(offshoreWIND.biz) A Floating Light Detection and Ranging (FLiDAR) buoy has been deployed at the Parque Nordés offshore wind project site in Spain, which is being developed jointly by BlueFloat Energy, Plenitude, and Sener. A FLiDAR detection buoy was installed in the area where the Parque Nordés floating wind project is expected to be located off... Continue Reading →
Communication on Petrobras Biocombustível (PBio)
Petrobras informs that its Executive Board has approved today the end of the divestment project of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio), which will remain in the Company’s portfolio. This decision is in line with Petrobras’s current strategic guidelines that takes into account the Company’s low-carbon businesses, profitably diversifying its portfolio and ensuring its... Continue Reading →
Brazil lifts coal imports to record as hydro hit lingers
(Reuters) - Brazil is set to import nearly 900,000 metric tons of thermal coal this month, the highest monthly tally on record and three times the monthly average for 2024 so far, according to data from ship-tracking firm Kpler. The coal buying binge comes as an enduring drought has slashed hydropower output to three-year lows,... Continue Reading →
Trump return will slow, not stop, US clean energy boom
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's return to the White House will refocus the nation's energy policy onto maximizing oil and gas production and away from fighting climate change, but the Republican win in Tuesday's presidential elections is unlikely to dramatically slow the U.S. renewable energy boom. That is because a Biden-era law providing a decade of lucrative subsidies for new... Continue Reading →
PRIO October 2024 Operational Data
- PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of October. Key: (1) In the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo cluster, production was affected by the shutdown of wells TBMT-10H and TBMT-4H due to the failure of the Submerged Centrifugal Pump,... Continue Reading →
US green power demand expected to grow regardless of election outcome
(Reuters) - Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country's next president, major players in the wind energy sector Vestas and Orsted said on Tuesday. Offshore wind developers have seen profits shrink in recent years due to rising raw material costs, high interest rates, inadequate grid connections, supply chain bottlenecks,... Continue Reading →
New gas pipeline in Argentina promises more domestic supply
(Reuters) - Argentine officials celebrated the formal kick off of a major natural gas pipeline on Monday, a project that will provide supply from the country's booming shale development to both homes and businesses as well as eventually allowing for exports. The start of operations for the Northern Natural Gas Pipeline, originating in western Neuquen... Continue Reading →
Ongoing data reprocessing program at block off Uruguay to back farmout process targeted for mid-2025
(ofshore-energy.biz) Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas player Challenger Energy Group (CEG) is carrying out a data reprocessing program at a shallow water exploration block off the coast of Uruguay, expected to back a formal farm-out process anticipated to commence in mid-2025. A program of reprocessing work is underway at the AREA OFF-3 block to secure... Continue Reading →
Shearwater Nets Petronas Contract for 3D Survey Off Suriname
Shearwater Geoservices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) has been awarded a large 3D seismic survey by PETRONAS in Suriname. The project, covering 6,000 square kilometres, marks the continuation of Shearwater’s commitment to PETRONAS in this frontier area having previously performed acquisition work in Block 52. The Amazon Warrior has been allocated to the three-month project, commencing in... Continue Reading →
Guyana, Suriname could supply 12 million tonnes of LNG annually in the 2030s, report says
(Reuters) - Guyana and Suriname could supply 12 million metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually at a competitive price by the next decade, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie on Monday. LNG demand is expected to spike by the end of the decade as industries switch from highly polluting coal to gas, which can cut... Continue Reading →