(OET) U.S. energy company New Fortress Energy (NFE) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 1.6 GW capacity reserve contract (PortoCem PPA) from Ceiba Energy that will be transferred to new power assets connected to NFE’s existing LNG terminals in Brazil, enabling NFE to become “leading LNG-to-power company” in the country. According to NFE, the... Continue Reading →
New Fortress Energy Takes Delivery of Energos Celsius FSRU
(OE) Seatrium has delivered a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Energos Celsius to New Fortress Energy (NFE), one of the world’s leading LNG project developers. Energos Celsius is owned by Energos Infrastructure, a global marine infrastructure platform backed by Apollo funds and NFE, and the vessel is on long-term charter to NFE in Brazil.... Continue Reading →
New Fortress Energy’s TGS LNG terminal in Brazil ready for operations
(OET) U.S. energy major New Fortress Energy (NFE) has revealed that the construction of its Santa Catarina (TGS) terminal in Brazil is complete, and the company is looking forward to the arrival of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Energos Winter in January 2024. The first LNG terminal in the south of the country,... Continue Reading →
NNPC teams up with Wison for floating LNG project in Nigeria
Wison (Nantong) Heavy Industry, an affiliate of Wison Offshore & Marine (WOM), has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the development of a floating LNG project in Nigeria, targeting the international LNG market. Wison and NNPC signed the MoU at COP28 in Dubai on December 6, 2023.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras approves Strategic Plan 2024-2028+
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, at a meeting held today, the Strategic Plan for the five-year period 2024-2028 (SP 2024-28+), planning to invest US$ 102 billion over the next five years. The first plan of this administration, the SP 2024-28+ aims to prepare Petrobras for the future and... Continue Reading →
Venezuela close to approving offshore gas license with Trinidad, Shell
(Reuters) - Venezuela is close to approving a license for Shell (SHEL.L) and the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago to develop a promising offshore natural gas field and export its production to the Caribbean country, two people close to the matter said. The license could set in motion a long-running effort by Trinidad to boost... Continue Reading →
NFE closes asset-based financing to fully fund its Barcarena, Brazil power plant
(OET) U.S. energy infrastructure company New Fortress Energy (NFE) has executed definitive agreements with the Brazilian development bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) and funds managed by Lumina Capital Management and BTG Asset Management to fund up to $575 million in asset-based financing. According to NFE, these financings will be used to... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Pemex, New Fortress Energy scrap deepwater gas project -sources
(Reuters) - Mexican state energy company Pemex and U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company New Fortress Energy (NFE.O) have terminated a deal to develop potentially the country's first deepwater natural gas project that was signed a year ago, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Now Pemex wants to continue with the development of the Lakach... Continue Reading →
Kosmos Energy Becomes Operator of ‘World-Scale’ Senegal Offshore Discoveries as BP Exits
Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy said Monday it had increased its working interest to 90% and assumed operatorship of the "world-scale " Yakaar-Teranga gas discoveries offshore Senegal. The increase in working interest follows BP’s exit from the field. According to Kosmos Energy, Yakaar-Teranga is one of the world’s largest gas discoveries in recent years... Continue Reading →
New Fortress to charter FSRU for LNG import terminal in Brazil
(Reuters) - Liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer New Fortress Energy (NFE.O) said on Monday it has signed a deal to charter a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) from Brazil's Petrobras (PETR4.SA) starting in December. The company said FSRU Energos Winter will be immediately deployed to Terminal Gas Sul (TGS), New Fortress' newest LNG import terminal in Santa Catarina,... Continue Reading →