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Dec. 1 (TN) TGS began, this Saturday (November 29th), 3D marine seismic survey in the Pelotas sedimentary basin, Pelotas Norte Phase I program, 96 kilometers off the coast of the municipality of Laguna, in Santa Catarina, between the municipalities of Florianópolis and Palmares do Sul, at depths greater than 200 meters. The research area was... Continue Reading →
Nov. 26 - Petrobras supplied three Transpetro ships with bunker fuel containing 24% renewable content. The operation took place at the São Sebastião Waterway Terminal (Tebar), in São Paulo. The fuel that supplied the vessels is composed of 24% biodiesel supplied by Petrobras Biocombustível (PBio). The ships Zumbi dos Palmares, with approximately 1,300 tons, and... Continue Reading →
Nov 24 (Reuters) - Despite the U.S. government souring on the global climate agenda ahead of the COP30 summit, American companies did not shy away. A Reuters analysis of attendance lists shows there were 60 representatives of Fortune 100 companies at the Brazil event, compared with 50 at last year's in Baku, Azerbaijan. Still others attended pre-conference... Continue Reading →
Nov 23 (Reuters) - This year's U.N. climate change summit ended with a tenuous compromise for a deal that skipped over most countries' key demands but for one: committing wealthy countries to triple their spending to help others adapt to global warming. Here are some of the takeaways from the COP30 climate summit held in Brazil's Amazon... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (Oilprice.com) Renewable energy has encountered a strange crossroads – it is more successful, and also more divisive, than ever before. Wind and solar have become so successful that they’re not really alternative anymore – they’ve fully entered the mainstream. Not only have renewables outgrown subsidies and become independently successful, they’ve become so cheap... Continue Reading →
Nov. 17 (OE) Allseas’ small modular reactor (SMR) technology could generate up to $150 million billion in economic value for the Netherlands and create as many as 40,000 new jobs by 2050, according to an impact study released on Monday by the offshore engineering group. The study, conducted by consultancy Roland Berger, found that deploying... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (agenciagov.ebc.com.br) The Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, announced that the decree regulating Laws No. 14,948/2024 and No. 14,990/2024, which structure the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen in Brazil, should be signed next week. The publication consolidates essential guidelines for the development of this new energy frontier, positioning the country at the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 12 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted has reduced its carbon emissions by 98%, becoming the first energy company in the world to achieve its science-based 2025 decarbonisation target, the Danish firm announced on 12 November. Renewable energy accounts for 99 per cent of the company’s energy production, while its scope 1 and scope 2 emission intensity has... Continue Reading →
Nov. 6 (offshoreWIND.biz) The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once fully operational, will boost the UK economy by GBP 6.1 billion (approximately EUR 6.9 billion) during its lifetime and support thousands of UK jobs over the next decade, according to a report written by BVG... Continue Reading →
Nov 6 (Reuters) - As leaders gather for the U.N. climate summit in Brazil this month - three decades after the world's first annual climate conference - the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story. Despite years of negotiations, pledges, and summits, greenhouse gas emissions have climbed by a... Continue Reading →
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