(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 →
Excelerate Energy FSRU Starts Operations in Brazil
(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 →
Petrobras on the result of an exploratory well in the Santos Basin
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 →
VIBRA ENERGIA WANTS TO SELL ES GAS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022
(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 →
Pre-salt and the New Gas Law are growth opportunities for the Brazilian pipeline sector
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 AUTHORIZED TO BUILD SOUTH GAS TERMINAL
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 →
Petrobras – Highlights on production and sales in 3Q21
Petrobras - In 3Q21, we continued to operate safely and with a solid performance, still with a differentiated regime and special protocols due to the pandemic scenario, but with a gradual increase in the number of people on board. The average production of oil, LGN and natural gas reached 2.83 MMboed, 1.2% above 2Q21, mainly... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on environmental processes
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, in alignment with its ongoing contingency assessment process, it signed an agreement today in the scope of the three public civil actions investigating environmental damage resulting from the leakage of the Santa Catarina - Paraná (OSPAR) oil pipeline, which occurred on July 16, 2000, in the city of... Continue Reading →
Stronger Storms Test Aging U.S. Offshore Oil Platforms and Pipelines
(OE) Stronger hurricanes threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast energy hub are elevating the risks of oil spills from damage to area refineries, oil platforms and subsea pipelines, say experts. On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it was investigating nearly 350 reports of spills in and along the Gulf after Hurricane Ida hit. Federal and state agencies... Continue Reading →
EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says
(Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners submitted a binding offer worth several hundred million dollars on Monday for Petrobras' TBG and TSB natural gas pipelines in Brazil, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), as Brazil's state-run oil company is formally known, put its stakes... Continue Reading →