(PetroleoHoje) Hygo (formerly Golar Power) and Aruanã Energia plan to build two LNG facilities at the Port of Suape, in Pernambuco. Under analysis by the ANP, the projects foresee the use of the same area in the port, which motivated the agency's letter asking for clarification from the Suape administration. This is the Multiple Use... Continue Reading →
Brazil sees power generation at limit in November due to drought
(Reuters) - Brazil's national power grid operator (ONS) said on Friday that severe drought is likely to push the country's power generation capacity to its absolute limit by November, as hydroelectric plants struggle with the water shortages. Latin America's biggest economy is facing its worst drought in almost a century, which is disrupting hydroelectric dams... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Highlights on production and sales in 2Q21
In 2Q21, we continued to operate safely and had a solid operating performance, despite the persistence of the pandemic scenario. The average production of oil, NGL and natural gas reached 2.80 MMboed, 1.1% above 1Q21, due to the continued ramp-up of platforms P-68 (Berbigão and Sururu fields) and P-70 (Atapu field). Production in the pre-salt... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies and Technip to decarbonise LNG and offshore facilities
French energy major TotalEnergies and energy transition company Technip Energies have teamed up to decarbonise LNG plants and offshore facilities for the energy transition push. The companies signed a technical cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the energy transition. Under the agreement, they will explore new concepts and technologies to cover LNG plants and offshore-type... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes posts 2Q loss despite signs of global economic recovery
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported a loss in the second quarter of the year regardless of the company posting an increase in orders and revenues. In its second quarter of 2021 report on Wednesday, Baker Hughes said that its orders in the quarter were $5.1 billion, up 12 per cent sequentially and up four per... Continue Reading →
Océole: New Floating Wind Player Formed in France
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has teamed up with RES and Green Giraffe to form Océole, a company dedicated to developing floating offshore wind in France. Océole will evaluate and work towards submitting bids in the upcoming floating offshore wind tenders held by the French government, Equinor said Tuesday. "Establishing this partnership is in line with... Continue Reading →
Ports supplied by offshore wind are preferred models for green hydrogen in Brazil
(epbr) The investments announced for the construction of plants producing green hydrogen (H2V) in Brazil already total more than US$ 22 billion, all concentrated in ports — Pecém, in Ceará, Suape, in Pernambuco, and Açu, in Rio de Janeiro. These ports combine a series of strategic factors for the development of the new H2V chain,... Continue Reading →
Energy transition takes spotlight in Aker Solutions’ record orderbook
Aker Solutions reported an order intake of NOK 12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2021, said to be the strongest in several years, of which about 60% is related to energy transition work. Aker Solutions saw its orderbook go up almost 30% in Q2 2021 compared to the same period last year, equaling 1.8... Continue Reading →
Looming loss piles pressure on turbine maker Siemens Gamesa
(Reuters) - Shares in Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) fell more than 18% on Thursday after the wind turbine maker's second profit warning in less than three months due to spiralling raw materials prices and the cost of delivering its new onshore platform. The warning of a possible loss this year had a knock-on effect on parent Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE),... Continue Reading →
BEHYOND project developing new offshore wind-to-hydrogen system
EDP and TechnipFMC, together with research partners, have launched a joint project to develop a conceptual engineering and economic feasibility study for a new offshore system for green hydrogen production from offshore wind power. The goal of the project – called BEHYOND and supported by the Blue Growth Programme of the European Economic Area Financial... Continue Reading →