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(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday will kick off a sale of offshore wind development rights for eight areas off the coasts of northern New England, a key test of industry appetite for new investment after a year of high-profile setbacks. The auction of nearly 1 million acres (404,680 hectares) in the Gulf... Continue Reading →
(Portos e Navios)The bidding round provides for a two-year contract, renewable for the same period, to support the preparation of conceptual projects and provide consultancy services for the company to participate in future processes for acquiring areas for offshore energy generation. On Tuesday (10/22), Petrobras launched tender to hire consultancy services for the preparation of... Continue Reading →
The ANP Board approved the geological and economic studies related to three exploratory blocks located in the Pre-Salt of the Santos Basin: Quartz, Calcedonia and Opala. The studies are part of the second project, called the Opala project, related to the Strategic Calendar of Geological and Economic Assessments for the Pre-Salt Polygon, established by the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Energy firms TotalEnergies, Qatar Energy, Petronas , Cybele Energy, Delcorp and International Group Investment have reached agreements with Guyana over terms of production sharing deals to explore five oil and gas offshore blocks, the energy ministry said on Wednesday. A tender launched in 2022 for areas in shallow and deep waters led to... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras officially launched (14) the invitation to tender for the FPSO P-86, which will be part of the revitalization project for the Marlim Sul and Marlim Leste fields. The opening of the envelopes with the bidders' proposals is expected to take place only on April 8 of next year. However, as has been seen... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on Communication of December 13, 2023 and August, 30, 2024, informs that it has signed the three remaining concession contracts from the 4th Permanent Concession Offer Cycle, acquired in partnership with Shell and CNOOC, at the public session held by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Norwegian government proposed on Monday to offer up to 35 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.29 billion) in subsidy payments in the country's first commercial floating wind power tender, in line with a compromise reached earlier this year. "Norway has enormous potential for floating offshore wind on its continental shelf, but because the technology is... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to delay the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time. On August 29, 2024, the Department of the Interior announced the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Trinidad and Tobago selected oil and gas producer Shell as the preferred bidder for a shallow water block, beating out bids from BP and EOG Resources, three people close to the process said. Trinidad and Tobago has in recent years struggled to feed its liquefied natural gas and petrochemical plants as its natural gas... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor - Director Research at Intelatus Global Partners.. (OE) We are fast approaching a potential inflection point for the U.S. offshore wind industry, the November 2024 elections. On the positive side of the scale, federal and state leases supporting approximately 63 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity have been awarded to developers on the... Continue Reading →
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