(Bloomberg) -- Brazilian state-controlled oil producer Petrobras is waiting for other companies to make bids for a stake in petrochemicals producer Braskem after Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. pulled out of the running. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as it is formally known, could also exercise preferential rights for the stake, Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore Concludes Sale of FPSO Polvo
(OE) Oslo-listed FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has completed the sale of its laid-up FPSO Polvo to BW Energy. The agreed price was $50 million, for which BW Energy $30 million upon the vessel transfer date, with the remaining $20 million provided as a seller’s credit by BW Offshore. BW Offshore has received the remaining... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has signed contracts for the assignment of mothballed fields in the Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 17/04/2024, informs that it has signed today contracts for the assignment of its entire stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda (Perenco). Production from the two fields... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about mothballed fields sale in the Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Executive Board, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its entire stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda (Perenco). Production from the two fields was interrupted in March 2020... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Spain’s Acciona downsizing renewable energy business in Brazil
(Reuters) - Spanish renewable energy firm Acciona Energia (ANE.MC), opens new tab has decided to restructure its businesses in Brazil, it said on Tuesday, after Reuters reported the subsidiary of infrastructure giant Acciona (ANA.MC), opens new tab had been downsizing in the country. The company said the decision to reorganize its unit in Latin America's largest economy was a... Continue Reading →
BP in Talks to Sell Some Trinidad Upstream Assets to Perenco
(Reuters) BP is close to an agreement to sell some of its Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas assets to Anglo-French oil company Perenco, according to three people familiar with the talks. BP is Trinidad and Tobago's largest natural gas producer with an output of just over 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), most... Continue Reading →
Enauta Sells 20% Stake in Atlanta, Oliva Fields Offshore Brazil
(JPT) Brazilian independent Enauta has agreed to sell a 20% participating interest in the BS-4 concession, which includes the Atlanta and Oliva fields, to Westlawn Americas Offshore (WAO) for $301.7 million. WAO is a portfolio company of Westlawn Group LLC and owns various interests in the Gulf of Mexico offshore basins. Enauta said the sale... Continue Reading →
Shell Sells Stake in SouthCoast Wind Energy
(Reuters) Energy firm Shell said on Wednesday it had sold its 50% stake in SouthCoast Wind Energy, established to develop wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts, to its joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America for an undisclosed sum. Offshore wind developments faced a slowdown in 2023 as rising inflation, higher borrowing costs and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about tag-along exercise on stake in electricity sector company
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on December 15, 2023, informs that it has decided to exercise the tag-along right (joint sale) for the sale of its 18.8% stake in the share capital of UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA). The value of the transaction relating to Petrobras' stake in UEGA is... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil weighs offers for Argentina shale assets, source says
(Reuters) - U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil Corp (XOM.N), opens new tab is weighing offers for its oil and gas assets in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale region, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, adding there was no time frame for a decision and the sale may not move forward. Bloomberg earlier on Friday reported that... Continue Reading →