Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PRIO") (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact released on April 28, 2022, informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on this date, the payment regarding the acquisition of 90% interest and operation of the Albacora Leste Field ("Field" or "Albacora Leste") with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. ("Petrobras") was made.... Continue Reading →
Equinor Launches Sale of Stake in Nigeria Offshore Oilfield
(Reuters) Norway's Equinor has launched the sale of its stake in an offshore Nigerian oilfield, joining a retreat by Western energy firms from the West African country as they focus on newer and more profitable operations, three industry sources said. The company has hired investment bank Standard Chartered to run the sale process, which could... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of UFN-III
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/29/2022, informs that, observing the applicable internal governance, the closing of the competitive process, which was in the binding phase, for the integral sale of the Unidade de Fertilizantes Nitrogenados III (UFN-III) was approved. Petrobras will evaluate its next steps related to the... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil & gas M&A hit 17-year low; big firms dominate deals-report
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas deal-making declined by 13% last year to $58 billion compared to 2021, according to energy technology firm Enverus, with the volume of activity hitting its lowest level since 2005 as buyers became more choosy about asset purchases. The decline comes as large companies with strong balance sheets are targeting... Continue Reading →
Petroleum Workers Union (FUP) asks government to suspend Petrobras contracts for the sale of assets worth US$ 4.2 billion
(epbr) The Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) is pressing for the immediate suspension of the sale of Petrobras assets and asked the Ministers of the Civil House, Rui Costa (PT), and Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira (PSD), to negotiate with the current administration to stop the ongoing negotiations. They also ask that any preparatory acts... Continue Reading →
Spain’s Iberdrola Considers U.S. Renewables Stake Sale, Sources say
(Reuters) Spanish power company Iberdrola is considering the sale of a stake in its U.S. renewables business to help to finance new investments, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. One of the sources said that Iberdrola had appointed a bank to work on a possible sale of a minority stake in the... Continue Reading →
Perenco plans to increase Pargo production by 25% by the end of 2023
(epbr) Perenco announced this Wednesday the departure of the FSO Pargo platform from a shipyard in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, heading to the Pargo field, in shallow waters in the Campos Basin. The unit is part of the concession's production recovery project, which foresees investments of US$ 400 million and promises to increase... Continue Reading →
Asso.subsea to install export cable for Ostwind 3
(OET) Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Asso.subsea for the transportation, installation, and protection of the 220 kV submarine export cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connection system. The overall system will... Continue Reading →
Lula Team Wants to Halt Petrobras Sale of Natural Gas Assets
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras should abandon planned divestments in refining and natural gas and expand in those areas instead, according to a detailed report from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s transition team. The document, drafted in late 2022 by a group of energy experts aligned with Lula, recommends that Petrobras start... Continue Reading →
Greencoat Renewables Buys Stake in German Offshore Wind Farm
Greencoat Renewables has agreed to buy 22.5% of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany from Marguerite Pantheon. The wind farm is located in Germany's exclusive economic zone in the North Sea and consists of 80 Siemens Gamesa 3.6 MW turbines that have been operational since 2015. Butendiek benefits from a fixed-price FiT until December... Continue Reading →