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(Reuters) - Peru's niche Bretaña crude oil is gaining popularity in the United States, with the first cargo discharging in the U.S. Gulf Coast this month as U.S. refiners seek alternatives for declining Mexican heavy crude. Bretaña, a rare heavy sweet crude with minimal metals, is produced in the Peruvian side of the Amazon rainforest.... Continue Reading →
(OE) Yinson Production has entered into a definitive agreement with a consortium of global investment firms to raise pre-IPO growth capital of $1 billion to support further growth. The $1 billion pre-IPO consists of redeemable convertible preferred shares and 10% warrants, with the option to upsize to $1.5 billion within 24 months. The transaction is... Continue Reading →
(OE) High-tech offshore wind services provider Beam has bought Quantum EV remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from SMD, setting out plans to equip it with an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system to improve its operational scope and offshore wind farm servicing. Beam’s SubSLAM system, running on Pathfinder software, will be added to the ROV, enabling AI-driven autonomous... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Guyana’s fourth Stabroek Block development, Yellowtail, is approximately 95% complete, according to an update from Hess’s Chief Executive Officer, John Hess. “A sail out of Yellowtail – which is a 250,000 barrel a day FPSO [floating, production, storage and offloading vessel] will be at the end of March. Should get in Guyanese waters in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on communication of June 6, 2024, with the objective of reaching a definitive, profitable and viable solution for the supply of fertilizers to the Brazilian market, informs that, under a Confidentiality Agreement signed on 10/21/2024, it is still under analysis with Unigel in relation to the contracts associated... Continue Reading →
(OE) South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean has secured an Approval in Principle (AIP) from DNV for the preliminary front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) of its floating offshore wind turbine platform. The floating platform model awarded the AIP is Hanwha Ocean’s proprietary WindHive 15-H3. It is capable of supporting 15 MW offshore wind turbines, with a rotor diameter... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into law the bill recently passed by the Brazilian Senate that establishes regulations on allocating and permitting offshore wind development areas. The Brazilian president has vetoed provisions related to fossil fuels in the final version of the legislation which were added while the bill was... Continue Reading →
( offshore-energy.biz) Ireland-based XOCEAN has secured €115 million in funding to support the growth in the offshore energy and civil hydrography sectors. The Irish ocean data company closed the financing round with support from S2G Ventures, Climate Investment (CI), Morgan Stanley’s 1GT fund, and CC Industries (CCI), a Crown Family affiliate. XOCEAN operates a fleet... Continue Reading →
(oilprice.com) TotalEnergies will start drilling for oil and gas in Block 64 offshore Suriname in May, a company executive told Reuters this week, saying the company was currently tallying the final tab for the project and organizing the future well operations. TotalEnergies has a 40% stake in Block 64, which it shares with QatarEnergy and Malaysia’s Petronas, both with... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Portugal's government has approved four areas in the Atlantic Ocean where offshore wind farms can be installed, moving a step closer to launching the first licensing auction of offshore capacity, which it plans this year. Two of the areas are off the coast of Viana do Castelo in northern Portugal, one near the port... Continue Reading →
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