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Golar LNG said on Monday Hygo Energy Transition Ltd, a joint venture between Golar and U.S. private equity firm Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, has appointed Paul Hanrahan as chief executive officer after Eduardo Antonello stepped down, following a corruption investigation in Brazil. Antonello has been accused by Brazilian federal prosecutors of bribery in a massive Car Wash... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has won a contract with the Petrobras-led Libra consortium to provide a multi-purpose support vessel for work at the Mero offshore oil field in Brazil. The Libra Consortium is led by Petrobras - with a 40% interest - in partnership with Shell Brasil (20%) ; Total (20%), CNODC (10%) and CNOOC... Continue Reading →
2020 set the stage for a profound transformation in the oil and gas industry. The oil and gas industry was already facing a challenging transition process as economies move toward a low-carbon future; however, surviving and prospering in a low-oil-price and high-risk environment is an even greater and more urgent challenge. Producers with relatively high-cost... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil has had a boom in oil and gas auctions since 2017, before the pandemic postponed new bids, but the first wells drilled by the winners of these disputes have disappointed, which sparks alerts for the government in relation to the next rounds, Wood Mackenzie analysts told Reuters. The initial results considered "disappointing"... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on July 21 and 29 and August 26, 2020, hereby informs that a judicial decision was issued at the end of yesterday, October 8, determining the continuity of the arbitration instituted by Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Pessoal (Petros) and Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários... Continue Reading →
Leveraged by the pre-salt, Brazil was the fifth country that most increased oil production between 2011 and 2019, in the world. One of the main highlights of oil geopolitics in the decade of 2010, the expectation is that Brazil's relevance in the global market will increase even more in the coming decades. Valor’s Survey, based... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A consortium formed by Brazil's 3R Petroleum and DBO Energy, linked to Norway, is in bilateral negotiations with Petrobras to acquire a group of offshore natural gas fields, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the subject. The Peroá Cluster, located on the coast of Espírito Santo, would be among the first... Continue Reading →
Malaysia's Yinson said its floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Anna Nery sailed away from the Cosco Qidong shipyard in Jiangsu, China and has entered drydock at the Cosco Changxing shipyard in Shanghai, marking the next phase of the FPSO construction. FPSO Anna Nery, which is being built from a converted tanker Falcon, is Yinson’s first... Continue Reading →
National Petroleum Agency (ANP) made an announcement related to the Second Permanent Offer Cycle, which had six more companies registered. The new companies approved for the cycle, scheduled for December, are: ETEP Indústria Metalúrgica, CE Engenharia, Equinor Brasil Energia, Phoenix Oil & Natural Gas, Subtec Serviços and Tarmar Energia. With these new approvals, the second... Continue Reading →
The conclusion of the operation by which Petrobras PETR4.SA negotiated the sale of its Liquigás liquefied petroleum gas distribution unit to a group formed by Copagaz, Itaúsa and other companies will depend on an agreement with the Brazilian regulatory agency CADE. As published in the Official Gazette, the General Superintendence of the Administrative Council for... Continue Reading →
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