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Dec. 17 (Reuters) The Trump administration is reviewing whether to send the Interior Department's Biden-era approval of a Virginia offshore wind project back to the agency for reconsideration, according to a court document filed on Wednesday. The agency is conducting a review of offshore wind leases to comply with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's July order to end preferential treatment... Continue Reading →
December 15, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has been notified by Novonor S.A. – Em Recuperação Judicial (“Novonor”) and NSP Investimentos S.A. (“NSP Inv.”), a subsidiary of Novonor, regarding the execution of an “Exclusivity Agreement with Shine I Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios de Responsabilidade Limitada (‘FIDC’), a credit... Continue Reading →
Dec. 9 (offshoreWIND.biz) A federal judge has struck down the US President Donald Trump’s indefinite halt of all federal approvals and permitting for new wind energy projects. In a ruling on 8 December, Judge Patti Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favour of 17 US states and the... Continue Reading →
Dec. 3 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal court to remand the federal approval of the New England Wind offshore wind project to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which issued it last year and now wants to conduct further review, according to a filing submitted on 2 December... Continue Reading →
Dec. 1 (splash247.com) Seatrium has escalated its dispute with Maersk Offshore Wind’s affiliate Phoenix II, launching arbitration over the abrupt cancellation of a near-complete wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) originally contracted at $475m. The Singapore yard filed its notice of arbitration on 28 November under London Maritime Arbitrators Association terms, seeking a ruling that Phoenix... Continue Reading →
Nov. 24 (oilnow.gy) Staatsolie launched its new Open-Door Offering this morning, creating new opportunities for exploration and production companies to enter the Suriname-Guyana Basin. The initiative was formally announced by Managing Director Annand Jagesar, who stated, “This initiative opens new opportunities for exploration and production companies and aims to maintain a high level of exploration activities offshore... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (agenciagov.ebc.com.br) The Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, announced that the decree regulating Laws No. 14,948/2024 and No. 14,990/2024, which structure the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen in Brazil, should be signed next week. The publication consolidates essential guidelines for the development of this new energy frontier, positioning the country at the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 14 (Reuters) U.S. private equity firm Carlyle is exploring options to buy Russian oil major Lukoil's LKOH.MM foreign assets, three sources familiar with the situation said. The U.S. has hit Lukoil with sanctions as part of its effort to bring the Kremlin to peace talks over Ukraine, and has blocked Lukoil's attempt to sell... Continue Reading →
Nov. 6 (offshoreWIND.biz) A US federal judge has ruled in favour of the motion filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in an ongoing case in Massachusetts, which requested that the case be paused as they will voluntarily remand the approval given to the SouthCoast Wind project earlier,... Continue Reading →
Nov. 4 (offshore-energy.biz) CGX, a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company focused on oil exploration in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, has entered into a loan agreement with a subsidiary of Frontera Energy Corporation, its joint venture partner in a petroleum prospecting license for a block offshore Guyana. Thanks to a senior secured loan facility secured with... Continue Reading →
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