Brazil’s oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from three wells located on a field offshore Brazil and expects the production to stabilise over the incoming period. Enauta revealed on Wednesday that all three wells on the Atlanta field have come into operation. The company further elaborated that this field is in the process of commissioning... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Maroil takes over most of Venezuela’s petroleum coke trading
(Reuters) - Maroil Trading, owned by shipping tycoon Wilmer Ruperti, has taken over sales of almost all Venezuela's exports of petroleum coke, a move that could reduce sanctions risks for clients, according to documents and four sources close to the decision. The Geneva-based company has boosted exports and customers since signing a commercial pact with... Continue Reading →
Repsol Sinopec appoints new country president
(PN) Alejandro Ponce Bueno is the new president of the company in Brazil, taking over from Mariano Ferrari, who has been at the helm of the company since 2018 and will assume the presidency of Repsol Bolivia. Alejandro has extensive experience in the oil and gas sector, where he has been operating for over 20... Continue Reading →
McDermott Bags Significant Contract with TotalEnergies Offshore Angola
Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott International said Tuesday that it secured a "significant" with TotalEnergies EP Angola Block 17/06. McDermott defines a significant contract as between USD $250 million and $500 million. The contract is for engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation, pre-commissioning, and assistance to commissioning and start-up (EPSCI) on its Begonia project. The... Continue Reading →
New Floating Wind Joint Venture Launched on Iberian Peninsula
The Ireland-based floating wind developer Simply Blue Group and Spanish companies Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Ventures have formed a joint venture named IberBlue Wind with plans to develop 2 GW of floating offshore wind capacity in Spain and Portugal. According to the new project development company, IberBlue Wind has the capacity to take... Continue Reading →
World’s largest offshore wind farm first to use low-carbon copper for HVDC cables
NKT is set to produce the HVDC power cables for the Dogger Bank C offshore wind project using low-carbon copper, representing the world’s first. The initiative is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of the cables by more than 35 per cent. The low-carbon copper cathodes are sourced from the Boliden Aitik mine in Northern... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Exxon boosts Guyana oil output, undecided on future auction bid
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is uncertain whether it will bid for new offshore areas Guyana wants to explore, a person close to the matter said, as the oil major ramps up production faster than expected and the South American country wrestles with fixing terms of new oil leases. An Exxon-led consortium discovered oil in the... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum on acquisition of participation in 3R Offshore
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3:RRRP3), in accordance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, informs its investors and the market in general that, at a Board of Directors Meeting held on September 8, 2022, was approved the acquisition of shares representing 15% of the capital of 3R Petroleum Offshore S.A.... Continue Reading →
Brazil to export record volume of ethanol to Europe this year -S&P Global
(Reuters) - Brazil's ethanol exports to Europe are set to reach a record high this year, as foreign markets look more appealing than domestic, according to an analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. This year through August, Brazil shipped about 427 million liters of ethanol to Europe, 435% above the figures from the same period... Continue Reading →
Equinor Releases “Energy Perpectives 2022”
Energy Perspectives 2022: Long-term development in the world’s energy markets and how politics, technologies, companies, and consumers can influence it, is an overarching theme of the energy transition. (OE) With inflation raging, geopolitical disruption and resultant energy security concerts, and continued logistics woes, the table is set for Equinor to deliver its insights on energy courtesy... Continue Reading →