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(Reuters) - BP has agreed to buy grain trader Bunge's 50% stake in Brazilian sugar and ethanol joint venture BP Bunge Bioenergia for $1.4 billion in a bet on growing demand for low-carbon biofuels. Following the completion of the deal, expected by end-2024, BP will take full ownership of Bioenergia which has production capacity of around 50,000... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The ongoing strike at Brazil's environmental agency Ibama is impacting the analysis of Petrobras' request to drill a well in the Equatorial Margin, an Ibama official told Reuters on Thursday. Itagyba Neto, who handles the agency's licensing for marine and coastal ventures, added that Petrobras has still not sent to the agency important details... Continue Reading →
This month, June, in London, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), connected with the UN through its Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), recommended approving the Brazilian proposal to create Areas To Be Avoid (ATBA) to reduce the risk of collisions between merchant ships and oil platforms and support vessels of the energy... Continue Reading →
Principle Power has signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HSG Sungdong to cooperate on engineering developments for mass production and assembly of WindFloat® technologies. The agreement furthers the development of a sustainable domestic supply chain in South Korea and supports the country's ambition to achieve 14.3 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The chief executive of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab, Madga Chambriard, said the country's president asked her to work toward boosting the nation's economy while maintaining profitability at the oil firm. Chambriard, who took over as the state-run company's top executive after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired the former CEO in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The head of Brazil's environmental agency said on Wednesday that he expects a decision soon on state-owned oil company Petrobras' request to conduct exploratory studies in a region known as the Equatorial Margin, as both the company and the government push for a drilling license. Petrobras has been seeking to explore the northernmost part... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts/Communications published on 03/07/2024, 04/25/2024, 05/02/2024 and 06/13/2024, informs that will pay today the second installment of dividends relating to the balance sheet of December 31, 2023. The gross amount to be distributed today, in the form of dividends, is R$ 1,46934144 per ordinary and ... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that the FPSO Maria Quitéria is currently en route to Brazil. The platform ship departed from China in May and is expected to arrive at its location in the third quarter of this year. The unit is scheduled to begin operations in the last quarter of 2024, thus advancing... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) While the search for hydrocarbons has been ongoing in certain parts of Africa for decades with varying degrees of success, a slew of new oil and gas discoveries has pushed the continent to the forefront of global exploration hotspots. Given its string of recent discoveries, one of the countries in West Africa, Cote d’Ivoire,... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) Paratus Energy Services, a Bermuda-headquartered holding company of a group of energy service players, has shared its intention to list the firm’s shares on the Euronext Growth stock exchange market in Oslo, Norway, followed by a planned uplisting to the Oslo Stock Exchange. Paratus explained that the offering it plans to launch will entail... Continue Reading →
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