London-listed Tullow Oil and Capricorn Energy, formerly known as Cairn Energy, have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of Tullow and Capricorn to create what they say will be “a leading African energy company.” The two companies revealed on Wednesday that it is intended that the combination will be implemented by... Continue Reading →
Suriname to Auction Deepwater Offshore Oil Blocks Late in 2022
(Reuters) Suriname's state oil company Staatsolie plans to hold an auction for deepwater offshore blocks at the end of 2022 and another for shallow water blocks in mid-2023, the company's managing director told Reuters. The South American nation is a small onshore crude producer that is hoping to begin offshore output but has yet to... Continue Reading →
US Proposes Offshore Wind Sale Off California Coast
(Reuters) The Biden administration on Thursday proposed auctioning five areas off the coast of California for offshore wind development, a critical milestone in expanding the nascent U.S. industry to Pacific waters. It is the latest in a government effort to put wind turbines along every U.S. coastline, with a goal of generating 30 gigawatts of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract for the sale of the LUBNOR refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/31/2020, informs that it signed today with the company Grepar Participações Ltda., a corporate entity jointly owned by Grecor Investimentos em Participações Societárias Ltda., Greca Distribuidora de Asfaltos Ltda. and Holding GV Participações S.A., a contract for the sale of the Lubrificantes e... Continue Reading →
Challenger Energy Gets Offshore Exploration License in Uruguay
Challenger Energy, the company previously known as the Bahamas Petroleum Company, has formally signed a license agreement for the AREA OFF-1 petroleum license offshore Uruguay. The AREA OFF-1 license has a total area of approximately 15,000 km2 and is situated in water depths from 20 to 1000 meters, approximately 100 kms off the Uruguayan coast.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the YPFB Natural Gas agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras clarifies the pieces of news in the media about the natural gas purchase agreement signed between Petrobras and Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). In 1996, Petrobras entered into a long-term natural gas purchase and sale contract with YPFB, with a contracted volume of 30 MM m³/day. In 2019, the National... Continue Reading →
Enauta restarts well production in the Atlanta field
The company announced this morning that it has restarted production at well 7-ATL-2HP-RJS in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. As reported, the company had stopped extracting oil from the well to carry out a repair on a production line on the surface. After the adjustments, the Atlanta field returned to producing around 11,500... Continue Reading →
Shell, Petrobras assign inspection duty to Saipem subsea drone
Saipem has been contracted by Shell and Petrobras for the utilisation of its FlatFish subsea drone in two pilot projects involving the inspection campaigns of two ultra-deepwater fields offshore Brazil, operated by the two energy companies. The two projects with Shell and Petrobras are pilots within the framework of the research and development program of... Continue Reading →
Bolsonaro Fires Second Petrobras CEO in Two Months
(Reuters) Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro fired the chief executive of oil producer Petrobras - the second in two months - after the company refused to sell fuels at a discount to consumers warning it would lead to diesel shortages. Bolsonaro also called for the election of a new board, according to a statement released close to midnight local... Continue Reading →
UK Picks Offshore Wind Champion. Opens $200M Floating Wind Fund for Expressions of Interest
(OE) The UK government on Friday appointed Tim Pick as the UK's first Offshore Wind Champion, as a £160 million (around $199,6 million) floating offshore wind fund opens for expressions of interest. "Ambitious plans to expand offshore wind around the United Kingdom to power homes and businesses with cheap, homegrown energy received a further boost... Continue Reading →