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(Reuters) - Israel's attack on Iran is unlikely to cause a major disruption to oil supply, analysts at two major banks said, but a worst-case scenario involving blockades in the Strait of Hormuz could push prices above $100 per barrel, Goldman Sachs said. Oil prices climbed nearly 9% after Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran targeting nuclear facilities and... Continue Reading →
(OE) DNV has published a report forecasting that carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is expected to quadruple by 2030, with sharp increase project pipeline capacity indicating that CCS is at a turning point. The immediate rise in capacity is being driven by short-term scale up in North America and Europe, with natural gas processing... Continue Reading →
(OE) TechnipFMC and Petrobras have agreed to test and monitor a new electric actuation technology that is set to join the TechnipFMC eSolutions portfolio of electrical subsea systems. Scheduled for integration into a subsea tree planned for installation in 2026, the technology leverages both companies’ strengths to push the boundaries of subsea innovation. Through the... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, June 13, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 02/26/2025 and on 04/16/2025, informs that it will pay on 06/20/2025 the second installment of remuneration to shareholders related to the balance sheet of December 31, 2024. This payment considers the date of 04/16/2025 as the... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Delaware State Senate has passed a bill which would allow US Wind to continue planning its onshore substations for the Maryland offshore wind project in Delaware’s Sussex County, whose council denied US Wind the permit last year. Senate Bill 159, introduced in the Delaware Senate on 21 May and discussed by the Senate... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) TotalEnergies and its partners have signed an extension of the production sharing contract (PSC) for a block offshore Angola. The extension refers to Block 17, described as one of the country’s most prolific offshore oil exploration blocks and one of the first deep-offshore blocks to be licensed in Angola. The license is operated by TotalEnergies with Equinor, ExxonMobil, Azule... Continue Reading →
( offshre-energy.biz) The construction of topside modules for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit set to work at a field in Brazil’s Santos Basin with the state-owned energy giant Petrobras has started at Seatrium’s shipyard in Angra, Brazil, formerly known as BrasFels. Based on a social media post by Petrobras’ CEO Renata Baruzzi, the... Continue Reading →
(OE) FourPhase, a solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas industry, has secured a master service agreement (MSA) with Shell Trinidad and Tobago, for work on its topside offshore oil and gas platforms in the Caribbean. The MSA involves sand management and production optimization. FourPhase also signed two other contracts in the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The first crude cargo from Guyana's fourth oil production facility, which arrived in the country in April and is being installed, is set to be exported between late August and early September, the government told Reuters on Tuesday. A consortium by U.S. companies Exxon Mobil XOM.N and Hess HES.N and China's CNOOC 600938.SS controls... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) -Brazilian businessman Nelson Tanure has begun talks with the banks that will be key to his bid for petrochemical firm Braskem , he told Reuters, as he aims to clinch a deal this year and give oil giant Petrobras a larger role in operations. Braskem is Latin America's largest petrochemical firm, and its controlling... Continue Reading →
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