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(Reuters) - Colombia's government may change its position on prohibiting new contracts for oil exploration, director of public credit Jose Roberto Acosta said on Thursday, citing the valuable income brought by the sector. Granting new contracts for oil exploration would represent a major U-turn for the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro, who previously described oil... Continue Reading →
The ANP Special Bidding Commission (CEL) qualified five more companies registered in the OPP to participate in the 1st Cycle, which will be held on 12/16/2022: BP Energy do Brasil Ltda, Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda, Petronas do Brasil Ltda, Qatar Energy do Brasil Ltda and Total Energy EP do Brasil Ltda. Petrobras,... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (the “Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact disclosed on September 1st and October 3rd, 2022, informs its shareholders and the market in general that Petro Rio OPCO Exploração Petrolífera S.A (“OpCo”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Dommo Energia S.A. (“Dommo”) approved at their extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings held on... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Biden administration on Thursday said it would hold a Gulf of Mexico drilling auction in March of next year to satisfy a requirement in the government's new climate change law. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer all of the available unleased acreage in the Gulf outer continental shelf on March... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Mozambique expects to ship its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe from the Eni-operated Coral Sul floating plant later this month or early November, petroleum regulator INP said on Friday in a supply boost for the energy-starved region. BP's LNG tanker, British Sponsor, has already arrived offshore northern Mozambique, said Welligence Energy Analytics in... Continue Reading →
Brazil on its journey to increase oil and gas production. The country achieved an important achievement in September, when it produced 4.048 million barrels of oil equivalent per day – a value that represents 3.148 million barrels of oil and 143 million cubic meters of natural gas. This was the second time in its entire... Continue Reading →
(OED) The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking input on research needs related to floating offshore wind energy mooring and anchoring systems. For this, DOE's Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued a Request for Information (RFI). Apart from input on research priorities, DOE is seeking information on state-of-the-art innovative technologies, state-of-the-practice common operations, and... Continue Reading →
(OE) Once again, the events of the last month have shown that the drive to grow the U.S. offshore wind segment has lost little steam. The foundations are firmly in place to support the deployment of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050. Floating wind farm technology demonstration projects... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would hold the first ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California on Dec. 6, a big step forward in expanding the nascent U.S. industry to Pacific waters. The announcement is the latest in a government push to put wind turbines... Continue Reading →
BayWa r.e. said Monday it had submitted a permit application for what it said would be the world’s first subsidy-free commercial floating offshore wind project off the Portuguese Coast. "BayWa r.e. is now entering the decisive phase of the official authorisation process for the first commercial scale floating offshore project in Portugal, which will be... Continue Reading →
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