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(Reuters) - GeoPark will not go ahead with its planned $530 million acquisition of Spain-based Repsol's oil and gas production assets in Colombia, the company said on Tuesday. The acquisition, announced in November, included Repsol's oil extraction operation in central Colombia and a 25% stake in SierraCol Energia Arauca. The termination comes after Repsol's partner in SierraCol exercised its... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Despite the challenges hitting the fossil fuel industry, demand for hydrocarbons remains steady, as confirmed by the global engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting activity across the offshore oil and gas landscape. The batch of new projects, which are expected to reach the EPC stage this year, will lead to awards worth billions of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Peru's niche Bretaña crude oil is gaining popularity in the United States, with the first cargo discharging in the U.S. Gulf Coast this month as U.S. refiners seek alternatives for declining Mexican heavy crude. Bretaña, a rare heavy sweet crude with minimal metals, is produced in the Peruvian side of the Amazon rainforest.... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Guyana’s fourth Stabroek Block development, Yellowtail, is approximately 95% complete, according to an update from Hess’s Chief Executive Officer, John Hess. “A sail out of Yellowtail – which is a 250,000 barrel a day FPSO [floating, production, storage and offloading vessel] will be at the end of March. Should get in Guyanese waters in... Continue Reading →
(oilprice.com) TotalEnergies will start drilling for oil and gas in Block 64 offshore Suriname in May, a company executive told Reuters this week, saying the company was currently tallying the final tab for the project and organizing the future well operations. TotalEnergies has a 40% stake in Block 64, which it shares with QatarEnergy and Malaysia’s Petronas, both with... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Malaysia’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson Holdings, has highlighted that its third floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit in Brazilian waters, which recently achieved first oil, will feature a carbon management process plant to decarbonize the FPSO operations in line with the firm’s sustainability goals. The... Continue Reading →
(TN) Port of Açu and Yamna, an English company specialized in the production of green hydrogen and its derivatives, have signed an agreement to reserve an area in the low-carbon hub of Port of Açu, located in the North of Rio de Janeiro, for the implementation of a green ammonia plant. The port complex is... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Allseas has completed its offshore pipelay commitments for a 700-kilometer-long natural gas pipeline in Mexico ahead of schedule, for its client TC Energy. The Southeast Gateway 36-inch natural gas pipeline runs south along the coast from Tuxpan through the Gulf of Mexico to Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bocas. Allseas delivered the pipeline in 11 months, which... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana's oil exports rose 54% last year to some 582,000 barrels per day (bpd), fueled by European refiners' demand for easy-to-process sweet crudes to replace some Middle Eastern grades, according to traders and shipping data from financial firm LSEG. Since it started exporting oil in early 2020, the burgeoning oil nation has emerged as the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Portuguese oil company Galp has informed its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Filipe Silva resigned from the position, following alleged relationship probe. The CEO, who also held the position of Vice-President of the Board of Directors at Gulp, cited ‘family reasons’ as the grounds for his resignation. The news follows reports of an anonymous complaint... Continue Reading →
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