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(Reuters) - Finland's Wartsila is betting that a more nimble way to generate power with ethanol will prove viable in Brazil where similar efforts by major firms floundered a decade ago. Wartsila announced a partnership in March with a power plant in the northeast Brazilian city of Recife, where a four-megawatt engine will burn ethanol for 4,000... Continue Reading →
(TN) MODEC's fleet continues to stand out in the Brazilian offshore production scenario. According to the Dynamic Oil and Natural Gas Production Panel, from April 2025, made available by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), FPSO Guanabara MV31, FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32 and FPSO Carioca MV30 are among the ten largest... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Gazelle Wind Power has secured an investment for business growth and the development of its 2 MW floating wind demonstrator project in Portugal. The EUR 2 million investment was closed with Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) through the Deal-by-Deal Co-Investment Programme, in partnership with Indico Capital Partners. According to BPF, the investment will allow... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) PSW Power & Automation, a subsidiary of Norway-headquartered offshore energy technology and services provider Scana, has secured a contract valued between NOK 75 million (around $7.3 million) and NOK 150 million for an offshore project in Brazil involving the delivery of two E-House modules. According to Scana, the scope includes the design, manufacture, and... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Portuguese company Mota-Engil, through its subsidiary in Brazil, Empresa Construtora do Brasil, has signed a new contract with Petrobras worth approximately R$1.61 billion (around 250 million euros). The agreement will have an estimated duration of 48 months and involves the execution of a series of maintenance, construction and assembly services on offshore oil... Continue Reading →
Inyanga Marine Energy Group has awarded the fabrication contract to build its HydroWing tidal energy device to Hutchinson Engineering. The 20 MW HydroWing tidal energy array will be deployed at Morlais off Anglesey in Wales, one of the largest consented tidal energy projects in Europe. The contract with Hutchinson Engineering covers the fabrication of the... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has crossed off the task list the mooring of its new floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will enable the start of production from ExxonMobil’s fourth oil project in the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana.... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras is expanding its exploration efforts in the promising Aram block, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. In recent days, the company began drilling a new well in the area, named 3-BRSA-1399-SPS, in a water depth of 1,866 meters. The operation is being conducted by the Valaris DS-4 drillship. In addition... Continue Reading →
(OE) AIS Bardot, a supplier of subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines, has secured a contract from Saipem for TotalEnergies’ Kamiho deepwater oil and gas project, off Angola. The contract is for the manufacture and supply of three complete hybrid riser lines of 100 meters each. The riser lines will be used to pump seawater to... Continue Reading →
– Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão started production today in the Mero field (Libra block), in the pre-salt Santos Basin, more than two months ahead of schedule in its Business Plan. The platform, chartered by Petrobras from SBM Offshore, has the capacity to produce 180,000 barrels of oil... Continue Reading →
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