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(Reuters) - Norwegian energy company Equinor has received approval from the New York State Public Service Commission to start building its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday. Electricity generated from offshore wind farms is important to U.S. and state goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But the industry has been... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Ministry on Thursday hiked its projection for economic growth this year but also raised inflation estimates for 2024 and 2025, underlining price impacts from recent floods in Rio Grande do Sul state. A finance ministry official also said the government is now expecting fewer interest rate cuts and a higher terminal... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's Trasandino pipeline is forecast to remain offline until December, the chief executive of Colombia's majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, while reporting its first-quarter financial results, Ecopetrol said it had been transporting crude oil through Ecuador since November in order to combat oil theft. Thousands of barrels of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s energy company Petronas, has made a third hydrocarbon discovery at the Fusaea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52. The discovery is located about 170 kilometers offshore and 9 kilometers east from Roystonea-1. The well was spudded in February 2024, and successfully drilled to a total depth of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) A consortium including Germany's BayWa r.e. and Belgium firm Elicio won a tender to develop and operate France's first floating offshore wind farm, the 250-megawatt (MW) Bretagne Sud farm, French industry minister Roland Lescure said on Wednesday. The results were announced at a ceremony to mark the start of production at a 500-MW wind... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has started anchoring operations for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. As planned, the FPSO Atlanta arrived at Atlanta Field in Santos Basin on May 11, 2024, after setting sail from Dubai in March, following the conclusion of the construction activities and sea... Continue Reading →
Seatrium Limited (Seatrium or the Group) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Single Buoy Moorings Inc, a SBM Offshore company, for the topsides fabrication and integration of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.Mr Marlin Khiew, Executive Vice President, Oil & Gas (Americas) of Seatrium said, "We arehonoured... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts published on 03/07/2024, 04/25/2024 and 05/02/2024, informs that will pay on 05/20/2024 the first installment of dividends relating to the balance sheet of December 31, 2023. Dividends calculated in accordance with the Shareholder Remuneration Policy formula will be paid based on the shareholder position... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts disclosed on 05/14/2024 and 05/15/2024, clarifies that the appointment of Ms. Magda Maria de Regina Chambriard to the positions of CEO of the company and member of the Board of Directors of Petrobras, within the company's governance process, will undergo analysis of the integrity... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras is designing its next offshore projects, making new investments in production units. The company is expected to put into operation six more platform ships (FPSOs) this year and next. In parallel, the company is also preparing a new tender until the end of 2024 to hire ten OSRV-type support vessels (used to recover... Continue Reading →
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