Dec. 23 (PN) The year ends with a new important milestone for Brazil's oil and gas sector. The country will close 2025 with 433 exploration blocks under contract, the highest number in history, according to data from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The best result until then had been recorded last year, when there were... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Resumes Operation of Platform P-68 After Fire Incident
Dec. 23 (PN) Everything is fine with the P-68 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which has resumed production in the Berbigão field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The unit's operation was suspended last Friday (19th) after a fire broke out in the water treatment unit panel of the platform. Production... Continue Reading →
Orsted sells 55% of Taiwan wind farm to Cathay
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Danish offshore wind developer Orsted has agreed to sell a 55% stake in its Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan to life insurance company Cathay in a deal worth around 5 billion Danish crowns ($788.74 million), it said on Tuesday. Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer, is trying... Continue Reading →
Key Petrobras field hits output pace equivalent to 1 million bpd, sources say
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras' Tupi field briefly reached a production pace this week that, if sustained for a full day, would amount to 1 million barrels, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The milestone suggests that the field, once Brazil's largest, is on track to return to output... Continue Reading →
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service
Dec 23, CHICAGO - In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children climbing on its colorful playground and zooming down slides. The rarely-used eight-unit Fisk power plant owned by Houston-based NRG Energy was scheduled to retire... Continue Reading →
Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Gives Green Light for Start of Operations of FPSO P-78 in the Búzios Field
Dec. 22 - The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has given its approval for the start of operations of the FPSO P-78 in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The vessel has a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil, in addition to compressing 7.2 million m³ of gas per... Continue Reading →
Guyana Is Using Its Oil Revenues to Spark a Renewable Energy Boom
Dec. 22 (oilprice.com) Since the discovery of vast oil reserves in Guyana around a decade ago, the South American country’s oil industry has grown significantly following investment from several international oil majors and the beginning of offshore production. As Guyana begins to see the revenue from its black gold, the government is reinvesting some of... Continue Reading →
Dominion Energy Releases Responds to Government Suspension of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
Dec. 22 (OE) Dominion Energy released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Director’s Order for a 90-day suspension of work issued earlier today for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project: "The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW) is essential for American national security and meeting Virginia’s dramatically growing energy needs, the fastest... Continue Reading →
Viridien Completes Reimaging of BM-S-2 Multi-Client Survey in Santos Basin
Dec. 22 (OE) Viridien has successfully completed the BM-S-2 seismic reimaging project in the southern Santos Basin, delivering a modern, high-fidelity 3D dataset across 8,468 sq km to support growing exploration activity in one of the most strategic, emerging offshore regions of Brazil. The project upgrades a large legacy survey with the latest advanced imaging... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s ComBio expects revenue to hit $430 mln as corn ethanol clients increase output
Dec 22 (Reuters) - ComBio, Brazil’s largest supplier of renewable thermal energy for industrial clients, expects to triple its revenue to about 2.4 billion reais ($430 million) within five years amid growing demand from corn ethanol producers, commercial director Ricardo Blandy told Reuters on Monday. Some 25 corn ethanol plants operate in Brazil, where another... Continue Reading →