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With Petrobras stepping on the brakes on investments and selling more assets, foreign oil companies are gaining ground in Brazil. Together, Shell, Repsol Sinopec, Petrogal and TotalEnergies already account for 20% of national oil and gas production. Together, the private sector now accounts for 27% of the total, according to data from the National Agency... Continue Reading →
Norwegian company Miko Marine has shipped out the first magnetic blanking set destined for the Brazilian offshore sector from its fabrication plant in Haugesund, Norway. However, the set is not going to Brazil, but to the DSIC yard in Dalian, China, where it will then be installed aboard a new Floating Production Storage and Offloading... Continue Reading →
(Yahoo)The deeply impoverished former English colony of Guyana has become one of the world’s hottest offshore drilling locations. Global energy supermajors have made a slew of major oil discoveries in Guyana’s and neighboring Suriname’s offshore waters, notably in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block in which global energy supermajor Exxon has a 45% interest with 30% and 25% held... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Consortia led by Brazil's 3R Petroleum Oleo e Gas SA (RRRP3.SA) and private equity firm Seacrest Capital have submitted binding offers for a refinery and dozens of oilfields owned by state-run Petrobras, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Polo Potiguar is expected to fetch Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) from several hundred million dollars to over... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) 3R wants to further strengthen its position in Rio Grande do Norte. With this goal in sight, the company announced an agreement to acquire Duna Energia (formerly Central Resources) for US$ 71 million. If the acquisition is approved and carried out, 3R will gain control over the Ponta do Mel and Redonda fields, in... Continue Reading →
Singapore’s offshore builder Dyna-Mac has secured additional work scope from existing customers, for a total provisional contract sum of S$8 million (about $6 million), and completed projects and loaded out modules. Dyna-Mac said on Tuesday it was awarded an add-on work scope for an ongoing project in the yard. The award is for the procurement... Continue Reading →
Countries worldwide should make more offshore areas available for wind farms than they do currently if they want to fulfil their climate ambitions, the chief executive of Norwegian oil firm Equinor told Reuters. Like other European oil majors, Equinor is developing a portfolio of renewable projects while continuing to produce oil and gas, with offshore... Continue Reading →
Amid the recent recovery in oil prices on the international market, oil companies are slowly beginning to gain confidence to move forward with new projects. In month of June, when the Brent-type barrel surpassed US$ 70 for the first time in two years, Petrobras, the Norwegian company Equinor and the Australian company Karoon have announced... Continue Reading →
A consortium between France’s major TotalEnergies and Qatar’s Qatar Petroleum and U.S. supermajor Chevron have submitted winning bids for shallow-water offshore acreage in Suriname. Suriname’s national oil company Staatsolie said last Friday that the three oil companies submitted ‘most favourable’ bids for the relevant blocks offered in the Suriname Shallow Offshore (SHO) Bid Round 2020/2021... Continue Reading →
(PetrleoHoje) Maersk Supply Service signs US$ 100 million EPCI contract with Libra's consortium (Petrobras, Shell, Total, CNPD and Cnooc). The company will be responsible for the pre-installation of the mooring system for the FPSO Sepetiba, the production unit at the Mero 2 project, located in the Santos Basin cluster.
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