Recognized for its extensive experience of over 187 years, Wilson Sons has begun operating with 100% renewable energy, primarily from wind and solar generation, at its Rio Offshore Support Base in Guanabara Bay over the past month. The Rio Base, which provides logistical support to offshore energy companies operating in the Campos and Santos Basins,... Continue Reading →
Wilson Sons, through the Offshore Support Base, signs agreement with TotalEnergies, a global leader in the energy industry
Wilson Sons, recognized for its extensive experience of more than 187 years, has signed a new agreement with TotalEnergies EP Brasil to provide logistics support to oil production activities in the Lapa Field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, through one of its Offshore Support Bases — the Rio Base — located in... Continue Reading →
Colombia upping regasification ante to tackle looming gas shortage
(offshore-energy.biz) Colombia’s state-owned oil and gas company Ecopetrol has handed out a contract to compatriot Puertos, Inversiones y Obras (PIO) to provide regasification services in the country’s Pacific Coast area. The new infrastructure will entail receipt and storage facilities in Buenaventura and a regasification facility with a 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) capacity... Continue Reading →
Equinor secures $3 bln financing for U.S. Empire Wind 1 project
(Reuters) - Norway's Equinor said on Thursday it had secured a financing package of more than $3 billion for its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind power project in the United States. The company expects the total capital investments, including fees for the use of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, to be around $5 billion, including the... Continue Reading →
Local player joins FLNG project seeking to make Argentina an LNG exporter
(offshore-energt.biz) Argentina’s oil and gas firm YPF has joined a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project being co-developed by Bermuda-headquartered owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) midstream infrastructure Golar LNG and Latin American integrated energy company Pan American Energy (PAE) in Argentinean waters. The $3 billion project will see the FLNG Hilli, set to... Continue Reading →
DEME to Build Offshore Wind Terminal in German Port
(OE) DEME has been awarded a contract, worth up to $52 million, for the construction of an offshore wind terminal in the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. The terminal will boost Cuxhaven’s position as a key offshore industrial hub to support the handling of heavy-duty loads, particularly components for offshore wind farms. Operated by Niedersachsen... Continue Reading →
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta gas-export plan is a pipe dream
(Reuters) - Natural gas production is booming in Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta shale lands, but full pipelines and the government's free-market approach to paying for new ones may prevent the country from becoming a major gas exporter by early next decade. About $58 billion worth of new or upgraded pipelines, processing plants and export terminals... Continue Reading →
Ocean Wilsons sells Wilson Sons stake to MSC for R$4.35 billion
(Investing.com) On Monday, Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd. announced the sale of its majority stake in Wilson Sons S.A. to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company's subsidiary, SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, for a total cash consideration of R$4.352 billion. This equates to R$17.50 per share and represents Ocean Wilsons' 56.47% interest in the Brazilian maritime logistics operator.... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore and MISC Berhad Ink Share Purchase Deals for Two FPSOs
(OE) SBM Offshore has signed two share purchase agreements with its partner MISC Berhad related to two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units. Under the agreement, SBM Offshore will acquire MISC Berhad’s entire effective equity interest in the lease and operating entities related to the FPSO Espirito Santo in Brazil. SBM Offshore is the... Continue Reading →
Port of Açu signs first contract for hydrogen hub with Norwegian company Fuella
(epbr) The Port of Açu, located in the north of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and controlled by Prumo Logística, announced the closing of the first contract to reserve an area for the hydrogen hub of the Port of Açu. The agreement was signed with the Norwegian company Fuella, specialized in the development and operation of... Continue Reading →