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(offshore-energy.biz) Guyana’s Office of the Prime Minister has put its stamp of approval on planned budgetary allocations of $141.45 billion, which is anticipated to lend a helping hand in finishing important projects. As a result, this amount encapsulates a $51.2 billion investment to bolster the country’s flagship gas-to-energy (GtE) project. This sum makes up the lion’s share of a... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras hereby informs that it has received, this week, the following contingent payment installments (earnout): (i) R$2.161 billion from the partners of the Sépia and Atapu blocks - TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (28%), PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (21%) and QatarEnergy Brasil Ltda. (21%) in Sépia; Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (25%) and... Continue Reading →
Highlights – 2024In 2024, Petrobras achieved all the production targets set out in its 2024-2028+ Strategic Plan, within the ±4% range.Total oil and natural gas production reached 2.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). Commercial production of oil and natural gas in 2024 reached 2.4 million boed and oil production was 2.2 million... Continue Reading →
In 2024, the Brazilian average annual production of oil and natural gas reached 4.322 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), remaining stable compared to 2023. There was a reduction of 0.5% in 2024, compared to the total for the previous year, which reached a record of 4.344 million boe/d. In the case of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombian energy company Ecopetrol said on Monday it has reached an agreement to renew its oil joint venture with Occidental Petroleum in the U.S. Permian basin in Texas. There had been uncertainty over the future of the joint venture after Ecopetrol, which is majority state owned, backed out of a separate deal last August to acquire $3.6... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana's government plans to issue two licenses this year for oil and gas projects, one for Exxon Mobil's seventh development in the country, Hammerhead, and one for the nation's first natural gas development, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat told Parliament on Friday. The gas license is conditional on a green light to Exxon and Fulcrum... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Mitsubishi Corp on Monday said it is reviewing how to proceed with its offshore wind projects in Japan given a "significantly changed" business environment, showing that the country is not immune to rising costs across offshore wind projects globally. Japan, which imports nearly everything for its energy needs, has bet on renewable energy to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Energy technology company Baker Hughes has secured a contract from ExxonMobil Guyana to provide specialty chemicals and related services for its Uaru and Whiptail offshore greenfield developments in Guyana’s Stabroek Block The multi-year contract includes all topsides, subsea, water injection and utility chemicals for the Errea Wittu and Jaguar floating production storage and offloading... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, further the notices disclosed on April 27, 2022, and January 26, 2023, hereby informs that today it has received from Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo S.A. (“PRIO”), a subsidiary of PRIO S.A., R$1.025 billion referring to the contingent payment (earnout) related to the oil barrel price for the 2024 fiscal year. ... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican billionaire investor Carlos Slim's team and state energy company Pemex are discussing substantial changes to a deal to develop the country's first deepwater natural gas field, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Slim's Mexican holding company Grupo Carso signed a deal last year to partner with Pemex to develop the Lakach field... Continue Reading →
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