(PetroNoticias) EIG Global Energy Partners concluded the sale of its 27.5% stake in Transportadora Gasoduto Bolivia-Brasil (TBG). The stake was negotiated with the Belgian group Fluxys, active in the natural gas infrastructure sector. The deal was announced by the two companies in January this year, but the transaction figures have not been revealed. With the... Continue Reading →
Clean Crude? Oil Companies use Offsets to Claim Green Barrels
In January, Occidental Petroleum announced it had accomplished something no oil company had done before: It sold a shipload of crude that it said was 100% carbon-neutral. While the two-million-barrel cargo to India was destined to produce more than a million tons of planet-warming carbon over its lifecycle, from well to tailpipe, the Texas-based driller... Continue Reading →
New Fortress Energy Completes Acquisition of Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. and Golar LNG Partners, LP
-(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Fortress Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: NFE) (“NFE”) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. (“Hygo”), a 50-50 joint venture between Golar LNG Limited (Nasdaq: GLNG) (“GLNG”) and Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund II Cayman (G) Ltd., a fund managed by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners (“Stonepeak”), for 31,372,549 shares of NFE and $580... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on leasing of the LNG Regasification Terminal
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on October 1, 2020, informs that it published today the Call for the second bidding process to lease the Bahia LNG Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) and associated facilities, in the State of Bahia, in line with the Agreement for the natural gas market, entered into... Continue Reading →
GeoPark Announces First Quarter 2021 Operational Update
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, today announced its operational update for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 (“1Q2021”). All figures are expressed in US Dollars. Growth... Continue Reading →
Tullow Oil outlines path to net-zero by 2030
UK-based oil and gas company Tullow Oil has committed to becoming a net-zero company by 2030 on its Scope 1 and 2 emissions through a combination of asset decarbonisation and carbon offsetting program. Announcing its commitment to become a net-zero company, Tullow has recently said it will achieve this through a combination of decarbonising its... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil still testing Liza FPSO after compressor repairs
Oil major ExxonMobil is in the final stages of testing the flash gas compression system on the Liza Destiny FPSO following technical issues and subsequent repairs. As previously reported, ExxonMobil started experiencing technical issues with the gas compressor on the SBM Offshore-owned FPSO Liza Destiny, which is working on the Liza field offshore Guyana, in January 2021. The... Continue Reading →
Equinor sees Brazil’s Peregrino oilfield restarting in H1
(Reuters) - Equinor’s Peregrino oilfield off the coast of Brazil is on track to restart in the first half of this year following several delays, a spokesman said on Monday. The heavy oil field in the Campos basin was shut in April last year due to a rupture of a so-called riser at the Peregrino... Continue Reading →
Offshore gas pipeline that will be built by Equinor, will link FPSO to Cabiúnas Terminal, in Macaé, bringing business and jobs to the region
The Norwegian oil company Equinor recently decided on the concept of area development for block BM-C-33 in the Campos Basin. One of the main points of Equinor's undertaking will be the construction of an offshore pipeline, which will connect the platform vessel (FPSO) from the field to a gas receiving installation at the Cabiúnas Terminal,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Gaspetro’s exit from Gasmar
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has entered into, together with its subsidiary Petrobras Gás S.A. ("Gaspetro"), an instrument of transaction to put an end of a pending legal dispute with Termogás S.A. ("Termogás"). This instrument allows Termogás to acquire shares of Companhia Maranhense de Gás ("Gasmar") held by Gaspetro, which corresponds to... Continue Reading →