(OM) PGS has received approval from regulatory authority ANCAP to reprocess and rejuvenate its Uruguay MC3D GeoStreamer dataset. The survey 3DUR12, acquired in 2012, covered 15,600 sq km across the prospective offshore Pelotas Basin. It identified potential stratigraphic traps in the Syn-rift and Post-rift sequences. Reprocessing should help redefine exploration frontiers in this region, PGS said. The company’s... Continue Reading →
BOEM Finalizes Environmental Review of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Research Lease
(OE) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released its Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) of an offshore wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine. In October 2021, the state of Maine requested a research lease for the purpose of researching floating offshore wind energy technology and its deployment. The research... Continue Reading →
New Petrobras CEO Says Oil Prospect is of “National Interest”
(Reuters) Petrobras' new chief executive said a basin in Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an environmentally sensitive offshore prospect seen as the country's most promising frontier for oil exploration, was a matter of "national interest." Magda Chambriard, who took over as the state-controlled oil company's chief executive after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired its former... Continue Reading →
Portugal’s new govt committed to developing offshore wind, minister says
(Reuters) - Portugal's new government is committed to developing offshore wind energy and also sees "repowering" onshore wind farms and promoting solar projects, including small-scale ones, as a priority, the environment minister said on Monday. Maria da Graca Carvalho said the government would announce some details of its offshore wind energy policy in July as... Continue Reading →
California ISO Greenlights Transmission Plan for Offshore Wind Integration
(offshoreWind.biz) The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has approved the 2023-2024 Transmission Plan that identifies and plans for key upgrades to California’s transmission system to deliver power from offshore wind turbines to the state’s homes and businesses. CAISO unveiled its draft 2023-2024 Transmission Plan last month which identifies a need to invest in 26 transmission... Continue Reading →
Guyana Could Reallocate Gas Areas if Exxon Does Not Move Project Forward
(Reuters) An Exxon Mobil-led oil consortium will need to decide by October whether it will go ahead and develop a large natural gas find off the coast of Guyana, the country's vice president said on Thursday. The government has been pressing for a bonanza from mostly untapped gas reserves found by the Exxon-led group. The... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s 3R and Enauta to follow Petrobras into Foz do Amazonas exploration
(Reuters) - The oil firm to be created from the merger of Brazil's 3R Petroleum and Enauta wants to explore the Foz do Amazonas' basin if state-run firm Petrobras finds oil there, its future CEO Decio Oddone told Reuters. Enauta has rights over an oil block in Foz do Amazonas, considered the most promising area in Brazil's so-called... Continue Reading →
WoodMac Sees $1 Trillion At Risk for Clean Energy Investments Under Trump
(Oilprice.com) A second Trump presidency could place a huge part of renewable energy investments at risk, increase carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes more by 2050 and delay peak fossil fuel demand by 10 years beyond current forecasts, energy analytics firm Wood Mackenzie has predicted. WoodMac projects ~$7.7T in overall spending by the U.S. energy sector... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on gas cessation at CADE
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Fact disclosed on May 20, 2024, informs that the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) decided in favor of renegotiating the Term of Cessation Commitment (TCC) for Gas, signed on July 8, 2019 ("TCC Gas"), which was also approved today by the Company's Board of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the cessation of refining at CADE
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Fact disclosed on May 20, 2024, informs that the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) decided in favor of renegotiating the Terms of Cessation Commitment (TCC) for Refinery, signed on May 29, 2019, which was also approved today by the Company's Board of Directors. On... Continue Reading →