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(Reuters) - Petrobras (BVMF:PETR4) came out as the big winner in an auction of exploratory oil and gas blocks this Friday, winning as operator three of the four pre-salt blocks negotiated, out of a total of eleven offered under a new competitive model of permanent offer. Petrobras took Água-Marinha and Sudoeste de Sagitário as operator... Continue Reading →
(OET) Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, has outlined that 2022 will have the highest floating production system (FPS) throughput capacity sanctioned since 2010, despite major project delays caused by multiple factors, including the supply chain inflationary pressure, which remains a concern in the future as well. Within its review of the... Continue Reading →
(TN) Ocyan S.A. announced the creation of a new company (DrillCo), which will concentrate its drilling activities with its current five rigs, ODN I, ODN II, Norbe VI, Norbe VIII and Norbe IX – that will form part of the new company's fleet. The new corporate structure is born in the context of the restructuring... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Spanish oil company Repsol (REP.MC) said on Friday it was buying renewable energy firm Asterion Energies, which has assets in Spain, Italy and France, for 560 million euros ($596 million) plus contingent payments of up to 20 million euros. Three sources with knowledge of the matter had told Reuters in October that both Repsol and French utility... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) South Korea's Hanwha Group has signed an agreement to take over Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Daewoo Shipbuilding said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The deal comes after the two parties signed a tentative agreement in September in which affiliates of Hanwha Group, including Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd., said they would invest 2... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA needs to invest more in natural gas and set a path to return to its former role as an integrated energy provider, one of the top prospects to be Petrobras CEO told Reuters in an interview. Magda Chambriard, a former Brazil oil regulator, also said she does not... Continue Reading →
Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer Strohm has completed the largest funding round in the company’s 15-year history by securing a €15 million investment to support its TCP solutions. The €15 million investment includes a €10 million commitment made by ING Corporate Investments (a 100% subsidiary of ING Bank), the Netherlands’ largest financial institution, as... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA is struggling to get a license that it needs to drill the ultra-deep waters of the Foz do Rio Amazonas Basin this year as planned, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Petrobras has been spending millions of dollars a day to mobilize personnel and... Continue Reading →
(TN) Brazilian oilfield services player Ocyan has secured a trio of contracts with Petrobras. The drilling services company participated in the oil company's bid to charter deepwater drilling units. Of the 12 units in dispute, in the three proposed lots, Ocyan won in lot 2 with two assets (ODNI I and ODN II) and in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentina has secured financing of $689 million from Brazilian state development bank BNDES for the second stage of a crucial natural gas pipeline in the huge Vaca Muerta shale region, energy secretary Flavia Royon said on Monday. The pipeline, which will hugely increase the country's gas transport capacity, will help Argentina "to achieve... Continue Reading →
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