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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/04/21, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of the entire 20% stake held by its subsidiary Petrobras America Inc. (PAI) in the company MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. (MPGoM), located in Texas, USA, which owns offshore fields in the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/09/21, informs that it concluded today, together with its subsidiary Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), the transaction to finalize the pending litigation with Termogás S.A. (Termogás). As a result of this transaction, Termogás acquired the shares of Companhia Maranhense de Gás (Gasmar) held by... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Glencore's (GLEN.L) traded oil volumes fell to below 4 million barrels per day in 2021 for the first time since 2015, the company's results showed on Tuesday. The global trader and miner traded 3.86 million bpd in 2021, down from 4.2 million bpd a year earlier, showing it has not recovered volumes after the peak... Continue Reading →
Amid the improving market conditions and increasing demand, the Norwegian offshore vessel owner, Solstad Offshore, has inked a new deal for one of its subsea construction support vessels (CSVs) with the Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras, which will allow the vessel to operate offshore Brazil. Solstad Offshore announced the contract award for the CSV Normand Valiant with... Continue Reading →
(OE) FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has decided to record an impairment to the book value of the FPSOs BW Athena, Espoir Ivoirien, Sendje Berge, Petróleo Nautipa and Umuroa amounting to $66.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as well as $23.8 million for the loss on the sale of the Joko Tole FPSO.... Continue Reading →
French energy major TotalEnergies is withdrawing from its operated project located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to focus on better opportunities to allocate its capital. TotalEnergies informed on Thursday that its affiliate, TotalEnergies E&P USA, decided not to sanction and so to withdraw from the North Platte deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras posted an excellent operational performance in 2021, reaching all production targets for the year with the achievement of the following marks: The highlights for 2021 were: FPSO Carioca production start-up, on August 23, the first platform in Sépia field, in Santos Basin pre-salt. Throughout the year, 3 new producing wells were connected and currently... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Turning around Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) will take time, the CEO of its majority shareholder Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) said on Wednesday, adding that the latest profit warning from the wind turbine maker was "frustrating". Siemens Gamesa, the world's largest maker of offshore wind turbines, is suffering from supply chain issues that have hit several industries as well as... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Can oil bankers learn renewable tricks? They may need to in this climate, judging by the experience of Douglas MacKenzie, a Citigroup banker who has spent decades advising global energy giants on fossil fuel deals since joining Goldman Sachs as an associate in 1985. "I cover Big Oil. I'm a supermajor guy," the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 06/30/2021 and 07/05/2021, informs that today it concluded the sale of its entire stake in seven concessions denominated Alagoas Cluster, located in the state of Alagoas, to the company Origem Energia S.A (former Petro+). The operation was concluded with the payment of US$... Continue Reading →
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