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Petro Rio S.A. (PRIO), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of August. Obs:(1) The Frade Field’s production was impacted 9-day shutdown in the month of August.
Companies in the renewables energy business have set out to determine whether a green ammonia floating production vessel can be deployed on certain offshore wind locations. Norway-based H2Carrier AS, developer of the unique P2XFloater concept, said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian state-owned hydropower company Statkraft for the study. H2Carrier recently... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) TotalEnergies has lodged its production license application for Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, the national petroleum regulator said on Tuesday, before a deadline expired which might have seen the oil major forfeit its right to develop the huge discovery. TotalEnergies discovered two large gas fields, Brulpadda and Luiperd, in offshore block 11B/12B about 175... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) plans to invest around 4.5 billion euros ($4.47 billion) in upstream activities each year from now to 2025 focusing on several countries, its deputy chief operating officer for natural resources said on Tuesday. "We are fully committed to invest 4.5 billion per annum in the upstream to bring on line... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana could bank about $1.25 billion this year from the sale of oil as its share of offshore production and royalties, up 30% from a prior estimate, the government's finance ministry said over the weekend. Historically one of South America's poorest nations, Guyana this year expects proceeds from oil discoveries off its coast to jump on... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted Petrobras the first renewal of the seismic survey license for the Itapu field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The license will last for 1 year and two months, authorizing the oil company to carry out the activity within the authorized polygon, with the seismic... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Namibian offshore oil and gas discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell are of commercial quantities, likely in the billions of barrels, the southern African nation's mines and energy minister said on Friday. Both companies announced earlier this year that they had made "significant" discoveries offshore Namibia, and are currently making assessments. The companies did not detail the... Continue Reading →
(PN) News in the preparations for the first round of the Permanent Sharing Offer, which will auction off pre-salt blocks. The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the registration of five more companies: Equinor, Ecopetrol, Qatar Energy, Sinopec and Petrogal. The information is contained in a statement published) in the Official Gazette. Previously, the ANP had... Continue Reading →
Scana-owned PSW Technology has secured a contract with offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling for the delivery of marine risers to operations in West Africa. The deal includes the leasing of a complete riser package for a minimum of 18 months. The risers will be employed in Odfjell Drilling's forthcoming West African activities. PSW's work starts... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Satellites recorded another large methane leak at an offshore platform belonging to Mexico's Pemex in August, according to exclusive data shared with Reuters, even as pressure mounts on the state oil company to reduce these emissions. Three satellites recorded images of methane plumes at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field cluster in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
