Oct 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's government on Wednesday detailed a new Eco Invest auction to attract foreign equity into innovation and sustainability projects, offering a foreign-exchange hedge mechanism for the first time. The government will channel Climate Fund resources to financial institutions to structure foreign-exchange and performance risk-hedging mechanisms, which the Finance Ministry said would... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras faces $34 million cost as drillship sits idle in Foz do Amazonas
Oct. 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has racked up 180 million reais ($33.7 million) in costs to keep a drillship on standby in the Foz do Amazonas basin, a company source and a local union said, as it awaits a regulator's decision on a drilling request. The NS-42 drillship arrived in August... Continue Reading →
Brazil risks postponing the first offshore wind auction in 2026
Oct. 8 (Agencia Eixos by Gabriel Chiappini and Gustavo Gaudarde) The Working Group, announced last week, to discuss the regulation of offshore wind power, by the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE), has dashed the hopes of industry representatives that the third Lula administration would hold the first auction for the transfer of land for offshore... Continue Reading →
UK firm Hunting delivering equipment to back deepwater drilling off Guyana
Oct. 8 (offshore-energy.biz) London-headquartered energy services provider Hunting has begun the delivery of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) accessories to support deepwater drilling operations offshore Guyana, described by the company as a strategically important energy region. Hunting secured the $20 million contract early this year through a “global oilfield service company”, supporting what it says is... Continue Reading →
Slowing Vaca Muerta oil activity could pose challenge for Argentina’s Milei
Oct 7 (Reuters) - Drilling and fracking activity in Argentina's Vaca Muerta, the world's fourth-largest unconventional oil reserve, is plateauing due to lower oil prices and rising costs, a slowdown that could complicate the political agenda of libertarian President Javier Milei. The huge Vaca Muerta formation in western Argentina accounts for 64% of the country's... Continue Reading →
Petrobras discovers oil traces in the Agua Marinha Block
Oct. 7 - Petrobras announced promising results in its drilling program in the Campos Basin. The company notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) about the discovery of oil traces in the Agua Marinha block, in well 1-BRSA-1401DA-RJS, in a water depth of 2,601 meters, drilled by the Deepwater Aquila drillship in July. The Agua Marinha... Continue Reading →
PRIO Operational Data Sept. 2025
Oct. 6 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of September. Key: (1) At the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo cluster, the workover of TBMT-6H well was completed on September 15, and the well returned to production. (2) At... Continue Reading →
AKOFS Offshore Signs $246M Contract with Petrobras
Oct. 7 (OE) Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras, for its subsea equipment support vessel AKOFS Santos, which will continue to operate offshore Brazil. Following a competitive tender process, the vessel will continue to perform services as a multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) for Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol to launch bidding for Covenas regasification project
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol is set to launch the bidding process later this month for a regasification project at its Covenas maritime terminal in the north of the country, CEO Ricardo Roa said on Monday. Ecopetrol will begin accepting binding bids for the project on October 14, with a winner expected... Continue Reading →
Shell’s Brazil Gato do Mato FPSO Starts Taking Shape
Oct. 6 - MODEC has held a first steel-cutting ceremony for the Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at Shell’s field offshore Brazil. The ceremony was held at the COSCO Qidong Shipyard, marking the start of construction of the the aft block of next-generation hull for the... Continue Reading →