Today, Ørsted and Vestas, global leaders in renewable energy, are announcing a commercial sustainability partnership. Ørsted will procure low-carbon steel wind turbine towers and blades made from recycled materials from Vestas in all joint offshore wind projects. The deployment of offshore wind is crucial to enhancing energy security, advancing affordable energy for all, and not... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Unigel
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has initiated discussions with Unigel Participações S.A. (Unigel) to analyze joint business involving opportunity development in the areas of fertilizers, green hydrogen and low-carbon projects, in line with the revision of the strategic elements for Petrobras' Strategic Plan 2024-2028 (SP 2024-28), as disclosed to the market on... Continue Reading →
US lawmakers say Brazil low-carbon fuel program blocks US companies
(Reuters) - A group of U.S. congressmen have formally complained about what they call unfair ethanol trade practices by Brazil that includes a blockade of U.S. companies seeking to take part in the Brazilian low-carbon biofuel program RenovaBio. The bipartisan group of 21 members of the U.S. Congress are asking Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai... Continue Reading →
Equinor reached 110,000 barrels daily production in the Peregrino field, largests outside Norway
(PN) The Peregrino field, in the Campos Basin, reached a production of 110,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) this year, the limit of the FPSO which operates in this field. Peregrino is operated by Equinor (60%), which has Sinochem (40%) as a partner in the field. It is Equinor's first asset in Brazil and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on strategic elements of 2024-28 Strategic Plan
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved yesterday the revision of the strategic elements for the 2024-2028 Strategic Plan (2024-28 SP), as well as the low carbon CAPEX driver for the range between 6% and 15% of total CAPEX for the first five years of the new Plan, in compliance... Continue Reading →
Crowley Invests in Tugdock’s Floating Dry Dock Platform to Boost U.S. Floating Offshore Wind
(OE) U.S.-based maritime logistics and offshore services firm Crowley on Wednesday announced a new investment in Tugdock. Tugdock has developed "the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock" known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), to help advance offshore wind energy in the U.S. Crowley and Tugdock will explore the potential use of the platforms in... Continue Reading →
Dwindling reserves prompt Colombia to study need for new oil, gas exploration contracts
(Bloomberg) – Colombia is studying the need for more exploration contracts after a report showed oil and gas reserves dropping, according to a senior minister. The government wants to lead a transition away from fossil fuels while limiting any negative impact on the economy, Trade Minister German Umaña said Thursday in a phone interview. “We’ll... Continue Reading →
Ocean Ventus Launches Low-Steel Wind Floater
Ocean Ventus has launched a low-cost, low-steel floating wind solution which has received Approval in Principle from DNV. It has a tubular design, and its main steel weight is approximately 3,000t for a 15MW turbine. Offshore wind targets imply an eight-fold increase in installed capacity to 2030, with 32 GW of floating wind expected to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Financial Performance in 1Q23 – Message from CEO
Dear shareholders and investors, I am very proud to share with you the first quarterly results of Petrobras under our management. Since I became CEO, in January, I have been working so that Petrobras can become more efficient, financially healthy and inclusive, where people are the focus of decisions and the top priority. If today... Continue Reading →
MODEC to Deliver Highly Complex FPSO for Equinor’s $9B Project Offshore Brazil
(OE) Japanese FPSO supplier MODEC has won a contract with Equinor to supply an FPSO vessel for the BM-C-33 block of the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The order comes just days after Equinor and its partners Repsol Sinopec Brasil, and Petrobras took the $9 billion investment decision to develop the BM-C-33 project in Brazil. Located in the... Continue Reading →