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(Reuters) International energy companies, from Germany's RWE to Spain's Iberdrola, are urging Japan to beef up offshore wind power auctions and make investments more attractive, amid soaring installation costs as competition for suppliers grows worldwide. Although desperate to ease its heavy dependence on energy imports from the Middle East and Russia, Japan is coming late to offshore wind,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras” or “Company”) informs that it was notified of the decision made by the Minister Rapporteur of the Federal Court of Auditors (“TCU”) within the scope of the process TC 037.414/2023-2, regarding the Extraordinary General Meeting (“AGE”) for changes to its Bylaws (“Bylaws”). The Minister Rapporteur of the TCU, following the... Continue Reading →
The Chamber of Deputies approved the legal framework for offshore wind farms, an important step forward for the development of projects of this type in the country. However, the inclusion of amendments not related to the main theme of the text raised concerns and generated complaints in the sector. Bill 11,247/2018 received 403 votes in... Continue Reading →
(OW) Ørsted has secured an Electricity Business License (EBL) from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea for the 1.6 GW Incheon offshore wind project. The license grants Ørsted exclusive development rights for its gigawatt-scale Incheon offshore wind project which is set to become the largest in Korea on completion... Continue Reading →
The Chamber of Deputies approved, by 403 votes to 16, the bill (PL 11,247 of 2018) that regulates the use of offshore energy potential (at sea). The proposal to create the Offshore Wind Power Regulatory Framework now goes to the Senate for analysis. The approved text was the substitute presented by the rapporteur, deputy Zé... Continue Reading →
Crown Estate Scotland has confirmed that seven offshore wind projects have signed Exclusivity Agreements as part of the Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing round. The seven projects join the five Innovation projects that secured Exclusivity Agreements earlier this year, bringing the number of INTOG projects to 12 out of the 13 agreements... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The Chamber of Deputies approved the Hydrogen bill (PL 2308/2023), which regulates the production of low-carbon hydrogen, establishes voluntary certification and provides federal tax incentives. The proposal goes to the Senate. – The bill considers low-carbon hydrogen to be hydrogen that, during production, emits up to 4 kg of CO2 for every 1 kg... Continue Reading →
(OET) Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services provider Saipem has tucked under its belt two new offshore contracts worth approximately $1.9 billion for work with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary ExxonMobil Guyana Limited and Equinor. As a result, the Italian player will carry out operations for the U.S. oil major in Guyana while the assignment with the Norwegian state-owned... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has filed requests to Brazil's competition regulator Cade to renegotiate terms that stipulated the company must sell some of its oil refining and natural gas assets, the company said on Tuesday. The terms, signed by the company in mid-2019, were part of a broad initiative by the government of then-president... Continue Reading →
Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has kicked off drilling operations at a well in license PEL 83 offshore Namibia, located close to Shell’s Graff and TotalEnergies’ Venus discoveries. On the other hand, the U.S. oil major Chevron is looking to drill up to ten new wells in PEL 90. These licenses are located in... Continue Reading →
