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Jesper Skjong, Contributor (OE) There are solid underlying fundamentals that are driving the increased vessel demand, chief among them is the increased offshore upstream investment on a global level. Overall, spending on exploration and production is set to increase roughly 45% from 2021 to 2025, reaching a total of almost $200 billion in the latter year.... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) A consortium gathering 17 partners from eight European countries has started working on a project, dubbed Floatfarm, with a goal to lower the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind through solutions such as shared mooring and anchoring, and to reduce the impact of floating wind farms on marine wildlife. Funded by the... Continue Reading →
(Oil Now) Cost recovery for investments into the Stabroek Block petroleum operations are set to accumulate to approximately US$31 billion by the end of 2024. The Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement, inked by the Guyana government, ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC, allows the co-venturers to recover investments by taking up to 75% of annual production as... Continue Reading →
(Zack's) Petrobras PBR, a Brazilian oil and gas company, in partnership with Colombia-based integrated oil and gas company Ecopetrol S.A. EC, has commenced the drilling of the Uchuva-2 well in the Tayrona block, located offshore Colombia’s Caribbean coast. This move is part of a broader strategy to boost Colombia's natural gas reserves and enhance the country's energy security.... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Germany’s Federal Network Agency has awarded 2.5 GW of offshore wind across two areas in its latest auction that saw two bidders collectively pay EUR 3 billion for the opportunity to develop in the North Sea. EnBW has secured the 1 GW N-12.3 area in the German North Sea. The company won the site at... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) California-based floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, has secured USD 4 million (approximately EUR 3.7 million) in seed funding to advance its platform technology and establish pilot projects. The financing was led by Azolla Ventures with participation from Propeller Ventures, Sabanci Climate Ventures, Cisco Foundation, Anthropocene Ventures, and others. Aikido said that it will... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) U.S. firm Fulcrum LNG was selected to help Guyana develop a plan to design, finance, construct and operate a natural gas processing facility in the South American country, President Irfaan Ali said on Thursday. The company's proposal was selected from among 17 submitted to Guyana for the gas project. Fulcrum will work with Guyana... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP has agreed to buy grain trader Bunge's 50% stake in Brazilian sugar and ethanol joint venture BP Bunge Bioenergia for $1.4 billion in a bet on growing demand for low-carbon biofuels. Following the completion of the deal, expected by end-2024, BP will take full ownership of Bioenergia which has production capacity of around 50,000... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The chief executive of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab, Madga Chambriard, said the country's president asked her to work toward boosting the nation's economy while maintaining profitability at the oil firm. Chambriard, who took over as the state-run company's top executive after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired the former CEO in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts/Communications published on 03/07/2024, 04/25/2024, 05/02/2024 and 06/13/2024, informs that will pay today the second installment of dividends relating to the balance sheet of December 31, 2023. The gross amount to be distributed today, in the form of dividends, is R$ 1,46934144 per ordinary and ... Continue Reading →
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