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New Orleans-based wind turbine rotor specialist Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) said Monday it had partnered with Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell), through a $10 million investment by the energy company, to create the Shell Gulf Wind Technology Accelerator program. The collaboration includes deploying novel technologies to a demonstrator turbine as early as 2024, designed... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Colombia can go without Venezuelan natural gas because of promising offshore developments of its own, Felipe Bayon, chief executive of state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol, told Reuters. Companies have proposed reactivating a dormant gas pipeline that connects Venezuela's Western region with Colombia using a concession granted by Venezuela's state-run PDVSA, which financed and built the 16-year-old line. ... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The temporary suspension of the sale of Petrobras assets, requested by the government, involves a list of deals in progress and about US$ 2 billion in contracts already signed and which are still waiting for an outcome. The president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, said last week that he sees the request as an... Continue Reading →
(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 →
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