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(OE) Oslo-listed FPSO provider BW Offshore has agreed to sell the laid-up FPSO BW Opportunity to an undisclosed third party for $125 million. BW Offshore said Friday that the sale was subject to conditions precedent and is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2023. In parallel, BW Offshore said... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that its CEO Jean Paul Prates, and Wael Sawan, Shell´s CEO, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding, during CERAWeek, in Houston, in order to encourage discussion and collaboration between the companies. The companies will work together on identifying potential upstream opportunities, sharing experience and best practices on reducing carbon... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Biden administration needs until the end of this year to finalize a long-awaited five-year plan for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, according to court documents filed this week. The U.S. has been without a congressionally-mandated five year schedule of offshore oil and gas auctions since the previous one expired in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Hess Corp indicated the consortium that controls Guyana's oil production, of which it is a member, is prepared to relinquish 20% of the Stabroek oil block, but not any areas where it now produces or intends to produce oil in the future. An Exxon Mobil-led consortium controls the 6.6 million acres (26,800 sq km)... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of February. Key: (1) The data of Albacora Leste in January refers to 90% of PRIO’s participation in the field, considering the production throughout the month. Since the acquisition's closing... Continue Reading →
Petrobras' investments in exploration activities planned for the next five years are around USD 6 billion, with a main focus on sustainability, both economic and environmental. The company's strategy favors its new exploration projects, such as those that will be implemented in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin and in the Tayrona block, in Colombia, the latter... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, and in addition to the material fact disclosed on February 28, 2023, informs its investors and the market in general that the root cause of the unit shutdown was solved, and the 3R-2 unit's... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) Guyana is planning another auction of prospective oil-field leases next year as the world’s fastest-growing economy seeks to maintain the pace of development, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said. The country’s first auction is expected to take place by the end of May after being delayed by a few weeks as the government finalizes contract terms and legislation... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will focus on financing large-scale renewable energy projects and evaluating new partnerships with energy companies in the coming years, its chief executive said in remarks released on Tuesday. CEO Jean Paul Prates made the comments a day after the company announced it was evaluating seven offshore wind power projects along the... Continue Reading →
Australia's Woodside Energy is on track to make a final investment decision this year on the Trion offshore oil project, which would inaugurate production in the deep waters of the country's Gulf of Mexico. [BHP Petroleum, now part of Woodside] partnered in 2017 with state-oil company Pemex, which discovered Trion's reserves five years earlier. The deal... Continue Reading →
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