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(OED) China's COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. has awarded Huisman another contract for the design and construction of a 3,000+mt Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). The crane, of an undisclosed value, will be installed on Danish offshore wind installation company Cadeler’s recently ordered F-class jack-up vessel. The crane deal follows a recent order of a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentina has secured financing of $689 million from Brazilian state development bank BNDES for the second stage of a crucial natural gas pipeline in the huge Vaca Muerta shale region, energy secretary Flavia Royon said on Monday. The pipeline, which will hugely increase the country's gas transport capacity, will help Argentina "to achieve... Continue Reading →
(OET) Norway-based Havfram Subsea has appointed Gregor Scott, who has been with the company for a decade, as managing director for its UK business. Over the last ten years, Scott has held commercial and leadership roles within Havfram and as managing director for the UK will be responsible for the delivery of the Havfram Subsea... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, after an audit carried out by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), it received, on 12/12/2022, an interdiction notice for the shutdown of operations in 37 onshore oil and gas production facilities in Bahia. The Company is taking the necessary measures for the safe... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Tuesday that classification society DNV had issued the recertification for the Petrojarl I FPSO, enabling a contract extension for the production unit. The Petrojarl I FPSO is an early production system used for production at Enauta's Atlanta field. Enauta is working to deploy a larger FPSO -... Continue Reading →
(OE) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) said Wednesday it had been allocated 500–600 MW of capacity in the first round of Taiwan’s Round 3 Zonal Development offshore wind auction. "On December 14, 2022, it was announced that CI IV’s [a CIP subsidiary] Fengmiao offshore wind project, located ~35km off the coast of Taichung City in the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) HSBC will no longer provide new lending or capital markets finance for new oil and gas fields, the British bank said on Wednesday, as part of a wider update to its energy policy. The bank said it will continue funding natural gas projects for now, given the global energy crisis and the pressures placed... Continue Reading →
Tullow Oil has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for Ivory Coast's offshore exploration license CI-803. Tullow will operate the license with 90% equity, with the remaining 10% held by PetroCi. The CI-803 offshore block covers an area of 1,345 square kilometers and is adjacent to license CI-524, also held by Tullow (90%, operator) and... Continue Reading →
(OET) UK-headquartered and AIM-listed company Afentra plc has made progress on completing deals with Angola’s state-owned oil and gas company Sonangol and Croatia’s INA-Industrija Nafte, which will allow it to acquire interests in blocks offshore Angola. Back in April 2022, Afentra announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Afentra (Angola), had signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Sonangol to acquire a 20... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that has become part of the list of global companies that stand out in climate change mitigation actions, as announced by the international organization CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project. The company received an A- rating in recognition of its good practices on this topic and as... Continue Reading →
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