(OE) Malaysia-based offshore services firm Sapura Energy has officially changed its name to Vantris Energy, to reflect the cumulative effort the company has made in its corporate transformation. This name change follows shareholder approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on 30 July 2025. The new name takes effect on 1 August 2025, following... Continue Reading →
Oil shipments from Brazil to US to resume after tariff exemption, says lobby group
July 30 (Reuters) - Energy companies operating in Brazil are expected to resume oil shipments to the United States after several oil products were exempted from U.S. tariffs, the head of Brazilian oil lobby group IBP told Reuters on Wednesday. Oil is Brazil's top export to the U.S. and was exempt from the 10% April... Continue Reading →
EnerMech Nets BP’s Services Contract Extension off Trinidad & Tobago
(OE) July 31 - Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a two-year contract extension by BP Trinidad & Tobago to continue providing crane operations on the operator’s 12 offshore platforms in the Caribbean country. Project scope includes crane operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, minor modifications, and offshore audits, while EnerMech must also provide... Continue Reading →
MODEC Gets ABS Nod for Floating Wind Turbine Design
(OE) MODEC has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its floating wind turbine concept, the i-TLP2. With its tension leg platform (TLP)-oriented features, the i-TLP2 is said to minimize floater motions and seabed footprint. It incorporates significant improvements from the first-generation MODEC TLP, enabling rapid construction and... Continue Reading →
Shell profit drops by almost a third on lower prices, but beats expectations
July 31 (Reuters) - Shell's second-quarter net profit tumbled by almost a third on Thursday, dragged down by a drop in oil prices, lower gas trading results and outage-related losses from its chemicals operations, but it still easily beat analysts' forecasts. The oil major, meanwhile, said it would maintain the pace of its share buyback programme... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ oil and natural gas production increases 5% to 2.9 million barrels in the second quarter of 2025
July 29, 2025 - Petrobras average production of oil, NGL and natural gas was 2.91 MMboed in 2Q25, 5.0% higher than 1Q25. This performance was mainly due to the ramp-up of FPSOs Almirante Tamandaré, in Búzios field, Maria Quitéria, in Jubarte field, Anita Garibaldi and Anna Nery, in Marlim and Voador fields, to Marechal Duque... Continue Reading →
DNV and ABS Give Dual Nod to Wison’s Floating Wind Foundation Designs
(offshoreWIND.biz) DNV and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) have issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for Wison New Energies’ w.TLP and w.semi floating offshore wind foundation technology. In June, the company’s W.TLP foundation, designed for 12 MW turbines, was granted AiP certification by ABS. Featuring a tension leg platform (TLP) configuration, the design addresses the... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Pemex swings to net profit, helped by peso recovery
July 28 (Reuters) - Mexican state energy company Pemex on Monday reported a net profit of 59.52 billion pesos ($3.17 billion) for the second quarter of this year, helped largely by a more favorable exchange rate. Like most of its Latin American peers, Pemex is essentially a dollar-denominated state company, including for the vast majority... Continue Reading →
Portugal to invest $466 million to boost grid management, battery storage after outage
July 28 (Reuters) - The Portuguese government plans to invest up to 400 million euros ($466 million) to improve grid management and boost battery storage following a massive blackout across Spain and Portugal in April. Energy Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho said on Monday about 137 million euros of the investment would go towards improving the operational... Continue Reading →
Wind turbine maker Nordex posts Q2 earnings above consensus
July 28 (Reuters) - Wind turbine maker Nordex on Monday reported second quarter core earnings that were above analysts' consensus forecasts. The German onshore wind turbine company posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of 108.2 million euros ($127.09 million), above analyst expectations of 102 million euros in a company-compiled consensus. That was up... Continue Reading →