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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 →
Iberdrola and Avangrid have signed an agreement under which the Spanish company will acquire the stake which it previously did not own in its US subsidiary for USD 2.55 billion (approximately EUR 2.35 billion). Iberdrola, which owns around 81.6 per cent of Avangrid, launched an offer to acquire the remaining 18.4 per cent in March... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may soon discover that swapping the CEO of Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab is not enough to turn the state-run oil company into the engine for job creation and development it was during his first 2002-2010 terms. Lula last week tasked incoming CEO Magda Chambriard with speeding up investments in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, in continuity with the Material Fact disclosed on November 28, 2023, informs that it formalized with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), on May 17, 2024, proposals for amendments to the Terms of Cessation Commitment (TCCs) previously established. The aim of these amendments is to adapt the obligations originally... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released two new studies on offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico. The first study, “Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Energy Hurricane Risk Assessment” analyzed hurricane risk to wind turbines operating in the Gulf of Mexico. This study concluded that as a minimum, an IEC ”Typhoon Class”... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R”) and ENAUTA PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Enauta” and, jointly with 3R, the “Companies”), under the terms of article 157, §4, of Law No. 6,404, December 15, 1976 (“Brazilian Corporate Law”), CVM Resolution No. 44, August 23, 2021, and CVM Resolution No. 78, March 29, 2022, following the material facts disclosed... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norwegian energy company Equinor has received approval from the New York State Public Service Commission to start building its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday. Electricity generated from offshore wind farms is important to U.S. and state goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But the industry has been... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) A consortium including Germany's BayWa r.e. and Belgium firm Elicio won a tender to develop and operate France's first floating offshore wind farm, the 250-megawatt (MW) Bretagne Sud farm, French industry minister Roland Lescure said on Wednesday. The results were announced at a ceremony to mark the start of production at a 500-MW wind... Continue Reading →
Principle Power and Aker Solutions (“FloatHOME” consortium) have been chosen as a winner for the second phase of the U.S. Floating Offshore Wind Readiness (FLOWIN) Prize by the DOE. The award consists of a $450,000 cash prize and $100,000 in technical assistance from the DOE National Labs. Prize money is being used to advance WindFloat®... Continue Reading →
(OE) ExxonMobil and its partners have made an oil discovery at Block 15 offshore Angola, while drilling the exploration well located in the Kizomba B development area. The discovery was made while drilling the Likembe-01 well in Block 15, operated by ExxonMobil, in partnership with Azule Energy, Equinor and Sonangol. Drilled between the months of... Continue Reading →
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