The Swedish Coast Guard has discovered a new gas leak on the Nord Stream pipelines that connect Russia and the European Union, representing the fourth one found this week. According to local media reports, the Swedes discovered the fourth leak on Nord Stream 2, near a larger leak discovered earlier on Nord Stream 1. Nord... Continue Reading →
Italian firm to build platform for gas project in Argentina
Italian contractor Rosetti Marino has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies for the construction of the Fenix project platform, which will be installed 60 km off the coast of Terra del Fuego in southern Argentina. This comes days after TotalEnergies announced a final investment decision for the Fenix gas development, the world’s southernmost gas project. TotalEnergies and... Continue Reading →
Final investment decision on Equinor’s next Brazilian floater to come ‘soon’
(U) Equinor is set to sanction development of the giant Pao de Acucar gas condensate field on Block BM-C-33 in Brazil’s Campos basin, according to an executive with the Norwegian major. "It will be soon," Ana Serrano Onate, Equinor's senior vice president for petroleum technology, told Upstream when quizzed about the timing of a long-awaited... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Mexican regulator has no record of Pemex reporting methane leak, documents show
(Reuters) - Mexico's environmental regulator has no records of state oil company Pemex reporting a methane leak last December at the country's top oil field, according to the regulator's response to a freedom of information request filed by Reuters. "There are no records" of "a possible incident at the asset Ku-Maloob-Zaap in December 2021," regulator... Continue Reading →
Lula Has Big Petrobras Plans That Would Undo Privatization Push
(Bloomberg) -- Next week’s elections in Brazil pose a challenge to Petrobras investors. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner, has vowed to use the company as a vehicle for national development. Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who’s fighting for a come-from-behind upset, is proposing the complete opposite, with plans to privatize the state-run giant.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Route 3 Integrated Project
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/11/22, informs that it has terminated the contract with SPE Kerui-Método, responsible for the works of the Natural Gas Processing Units (UPGN) of the Itaboraí Gaslub Cluster. As a result of this fact, and in order to minimize impacts on the entry... Continue Reading →
Incoming Shell Boss Aims Fire up Renewables Drive
(Reuters) Shell's incoming Chief Executive Wael Sawan is set to accelerate the group's drive to build its renewable energy business, including through a possible "transformative" clean power acquisition, company and industry sources said. Sawan will from January take on a firm with a strong balance sheet after a surge in oil and gas prices, but... Continue Reading →
Argentina prepares bill to advance energy sector, including LNG exports
(Reuters) - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday said his government plans in coming days to submit legislation to the national congress that "would give certainty" to energy producers and help advance Argentina's liquefied natural gas (LNG) agenda. The Vaca Muerta shale basin, the world's second largest unconventional gas reserve and the fourth largest oil... Continue Reading →
Allseas to install 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline offshore Mexico
Allseas has won a contract with TC Energy (TCE) to install the offshore stretch of the Southeast Gateway Pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline will run south along the coast from Tuxpan through the Gulf of Mexico to Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bocas. Allseas’ scope covers engineering and construction, as well... Continue Reading →
Mexican leader offered cooperation on gas, says German president
(Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offered to help with a key fuel in high demand across Europe, the German president told reporters in the Mexican capital on Tuesday, amid a supply squeeze following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's head of state, made the comments following a meeting with Lopez... Continue Reading →