Fortune Business Insights, a market research company, expects the carbon capture and storage (CCS) market to grow to $7 billion by 2028 aided by rising investments in developing new alternatives for curbing the carbon footprint and achieving the energy transition goals and net-zero targets. The company expects the market to exhibit a CAGR of 19.5 per... Continue Reading →
Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian shipyard faces arbitration over allegations of breach and payment claims
The article has been amended on 28 December 2021, correcting the parts identifying Jurong Shipyard as “Brazilian wholly-owned subsidiary” to “wholly-owned subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard.“ (OM) Singapore-based offshore builder Sembcorp Marine has informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, is facing arbitration under four separate contracts due to allegations of a breach of contract and payment claims... Continue Reading →
Nauticus’ sea robots go public with SPAC merger
Nauticus Robotics, a Houston-based developer of cloud-based surface and subsea robots, and CleanTech Acquisition Corp. (CLAQ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Nauticus becoming a publicly listed company. The transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2022, has been approved... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on relevant shareholding position
Petróleo Brasileiro SA – Petrobras, in compliance with Article 12 of CVM Resolution No. 44, of 08/23/2021, informs that it was communicated by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., by Goldman Sachs International, and other subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., namely Goldman Sachs do Brasil Banco... Continue Reading →
Brazil: The end of the large pre-salt auctions
(Valor) The auction of the surplus volumes from the transfer of rights in Sépia and Atapu, carried out by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) on Friday, marked the end of the large pre-salt auctions. A survey shows that, eight years after the bidding for the Libra area (today Mero), the first round under the country's... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Market Set to Accelerate in North America
While many challenges remain to deliver the full promise of U.S. offshore wind, so too do opportunities. Robert Galinski, DNV’s Offshore Wind Director, Americas discusses the pace and direction of the U.S. offshore wind market from the perspective of class. (OE) While Robert Galinski has served as DNV’s Offshore Wind Director, Americas, for just about... Continue Reading →
Yinson, Enauta Pen LoI for Atlanta Field FPSO
Malaysian FPSO contractor Yinson has signed a Letter of Intent with the Brazilian oil company Enauta Energia for the provision, operation, and maintenance of an FPSO at Enauta's Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Enauta has been producing oil from the field using the FPSO Petrojarl I as an Early Production System, and has... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Results of the 2nd Bidding Round for the Transfer of Rights Surplus in the Production Sharing Agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has acquired the exploration and production rights of the volumes exceeding those of the Transfer of Rights in the Atapu and Sepia offshore fields in the 2nd Bidding Round for theTransfer of Rights surplus under the Production Sharing Regime, held today, by the National Agency of Petroleum,... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore completes US$620 million bridge loan for FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has secured a US$620 million bridge loan facility for the financing of the construction of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão. The FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão will be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Mero is a project under Libra Consortium responsibility, in which... Continue Reading →
Petrobras contracts a US$ 5 billion revolving credit line
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed, today, a revolving credit facility (RCF) in the amount of US$ 5 billion, maturing in December 2026, with the possibility of being extended in up to two years. The agreement, signed with 16 banks, allows the company to draw on the line until the month before... Continue Reading →