(PetroleoHoje) Hygo (formerly Golar Power) and Aruanã Energia plan to build two LNG facilities at the Port of Suape, in Pernambuco. Under analysis by the ANP, the projects foresee the use of the same area in the port, which motivated the agency's letter asking for clarification from the Suape administration. This is the Multiple Use... Continue Reading →
ATLANTA BEATS THE MARK OF 18 MILLION BARRELS AND ENAUTA PLANS TO CONTRACT FPSO UNTIL MID 2022
(PetroNoticias) Enauta started the week with good reasons to celebrate. Its main asset, the Atlanta field, reached today the mark of 18 million barrels produced since the beginning of its operation, in May 2018. Located in the Santos Basin, the field today operates through an Early Production System (EPS), the FPSO Petrojarl I, in a... Continue Reading →
Commodity trader Freepoint faces U.S. bribery probe, sources say
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Connecticut-based trading house Freepoint Commodities over whether payments to employees of Brazil's state-run oil company broke U.S. laws, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters this week. The criminal probe, which is being led by prosecutors in Washington, complements a separate, ongoing bribery investigation into... Continue Reading →
Oil Giants Hunt for Last Big Hit Along Brazil Coast
(Bloomberg) -- If an energy transition is underway around the world, it hasn’t reached the streets of Ilha da Conceicao, the working-class district at the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s oil revival. There, buses and trucks are piling into Baker Hughes Co.’s shipyard, where the energy services giant is churning out hundreds of kilometers of... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s figures increase as subsea activities ramp up
TechnipFMC’s Subsea division has reported an adjusted EBITDA of $154.1 million in the second quarter of 2021, a 14% increase compared to the first quarter of the year. The division saw a revenue of almost $1.4 billion, a modest improvement, and an operating profit of $72.4 million, a significant increase from $37 million reported in Q1 2021. The... Continue Reading →
Portuguese oil company Galp swings to profit but COVID still weighs
(Reuters) - Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia (GALP.LS) swung to a net profit in the second quarter thanks to higher crude prices and refining margins, but cautioned on the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement accompanying the figures on Monday Chief Executive Andy Brown said Galp's financial performance in the first half... Continue Reading →
Brazil sees power generation at limit in November due to drought
(Reuters) - Brazil's national power grid operator (ONS) said on Friday that severe drought is likely to push the country's power generation capacity to its absolute limit by November, as hydroelectric plants struggle with the water shortages. Latin America's biggest economy is facing its worst drought in almost a century, which is disrupting hydroelectric dams... Continue Reading →
ANP APPROVES IMETAME AND ENERGY PARANÃ IN THE TUCANO SOUTH BASIN
The ANP approved the assignment of blocks TUC-T-139 and TUC-T-147, located in the Tucano Sul Basin, to Imetame and Energy Paranã. The areas were acquired from CDGN Logística, which executes a pledge contract on the emerging rights of Petra Energia, former operator of the concessions. At a meeting, the ANP board conditioned the assignment to... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS TO ASSUME 100% OF FIVE BLOCKS IN FOZ DO AMAZONAS BASIN
The ANP authorized the assignment of the 30% stake in BP in blocks FZA-M-57, 86, 88, 125 and 127 to Petrobras, which will now hold 100% interest in the assets located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. The British share in the areas was purchased by Petrobras in April this year, when the state-owned company... Continue Reading →
ANP APPROVES DECOMMISSIONING GUARANTEES OF CAMPO DE LAPA
(PetroleoHoje) The ANP board approved the guarantee instrument presented by Total for the deactivation and abandonment of the Lapa field, in the Santos Basin. Thus, the French company is able to sign the amendment to the concession contract, assuming 45% of the field, in consortium with Shell (30%) and Repsol Sinopec (25%). In May 2020,... Continue Reading →