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(OED)German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has agreed to acquire a 37% non-operated participating interest in the Hokchi Block, offshore Mexico, from Hokchi Energy, a subsidiary of Pan American Energy. Wintershall Dea will have an option to increase its stake in the offshore block to 40% at a later stage. Through this acquisition, Wintershall... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for September 2022 in the assets that the Company holds participation. The Company is the operator of Macau, Areia Branca, Fazenda Belém, Rio Ventura, Recôncavo... Continue Reading →
(U) Trident Energy expects to start looking next month for buyers of stakes in two of the 10 oil concessions it wholly acquired from Petrobras in 2020, its top boss said on Wednesday. The UK firm has hired Brazilian bank Itaú BBA to run the competitive process, Jean-Michel Jacoulot, chief executive officer of Trident, told... Continue Reading →
Italian contractor Rosetti Marino has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies for the construction of the Fenix project platform, which will be installed 60 km off the coast of Terra del Fuego in southern Argentina. This comes days after TotalEnergies announced a final investment decision for the Fenix gas development, the world’s southernmost gas project. TotalEnergies and... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3:RRRP3), in accordance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, informs its investors and the market in general that, at a Board of Directors Meeting held on September 8, 2022, was approved the acquisition of shares representing 15% of the capital of 3R Petroleum Offshore S.A.... Continue Reading →
French energy major TotalEnergies has approved the final investment decision for the Fenix gas development, located 60 km off the coast of Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina. This development is said to be the world’s southernmost gas project. Through its Total Austral affiliate, TotalEnergies operates the project with a 37.5 per cent interest, in... Continue Reading →
Marine engineering and maintenance specialist Royston has completed service and repair works on essential diesel power units onboard TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel. Royston’s team of engineers completed a 12,000-hour overhaul on a MAN 32/40 main generator onboard the 200-meter long TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel, while it was in transit from Las Palmas to Rio de... Continue Reading →
Companies in the renewables energy business have set out to determine whether a green ammonia floating production vessel can be deployed on certain offshore wind locations. Norway-based H2Carrier AS, developer of the unique P2XFloater concept, said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian state-owned hydropower company Statkraft for the study. H2Carrier recently... Continue Reading →
(OM) bp is winding down its oil and gas exploration business in Mexico, according to a Bloomberg report. The move comes six years after its arrival following the opening of the energy sector to private companies as part of the 2013 energy reform. The subsidiary BP Exploration Mexico will conclude its participation in three exploration... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted the operating license for the shallow maritime and terrestrial sections of the Rota 3 gas pipeline. As a reminder, the Rota 3 Integrated Project covers the gas pipeline and the Natural Gas Processing Unit of the Gaslub Hub. Rota 3 has a total length of approximately 355... Continue Reading →
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