(Reuters) - Ecuador's oil output has almost fully recovered after pipeline maintenance to repair erosion in the Andean country's Amazon region caused production to dwindle to less than 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), the energy ministry said. The erosion, a naturally occurring phenomenon along the Coca River, forced a halt to pumping in the SOTE... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez will sign a decree in the next few weeks to push forward construction of a major new gas pipeline system in the country's huge Vaca Muerta shale formation, a government source told Reuters, a key move to boost gas exports. The timeline and plans for a decree, previously unreported,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The United States is set to become the world's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2022, surpassing Qatar and Australia, and may hold that title for years to come. In a year when China and other large economies in Europe and Asia scrambled to source enough supply for heating and power generation,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Erosion in the Amazon region has ruptured Ecuador's state-owned pipeline SOTE, the same problem that led to its shutdown last week, the Energy Ministry said on Tuesday. The collapse in the pipeline's tubing did not cause any environmental damage given it was empty following its suspension, along with the privately-owned OCP pipeline, last... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) expects to sign a deal to sell its TBG natural gas pipeline unit next year, Chief Strategy Officer Rafael Chaves said during a presentation to a Rio de Janeiro industry group on Monday. In August, Reuters reported U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners made a... Continue Reading →
(OE) Excelerate Energy has started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil. Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173,400 cubic meters, is providing regasification services at TR-BA. The terminal has a regasification capacity of... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it won the bidding for the leasing of the port facility for storage and handling of fuels, called STS08A in the Porto de Santos, held by the National Agency for Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ) this Friday (11/19), in São Paulo. The company offered R$558 million for the area and... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Vibra Energia (former BR Distribuidora) plans to sell the Espírito Santo government's stake in ES Gas, the disinvestment in the state distributor is scheduled for the first half of 2022, said the company's president, Wilson Ferreira Jr.. In September, the state government signed a contract with BNDES to carry out studies aimed at modeling... Continue Reading →
The pipeline sector has great potential for expansion with the opening of the natural gas market and greater pre-salt production, in addition to being a transport alternative that allows the movement of large volumes of fuel with lower gas emissions. The president of the IBP, Eberaldo de Almeida Neto, highlighted that Petrobras' divestments in the... Continue Reading →
New Fortress Energy received approval from ANP for the construction of the South Gas Terminal, in Babitonga Bay, in Santa Catarina. Incorporated into the company's portfolio after the acquisition of Golar Power, the project had been awaiting authorization from the agency since February and is expected to start operating in the first quarter of 2022.... Continue Reading →
