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(Reuters) - The main Colombian guild for oil, gas, and energy service companies proposed on Tuesday several measures to mitigate the drop in exploration and production (E&P) of oil and to take on the natural gas deficit in the South American country. Campetrol's proposed measures include declaring offshore projects necessary for future gas supply, adjusting... Continue Reading →
Suriname is experiencing renewed optimism for its oil industry with the approval of the GranMorgu project and significant investment from international energy companies. The country hopes to leverage its offshore oil discoveries to address economic challenges and reduce poverty, drawing inspiration from neighboring Guyana's successful oil boom. Several offshore blocks, including Block 58 and Block... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil will relinquish at least 9% of the vast Stabroek Block in Guyana as required by its petroleum agreement, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Stabroek Block, spanning 26,800 square kilometers, is the centerpiece of Guyana’s deepwater oil boom. Exxon and its partners Hess and CNOOC have made over 30 discoveries on... Continue Reading →
PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following the best corporate governance practices, informs its shareholders and the market in general that, today, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (“Ibama”) has granted approval for the workover of wells in the Tubarão Martelo field including wells TBMT-10H and TBMT-4H, which had been... Continue Reading →
(OE) Cerulean Winds, the lead developer of the Aspen, Beech and Cedar floating offshore wind farms, has completed Digital Aerial Surveys (DAS) for the projects planned to be built in the Central North Sea. The ecological data has been collected across an area of 2,784 km2, following 72 DAS for the its Aspen, Beech and... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Portuguese government has outlined the framework for the country’s first auction of commercial-scale offshore wind farms, which is expected to take place later this year. Published on 21 April in the Diário da República, the order sets out a centralised sequential model for allocating offshore wind development areas, in alignment with the National Energy... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has disclosed the arrival of a jack-up rig, owned by Borr Drilling, a UK-headquartered offshore drilling contractor, in Brazilian waters, where it will undertake well decommissioning activities at oil and gas assets off the coast of Brazil. After Borr Drilling’s Arabia I jack-up rig won a four-year contract with Petrobras in Brazil, with... Continue Reading →
(OE) US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to begin a public engagement process to develop a new schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. “Launching the process to develop the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Program marks a... Continue Reading →
(OE) MODEC has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana to develop an FPSO for the Hammerhead project. The Hammerhead FPSO will have the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), along with associated gas and water. It will be moored at a water depth of approximately 1,025 meters using a SOFEC... Continue Reading →
(OE) New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said she would fight the federal decision to halt all construction for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project made by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). The U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered a halt to construction on Equinor's Empire Wind project off the coast of... Continue Reading →
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