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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that it has begun the procedures for the start-up of the largest natural gas processing unit (UPGN) in Brazil, located in Itaboraí, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. On September 9th, the company obtained authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) for... Continue Reading →
(OE) BP has entered into an agreement with Perenco T&T to divest its Immortelle, Flamboyant, Amherstia and Cashima offshore gas fields and associated production facilities, as well the undeveloped resources from the Parang field in Trinidad and Tobago. BP Trinidad and Tobago operates and currently is the sole owner in each of the assets included... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has put the finishing touches on its assignment at a gas-to-energy (GtE) project off Guyana’s Atlantic coast, which is envisioned to enable infrastructure buildout required to allow for natural gas to be transported from an oilfield in the waters of the prolific Stabroek Block to an integrated natural gas... Continue Reading →
(OE) TotalEnergies has launched a pilot project consisting of a floating wind turbine to supply renewable power to the Culzean offshore platform in the UK North Sea. Culzean is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas condensate field located in Block 22/25a in the East Central Graben area. The 3MW floating wind turbine will be located 2km west... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Given the rising expectations about oil and gas, especially liquified natural gas (LNG), being in demand even after 2050, entwining innovation and technology arms is increasingly being recognized as the right recipe to not only unleash untapped low-carbon barrels but also unlock the gates of green power. Japan’s MODEC and the UK-based Altera Infrastructure... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras will do what it can to reduce the reinjection of natural gas into oil wells, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard said on Wednesday. The government published a decree on Monday authorizing the oil regulator ANP to order oil companies to reduce the reinjection to increase the supply of gas and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), Asia's largest oil and gas producer, has over the past three decades built a global portfolio with assets in 33 countries. The company's overseas production exceeded 100 million metric tons, or 2 million barrels per day of oil equivalent, for the first time in 2019 and has since... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - China's Sinopec posted a 2.6% rise in net profit for the first half of the year as record oil and gas output compensated for falling domestic demand for refined fuel and petrochemicals. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., as Sinopec is officially known, reported on Sunday a net income of 37.1 billion yuan ($5.21... Continue Reading →
(OilNow..gy) Guyana’s next Stabroek Block development could potentially be ExxonMobil’s Longtail discovery, Vickram Bharrat, the country’s Minister of Natural Resources said. “They are already moving ahead with Hammerhead, and we have heard talks that Longtail will come after that,” he said. The Longtail-1 discovery in the Stabroek Block was drilled in 2018, encountering approximately 256... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has been tasked with putting all the pieces in place for the development of a gas project off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to an engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), hook-up, and commissioning contract with Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered... Continue Reading →
