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Sept. 10 (offshore-energy.biz) China-based provider of clean energy services Wison New Energies (WNE) has joined forces with Siemens Energy to embark on a new chapter of cooperation in sustainable offshore energy development, primarily within floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) and floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) projects. Thanks to a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU),... Continue Reading →
Sept. 10 (Reuters) Malaysia's oil and gas producer Petronas plans to drill a fourth well by the first quarter next year at offshore Block 52 in Suriname, the government and state company Staatsolie said. Petronas, which has discovered gas reserves in the block, its most promising area in the South American country, had said in... Continue Reading →
Sept 9 (Reuters) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that environmental agency Ibama should be satisfied with the results of an emergency drill done by state-run oil firm Petrobras in the country's Foz do Amazonas basin, ahead of Ibama's official assessment. "Petrobras has already carried out the test. Ibama should be... Continue Reading →
Sept. 9 (OE) ABS has granted approval in principle to a liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) floating storage and injection unit (FSIU) designed by MODEC in collaboration with Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). Tailored to the growing demands of the global carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) value chain, the design eliminates the need for onshore facilities,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 9 (OE) BW Energy has completed a $365 million project finance facility to fund the refurbishment and redeployment of the Maromba floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to Brazil’s Maromba field. The loan, backed by China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure), was significantly oversubscribed and will cover around 80% of total project... Continue Reading →
Sept. 4 (Reuters) Azule Energy, the joint venture between Italian oil and gas explorer Eni and BP, expects to invest another $5 billion in Angola over the next four to five years, Eni's Chief Operating Officer Guido Brusco told Reuters on Wednesday. The latest investment in both new and existing projects will match investments in... Continue Reading →
September 3, 2025 - PRIO 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 August. Key: (1) At the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo cluster, production was affected by the shutdown of TBMT-6H well due to the failure of the Submerged Centrifugal... Continue Reading →
Sept. 3 (offshore-energy.biz) Following the handover of the operator role for one block, Challenger Energy Group (CEG), the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company, has embarked on a search for a partner at another block off the coast of Uruguay. Before initiating a farm-out process for the AREA OFF-3 block, the firm progressed its planned technical... Continue Reading →
Sept. 4 (OE) French seismic firm Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture partner TGS, has started the Megabar Extension Phase I survey in the Barreirinhas Basin offshore Northern Brazil. The 5,300 sq km multi-client 3D seismic survey will be acquired by TGS and imaged by Viridien and builds on Viridien’s existing Megabar survey coverage. The... Continue Reading →
Sept. 2 (OE) Altera Infrastructure has entered into an agreement to sell its entire floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) business to global investment firm Carlyle. The acquired business includes Altera’s full FPSO portfolio, the floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit Yamoussoukro and the 50% ownership in the joint venture Altera&Ocyan. The portfolio includes the... Continue Reading →
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