading →
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