(Reuters) - Denmark has resumed its review of two of 33 offshore wind farm applications suspended last month over worries of breaching European Union state aid rules, the Energy Agency said on Friday. Denmark, which aims for a fivefold increase in offshore wind power capacity by 2030, has allowed energy companies to submit unsolicited applications... Continue Reading →
Oil-rich Guyana Looks to Develop Untapped Natural Gas Reserves
(Reuters) Guyana, the South American country that is home to the world's largest oil discoveries in a decade, next wants to develop its mostly untapped natural gas reserves, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Sunday. The nation aimed to diversify its oil sector and secure new sources of revenue before the energy transition to renewables... Continue Reading →
Exxon Seeks to Unblock Stalled Sale in ‘challenging’ Nigeria
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp hopes to get Nigerian government approval to allow the stalled sale of its shallow water oil production operations in the West African country, a top Exxon executive told Reuters. The largest U.S. oil company will keep its deep-water assets in Nigeria despite a change in the government's leadership, Exxon Global Upstream... Continue Reading →
Shell, Chevron, and Petrobras Eye Guyana Offshore Oil Auction Bids
(Reuters) Guyana's coming auction of offshore oil exploration blocks has lured at least 10 companies including Shell, Petrobras, and Chevron, to consider the decade's hottest oil region, people close to the matter said. The South American country is offering 14 offshore blocks, a move to speed economic development and reduce an Exxon Mobil-led consortium's dominance... Continue Reading →
Brazilian real’s strength challenged as economy sours
(Reuters) - Strength in Brazil's real currency will soon be challenged by rising worries about an ongoing downturn in Latin America's No.1 economy and disagreements among policymakers, a Reuters poll of foreign exchange specialists showed. The currency has been relatively stable close to 5.20 per U.S. dollar for months after a weak spell in the... Continue Reading →
With 75.9% in the pre-salt, national production in January registers a total of 4.175 boe/d
Total production in January was 4.175 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), of which 3.274 million barrels of oil per day (bbl/d) and 143.215 million cubic meters of natural gas per day (m³/d ). In oil, there was an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous month and 8% compared to January 2022.... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum clarification to the market
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”), in compliance with Official Letter No. 336/2023-SLS, issued by B3 S.A. – Brasil. Bolsa. Balcão (“B3”), on March 01st, 2023 (“Official Letter”), hereby informs that it was asked about the fluctuations recorded in the price of its common shares, the number of trades and the amount... Continue Reading →
Orsted Says Huge Uk Hornsea 3 Wind Project At Risk Without Government Action
(Reuters) Development of what would be the world’s largest wind farm off the coast of Britain is in doubt, with developer Orsted saying it needs more support from the government such as tax breaks to proceed with the project after costs soared. The 8 billion pound ($9.6 billion) Hornsea 3 project is expected to have... Continue Reading →
Flotation Energy, Vårgrønn take first permitting step for another oil & gas-powering floating wind farm
Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, who recently filed a Marine Licence application for their 500 MW Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland, have now submitted a Scoping Report for the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind farm to Marine Scotland. The developers have submitted leasing applications for both Cenos and Green Volt as part of... Continue Reading →
Bleutec’s ‘Binary Marine Installation Solution’ Earns AIP from ABS
Houston-based Bleutec Industries announced it has received approval in principle (AIP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the designs of its Jones Act compliant offshore wind farm construction solution. Envisioned as an alternative to wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV), Bleutec's "binary marine installation solution" (BMIS) is a spread of DP2 vessels designed in... Continue Reading →