Oct. 5 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s offshore oil production fell to an average 832,000 barrels per day (b/d) in August, the lowest monthly level in nearly a year, according to government data reviewed by OilNOW. Production declined by about 54,000 b/d, or 6.1%, from the 886,000 b/d recorded in July. The reduction was driven primarily by substantially... Continue Reading →
DNV Backs Blue Ammonia FPSO Concept from BW Offshore and McDermott
Oct. 2 (OE) BW Offshore's blue ammonia floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) concept, jointly developed with McDermott, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, advancing the proposed offshore low-carbon ammonia production solution towards further design development. The AiP provides an independent, risk-based assessment of the concept at an early stage and establishes a... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies to invest $10 billion in Argentina, CEO Pouyanne says
Oct 1 (Reuters) - French oil company TotalEnergies plans to invest $10 billion in Argentina, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Thursday at a conference in Paris. The investment will be spread across different projects, including the drilling of new wells in Tierra del Fuego and an expansion of its gas production in Neuquen. "We... Continue Reading →
US senators hit deal on energy project permitting bill, vote after midterm elections
Sept 30 (Reuters) - US senators from both parties said on Wednesday they have reached a deal to reform laws on the permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects, though a vote will not occur before the midterm elections. The agreement marks a significant milestone in the years-long effort by Congress to overhaul federal permitting,... Continue Reading →
EPE estimates potential of 1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas in the Pelotas Basin
Sept. 30 (PN) The Pelotas Basin, located in the Brazilian southern region, may hold approximately 1 trillion cubic meters of recoverable natural gas, according to a preliminary estimate by the Energy Research Office (EPE). The assessment also indicates a volume of approximately 3.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil. In total, the study estimates 17.9 billion... Continue Reading →
Oil executives worried over lack of essential element for Venezuela expansion: power
Sept 30 (Reuters) - Executives gathered in Caracas this week for the first large energy conference since Washington launched a $100 billion reconstruction effort for Venezuela's oil industry are warning about slow progress to clear the biggest obstacle for their expansion projects: unreliable power. With an unresolved electricity deficit of more than 1,500 megawatts (MW),... Continue Reading →
Ørsted’s First UK Offshore Wind Farm Marks 20 Years of Operation
Sept. 30 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted’s Barrow Offshore Wind Farm off the UK’s Cumbrian coast has been in commercial operation for 20 years. Located 7 kilometres south-west of Walney Island in the Irish Sea, Barrow comprises 30 Vestas V90-3.0 MW turbines with a combined capacity of 90 MW. The wind farm became commercially operational in 2006. Barrow... Continue Reading →
Qatar’s UCC Eyes Expansion into Venezuelan Oil and Gas
Sept. 30 (Reuters) Qatari producer UCC Oil and Gas Holding is in talks for its possible entrance into new fields in Venezuela, the company's head of Upstream, Erik Keskula, said on Tuesday at a conference in Caracas. UCC, British BP and XRG, a unit of United Arab Emirates' state company ADNOC, last month were granted... Continue Reading →
GeoPark to invest $7 billion to lift output at Venezuelan oilfield
Sept 29 (Reuters) - Colombia's oil and gas producer GeoPark is planning a $7 billion investment in Venezuela's large Bare oilfield to increase crude output there to some 90,000 barrels per day by 2038 from a current 11,000 bpd, the company's chief executive, Felipe Bayon, said on Tuesday. With 15.7 billion barrels of original oil... Continue Reading →
22-year Cheniere-Petrobras LNG pact expands energy bridge between North and South America
Sept. 29 (offshore-energy.biz) As global energy markets continue to navigate the volatility, long-term commitments are becoming the ultimate currency, which U.S.-headquartered energy player Cheniere Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras hammers home, as it binds U.S. Gulf Coast liquefaction terminals to Brazil’s energy grid for more than two decades. Cheniere Energy’s... Continue Reading →