(Reuters) Norway's Equinor is reducing its ambitions for developing renewable energy capacity by 2030, it said on Wednesday, the latest move by a European energy company to cut green targets as the market for renewables sours. Equinor follows peers BP and Shell, which have trimmed plans to expand in renewable energy, especially offshore wind, where... Continue Reading →
Guyana greenlights $51.2 billion to move forward with its mega gas-to-energy project
(offshore-energy.biz) Guyana’s Office of the Prime Minister has put its stamp of approval on planned budgetary allocations of $141.45 billion, which is anticipated to lend a helping hand in finishing important projects. As a result, this amount encapsulates a $51.2 billion investment to bolster the country’s flagship gas-to-energy (GtE) project. This sum makes up the lion’s share of a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras receives contingent payment installment (earnout)
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras hereby informs that it has received, this week, the following contingent payment installments (earnout): (i) R$2.161 billion from the partners of the Sépia and Atapu blocks - TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (28%), PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (21%) and QatarEnergy Brasil Ltda. (21%) in Sépia; Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (25%) and... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol renews joint venture with Occidental Petroleum in Permian basin
(Reuters) - Colombian energy company Ecopetrol said on Monday it has reached an agreement to renew its oil joint venture with Occidental Petroleum in the U.S. Permian basin in Texas. There had been uncertainty over the future of the joint venture after Ecopetrol, which is majority state owned, backed out of a separate deal last August to acquire $3.6... Continue Reading →
Petrobras receives contingent payment installment for the sale of its stake in the Albacora Leste field
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, further the notices disclosed on April 27, 2022, and January 26, 2023, hereby informs that today it has received from Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo S.A. (“PRIO”), a subsidiary of PRIO S.A., R$1.025 billion referring to the contingent payment (earnout) related to the oil barrel price for the 2024 fiscal year. ... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Mexico’s Pemex, billionaire Slim renegotiate deepwater gas project
(Reuters) - Mexican billionaire investor Carlos Slim's team and state energy company Pemex are discussing substantial changes to a deal to develop the country's first deepwater natural gas field, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Slim's Mexican holding company Grupo Carso signed a deal last year to partner with Pemex to develop the Lakach field... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia announces new Chief Offshore Operating Officer
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3:BRAV3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44 and the Novo Mercado Regulation, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, at a meeting held on January 29, 2025, the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Mr. Carlos José do Nascimento Travassos for... Continue Reading →
Valaris rig en route to Angola for new drilling assignment
(offshore-energy.biz) A jack-up rig owned by offshore drilling contractor Valaris is en route to Angola for a drilling contract it secured last year, following preparations in Texas. According to Valaris, after completing a project at the Kiewit Shipyard in Corpus Christi, Texas, the VALARIS 144 rig has embarked on a voyage to Angola for its... Continue Reading →
Shale producer Hess beats profit estimates on higher output in US, Guyana
(Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Hess Corp's fourth-quarter profit surpassed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, buoyed by higher production volumes in the United States and Guyana. Its total production rose over 18% to 495,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the quarter, boosted by a 7% increase in volumes in the Bakken shale... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia updates on the Papa-Terra Field
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general of the following updates on the Papa-Terra field. (i) Final authorization for the Papa-Terra field measurement systems On January 26, 2025, the Company obtained the definitive authorization from the Oil and Natural Gas... Continue Reading →