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Shell gave up selling the Parque das Conchas Cluster, in the Espírito Santo part of the Campos Basin. After receiving proposals, it opted to keep the asset in its portfolio. Shell received proposals from Enauta, PRIO and Karoon. The decommissioning of Parque das Conchas is scheduled for the end of the decade. Shell continues with... Continue Reading →
Japanese FPSO operator MODEC has confirmed that a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel arrived in Brazil to get ready for work in the pre-salt Santos Basin for the country’s state-owned energy giant, Petrobras. In a recent social media post, MODEC reported that the FPSO Anita Garibaldi MV33, its newest production vessel, arrived in Brazil, where its... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it received the devolution of about R$ 456 million, recovered through a leniency agreement with UOP LLC - a subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. - signed with the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) and the Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU), an instrument that is part of a... Continue Reading →
Australian operator Karoon Energy has advanced in preparations for the start of production in the Patola field, in the Santos Basin. The company expects to start production in the area at the end of the first quarter of this year. The drilling rig Noble Developer completed drilling and completion activities in the field. Installation of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Britain's first oil and gas exploration licensing round since 2019 attracted 115 bids, up from 104 in the last round, with the licences likely to be awarded from the second quarter, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said on Tuesday. Britain's government is looking to boost domestic hydrocarbon output as Europe weans itself... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The West's top energy firms are expected to rake in a combined record profit of $200 billion from a turbulent 2022 marked by huge volatility in oil and gas prices after Russia's invasion of Ukraine with buoyant earnings likely to roll through 2023. Flush with cash, BP (BP.L), Chevron (CVX.N), Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), Shell (SHEL.L) and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) also delivered... Continue Reading →
Norway's Statkraft and Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have partnered up to develop up to 2.2 gigawatts of offshore wind in Ireland. This partnership will see CIP acquire a 50% stake in Statkraft’s offshore wind portfolio in Ireland. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The scope of the partnership includes the... Continue Reading →
The first turbines at Parkwind's Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany have started electricity production. According to Parkwind, Arcadis Ost 1 has been delivering power to the German grid since January 12, 2023. The 257 MW offshore wind farm is located in the German section of the Baltic Sea, northeast of the island... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana's revenue from oil exports and royalties this year is expected to climb 31% to $1.63 billion, Finance Minister Ashni Singh said on Monday, on higher output from the addition of a third production facility near year-end. The South American nation also plans to inaugurate natural gas exports from its offshore fields, with at... Continue Reading →
(OE) Plenitude, a division of Eni, and Simply Blue Group, an Irish developer of offshore renewable energy, have signed a deal to work together on a pipeline of new floating offshore wind projects in Italy. "Through this collaboration, the parties wish to combine Plenitude’s technical and financial capabilities and experience in the Italian energy market,... Continue Reading →
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