(Reuters) - Soaring natural gas prices have made hydrogen produced from fossil fuels increasingly uneconomic and spurred more than $70 billion of new investment in hydrogen from renewables since war broke out in Ukraine, a report said on Thursday. So-called green or clean hydrogen is made using electrolyzers powered by renewable energy to split water from oxygen,... Continue Reading →
Green hydrogen seen competing with LNG within a decade
(EV) The cost of clean hydrogen will fall to that of liquefied natural gas in a decade as global efforts to replace fossil fuels accelerate, according to Europe’s biggest operator of gas infrastructure. “Green hydrogen today is not economically competitive against alternative energy sources, which will not be the case in 10 years’ time,” Thomas... Continue Reading →
BP to Form Global Floating Wind Team
(OW) BP is advertising a new opening in its offshore wind business, this time looking for the Head of Floating Offshore Wind, who will develop and lead its global floating offshore wind team from BP’s base in the UK. The company participated in public discussions on California’s (floating) offshore windBP is also exploring floating wind as... Continue Reading →
Ecuador expects to choose contractor for Amistad gas field output expansion
(Reuters) - Petroecuador expects to soon award a contract to expand production from the country's vast Amistad offshore gas field, Ecuadorean state oil firm company said late on Thursday. Following failed previous attempts to find an investor, Petroecuador in June launched a new competitive process to select a contractor for Amistad, in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of Petrobras Operaciones S.A.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of 100% of its stake in Petrobras Operaciones S.A. (POSA), Petrobras' wholly owned subsidiary in Argentina, which holds a 33.6% stake in the Rio Neuquén Field. The teaser, which contains the key information about the opportunity, as... Continue Reading →
Ecuador to Launch Auction for Offshore Blocks in 2024
(Reuters) Ecuador is planning to offer, most likely in 2024, blocks for offshore exploration and production of natural gas at the Gulf of Guayaquil, following auctions for onshore areas to be completed next year, Energy Minister Xavier Vera said on Monday. Vera expects to greenlight a proposal in the coming months once blocks are defined... Continue Reading →
Porto do Açu foresees R$ 22 billion in investments and wants to be the largest offshore wind energy hub in South America
Fifteen years and R$ 20 billion later, Porto do Açu, a mega-complex port-industry is already among the ten largest in the country in terms of cargo handled. It has already contracted over R$ 22 billion in investments over the next five years. Prumo Logística, owner of the venture, controlled by the American fund EIG, is... Continue Reading →
Eneva negotiates entry into offshore natural gas fields in Sergipe
(epbr) Eneva is considering buying stakes in large offshore natural gas discoveries in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The epbr agency found that the agreement is not yet closed, but Eneva's interest is to enter the assets, under Petrobras operation, to increase the share of national gas available in its commercialization and development of new business portfolio.... Continue Reading →
Allseas vessels to lay Southeast Gateway gas pipeline offshore Mexico
(OM) TC Energy has contracted Allseas to install a 36-inch offshore pipeline delivering gas to southeast Mexico. The Southeast Gateway line will run about 700 km south along the coast from Tuxpan connecting the ports of Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bocas. This is also the first major natural gas infrastructure project commissioned by the alliance between TC Energy... Continue Reading →
PRIO Sept. 22 Operational Data
Petro Rio S.A. (“PRIO”), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of September. Obs:(1) The MUP3A well, in the Frade Field, had its production temporarily interrupted due to a failure in the completion equipment, and will be repaired during the fourth quarter. (2) Manati... Continue Reading →
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