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(TN) The pre-salt completes 15 years of production in September with renewed vigor – and a perspective of expressive growth in the coming years. To get an idea, Petrobras plans to install 11 new platforms to produce in that layer by 2027. Since December 2022, the company has already put into production two new pre-salt... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has acquired 175,000 carbon credits, marking its entry into the voluntary carbon credit market. Each credit represents 1 ton of CO2 equivalent avoided, totaling 175,000 tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) not emitted. These credits correspond to the preservation of an area of 570 hectares of the Amazon... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) remains eager to repurchase a refinery from Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala despite antitrust barriers, and a new biofuels partnership could open the door to future talks, two sources told Reuters. Petrobras on Monday announced a memorandum of understanding with Mubadala for potential investment in a biofuel refinery under development in... Continue Reading →
(OET) SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies, the new company name for Germany’s AQUOS SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies and Scotland’s Swift Anchors, has integrated its operations to ramp-up deployment of its anchoring solutions for floating offshore renewables. The move comes in an effort to exploit the growing business opportunities in offshore renewables, and in particular within the floating offshore wind sector,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured new contracts for two of its subsea vessels (CSV). CSV “Normand Baltic” has been awarded a 180-day contract for providing “Walk to Work” services on an unnamed offshore wind project in Asia. The contract will start in October 2023. CSV “Normand Samson” has been hired for a period of a minimum... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP (BP.L) CEO Bernard Looney says he will not further scale back his energy transition strategy after ceding some ground earlier this year, despite investors penalizing the group over its plan to break away from rivals in cutting oil and gas output. Taking office in February 2020 with a vow to reinvent the 114-year-old company,... Continue Reading →
(OET) Oceaneering International’s Offshore Projects Group (OPG) segment has secured two international contracts that have a combined total value of over $100 million. Oceaneering has been named a consortium partner to support transportation and installation work on the Girassol Life Extension project in Angola, operated by TotalEnergies EP Angola, a subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies. The... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) Much has been written recently about the challenges facing U.S. offshore wind projects, resulting in requests to terminate or renegotiate contracts to sell power to states. Examples of these challenges can be found from Massachusetts to Virginia. Coming on top of last week’s somewhat disappointing events of the Gulf of Mexico lease... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with MIC Capital Partners (Brazil Strategic Opportunities), a Multi-strategy Equity Investment Fund of the Mubadala Capital Group, to develop studies covering future business in the downstream segment, with emphasis on evaluating Petrobras' participation in a biorefining project. The Mubadala Capital Group... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 03/01/2023, 03/17/2023, 03/29/2023 and 04/03/2023, informs that its Executive Board, based on the new strategic elements approved by the Board of Directors, has adopted the following decisions regarding the respective divestment processes that had not yet reached the stage of signature of the... Continue Reading →
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