Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the Strategic Plan for the five-year period 2023-2027 (SP 2023-27). Throughout 2022, Petrobras delivered an operational and financial performance in line with its commitment to generate value for society and shareholders and in full adherence with the 2022-2026... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on sale of thermal power plant
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 08/14/2020 and 06/15/2020, informs that its Executive Board has approved the termination of the competitive process for the sale of the Canoas Thermoelectric Plant (UTE Canoas). Despite the efforts made in this process, it was not possible to obtain adequate commercial conditions for... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of REMAN
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/25/2021, 03/10/2022, 05/13/2022 and 08/30/2022, informs that it has today finalized the sale of the shares of Refinaria de Manaus S.A. (Manaus Refinery), which was formed to hold Refinaria Isaac Sabbá (REMAN) and its corresponding logistics assets, located in Manaus, Amazonas, to the... Continue Reading →
Malaysia’s Petronas Posts Q3 Profit, Warns of Continuing Market Volatility
(Reuters) Malaysia's state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, on Wednesday posted a near doubling of its third quarter profit and warned of continuing volatility in oil and gas prices. The company reported a profit of 30.8 billion ringgit in the July-September period, compared with a profit of 16.3 billion ringgit in the same... Continue Reading →
New JV Eyes Floating Wind Projects in Sweden, Finland
Offshore wind developers Eolus and Simply Blue Group have created a joint venture, SeaSapphire, under which they plan to develop floating offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. SeaSapphire is starting the early development of four commercial scale floating offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea – two projects in Sweden and two in Finland.... Continue Reading →
Eni in Talks to Buy Neptune Energy for $5-6B
(Reuters) Eni is in preliminary talks to buy private-equity backed gas and oil producer Neptune Energy for around $5 billion -$6 billion, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, adding that no official bid had been submitted. Neptune produces around 130,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), three-quarters of which is gas. It has operations... Continue Reading →
Perenco makes pre-salt oil discovery offshore Congo-Brazzaville
(WO) Perenco has discovered oil with an exploratory well offshore Congo-Brazzaville, raising the prospect of a new geological play, the company said on Monday. The shallow water Pointe Noire Grand Fond (PNGF) Sud license of the privately owned French independent, whose portfolio is mainly weighted toward West Africa, said the well, Tchinem 1-01, targeted a... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind: BAR Targets U.S. Crew Transfer Vessel Deployment for 2024
(OE) Marine engineering consultancy, BAR Technologies (BAR), said Wednesday that its low-emission crew transfer vessel (CTV) design, the BARTech 30, will be available for the first U.S. offshore wind projects in 2024, following quotes at several U.S. shipyards. BAR said Wednesday it was meeting with the U.S. offshore wind vessel supply chain at a workboat... Continue Reading →
First gas flows from BP’s ‘biggest offshore facility’ in Trinidad and Tobago
BP’s subsidiary, bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), has started production from its Cassia Compression (Cassia C) development project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Located 57 kilometres off the southeast coast of Trinidad, the Cassia C platform is BP’s 16th offshore facility in Trinidad and Tobago. The first gas from the facility was previously expected in 3Q 2021 but the... Continue Reading →
Economic headwinds set to push oil below $100 in 2023
(Reuters) - Brent oil prices will hold above the $100 level for the rest of 2022 as an impending EU ban on Russian oil sparks uncertainty over supply, but will tick lower next year as economic concerns prevail, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. A survey of 38 economists and analysts forecast benchmark Brent crude... Continue Reading →