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(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 →
(PN) British company BP has taken new steps in its exploratory activities in Brazil. This week, the company began drilling the wildcat well 1-BP-13-SPS, in the Bumerangue block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The activity is being carried out in a water depth of 2,372 meters with the drillship Valaris Renaissance. The... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The Trump administration has issued a narrow authorization for U.S. oil producer Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab to keep assets in Venezuela, including its stakes in oil joint ventures with state company PDVSA, three sources with knowledge of the decision said on Tuesday. Chevron and several European firms had been in talks with officials in Washington in... Continue Reading →
(globaltimes.cn) Peru's minister of economy and finance emphasized the importance of coordinating and planning a meeting between the governments of Brazil and Peru, along with the Chinese delegation to advance a cross-continental railroad connecting Peru's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coast, Peru's Ministry of Economy and Finance posted on social media platform X on Tuesday.... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Wood Mackenzie projects that the three exploration prospects currently being developed in Suriname’s offshore basin this year hold a combined total of approximately 900 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe). The wells are Macaw-1, Korikori-1 and Akaru Deep-1; each hold 300 mmboe. Macaw-1 is in Suriname’s Block 64. Spanning 6,262 km² and located 250... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that it has started operations at a new Diesel Hydrotreatment Unit at the Paulínia Refinery (Replan), in São Paulo. The operation began three months ahead of the date originally scheduled in the feasibility study, and the project was executed within the approved investment level at the time. With the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in relation to reports in the press about negotiations to refinance tax disputes with the state of Rio de Janeiro, clarifies that the amounts mentioned in the reports are not debt, but rather amounts under discussion in administrative and judicial proceedings, motivated by differences of understanding between the state tax... 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 →
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