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June 18 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US Department of the Interior (DOI) said on 17 June that it had reached an agreement with Invenergy under which the developer will relinquish four offshore wind leases in exchange for a USD 765 million (approximately EUR 664 million) reimbursement and redirect the capital into natural gas and geothermal energy projects.... Continue Reading →
June 16, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Fact published on 03/05/2026 and the Communication on 04/16/2026, informs that it will carry out, on 06/22/2026, the payment of the second installment of remuneration to shareholders related to the fourth quarter of 2025, with the shareholder position of 04/22/2026 as... Continue Reading →
June 15 - OceanPact has signed a R$ 443.7 million contract with Petrobras to perform specialized services for the removal and recovery of flexible pipelines as part of the decommissioning of offshore production units. The work will be carried out on the risers of the P-18 platform, located in the Marlim Field, Campos Basin. The... Continue Reading →
June 12 (Reuters) - Brazilian refineries sold over 100 million liters of naphtha to a firm investigated in an alleged fraud scheme involving a criminal gang designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, according to a person close to the matter and documents seen by Reuters. One major supplier was Riograndense, a refinery in... Continue Reading →
June 10 (Reuters) Britain has offered grid connections to more than 700 projects, the country's power planning body said on Wednesday, under a reformed allocation system expected to help unlock up to £40 billion in annual clean power investment. The allocations follow recent reforms replacing a "first come, first served" connection system that had led to bottlenecks, said... Continue Reading →
June 9 (Reuters) - Norway's parliament on Tuesday ordered the government to review its planned subsidy for the country's first commercial floating offshore wind farm, raising concerns of a full development stop and a wider impact on energy transition projects. A proposal by the opposition Conservative Party seeking financial scrutiny of a 35 billion Norwegian... Continue Reading →
June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil on Tuesday reported $4.67 billion in profit from its Guyana operations in 2025, slightly lower than the previous year when oil prices were weaker. Exxon leads the consortium that produces all of Guyana's oil output and currently produces more than 900,000 barrels per day from the country.... Continue Reading →
June 8 (oilnow.gy) Going back to Venezuela might be a stretch for big oil with other more attractive places nearby like Guyana. That was the assessment from Texas-based energy attorney Ted Borrego in an S&P Global article published May 20, as analysts weighed whether Venezuela’s planned debt restructuring could eventually reopen the door to major... Continue Reading →
June 8 - Petrobras has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Murphy Oil Corp., its partner in operations in the Gulf of Mexico. In a lawsuit filed in a Texas court, the Brazilian state-owned company alleges that it has identified more than US$5 million in expenses improperly charged by the American company. Petrobras... Continue Reading →
June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. designation of Brazil's biggest criminal groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) starting Friday is likely to increase the risks and costs of doing business in a country where gangs have had years to penetrate the formal economy. The two biggest Brazilian crime syndicates, the Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro... Continue Reading →
