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Dec. 23 - Petrobras, following up on the announcement dated December 15, 2025, informs that, in light of the progress in negotiations related to Braskem and in order to expedite the necessary authorization procedures, Shine I Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios de Responsabilidade Limitada (FIDC) submitted today the potential transaction to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), with... Continue Reading →
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Danish offshore wind developer Orsted has agreed to sell a 55% stake in its Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan to life insurance company Cathay in a deal worth around 5 billion Danish crowns ($788.74 million), it said on Tuesday. Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer, is trying... Continue Reading →
December 15, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has been notified by Novonor S.A. – Em Recuperação Judicial (“Novonor”) and NSP Investimentos S.A. (“NSP Inv.”), a subsidiary of Novonor, regarding the execution of an “Exclusivity Agreement with Shine I Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios de Responsabilidade Limitada (‘FIDC’), a credit... Continue Reading →
Dec. 9 (Reuters) Shell is seeking a buyer for a 20% stake in its Brazilian oilfield cluster to help fund a multibillion-dollar offshore development, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Shell declined to comment on the report, when contacted by Reuters. Shell held a 50% stake in Gato do Mato, which is a deepwater project offshore Brazil, and... Continue Reading →
Dec 9 (Reuters) - Russia's Lukoil has until December 13 to negotiate the sale of the bulk of its international assets after the U.S. imposed sanctions on the company and rejected its initial buyer, Swiss commodity trader Gunvor. Lukoil's international assets, spanning upstream oil and gas projects, refining, and more than 2,000 filling stations across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle... Continue Reading →
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Global commodity trading house Gunvor's CEO Torbjorn Tornqvist will step down and sell his shareholding in a management buyout, weeks after the U.S. dubbed the firm the "Kremlin's puppet" over its past Russian links. The firm said on Monday that Americas head Gary Pedersen, hired by the company last year, will... Continue Reading →
Nov 26 (Reuters) - French state-owned utility EDF is considering selling all of its U.S. renewable energy business, its CEO said on Wednesday, as the company focuses on building up its domestic nuclear operations and U.S. support for wind and solar has been rolled back. Bernard Fontana said the company was considering selling "between 50% and 100%" of its... Continue Reading →
Nov 19 (Reuters) Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron are front-runners in the auction for a 40% operating stake in Galp's Mopane field in Namibia, four sources told Reuters. Mopane has estimated resources of at least 10 billion barrels, and Galp has said it would announce a winner by year-end. International oil companies have flocked to Namibia, which has no hydrocarbon... Continue Reading →
Nov 12 (Reuters) - BP is in active negotiations with investment firm Stonepeak over the sale of its Castrol lubricants unit, according to two people with knowledge of the situation, in what would be a major step in meeting the energy company's $20 billion divestment goal. The sale process for Castrol began earlier this year after the London-listed... Continue Reading →
Nov. 12 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted has reduced its carbon emissions by 98%, becoming the first energy company in the world to achieve its science-based 2025 decarbonisation target, the Danish firm announced on 12 November. Renewable energy accounts for 99 per cent of the company’s energy production, while its scope 1 and scope 2 emission intensity has... Continue Reading →
