Oil and gas company Eco Atlantic has agreed to acquire a stake in JHI Associates, which owns a share in the Canje block, offshore Guyana, where ExxonMobil is drilling for oil. Eco will acquire up to a 10% interest in JHI and appoint Keith Hill, a non-executive Director of Eco, to the JHI Board. "The... Continue Reading →
Engineering Firm Wood to Pay $177M to Settle Amec Foster Wheeler’s Brazil Bribery Case
UK-based engineering firm John Wood Group, also known as Wood, on Monday said it had reached agreements with authorities in the UK, Brazil, and the U.S. to resolve their respective bribery and corruption investigations into the past use of third parties in the legacy Amec Foster Wheeler business. The U.S. Department of Justice last week... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Wins Subsea Contract for Petrobras’ Búzios 6-9 Fields
TechnipFMC said on Tuesday it has been awarded a subsea contract by Petrobras for the Búzios 6-9 fields, located in the deepwater Santos basin offshore Brazil. TechnipFMC, which called the award is "substantial", worth between $250 million and $500 million, will supply subsea trees with controls, electrical and hydraulic distribution units, topside systems, and installation... Continue Reading →
Enauta to see all-time high output volume following Atlanta field takeover
(Offshore Energy) Oil and gas company Enauta has revealed that the Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has approved the constitution of guarantees for the company to take over a 100 per cent stake in the Atlanta field off Brazil, doubling its oil production. Enauta said on Friday that the ANP has approved the... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Confirms Suriname Offshore Block Awards
France's TotalEnergies confirmed Friday it had with its partner Qatar Petroleum been awarded Block 6 and Block 8 in the Suriname SHO Bid Round 2020/2021. TotalEnergies will operate the two shallow-water blocks, with depths between 30 meters and 50 meters, and located near the company's operated Block 58, where 4 significant discoveries have been made... Continue Reading →
Chevron: No Plans to Shrink Oil & Gas Business
U.S. oil major Chevron Corp has no plans to shrink its oil and gas business for wind and solar energy unlike some rivals, Chief Financial Officer Pierre Breber said on Thursday, amid pressure from shareholders to lower carbon emissions. Major oil and gas producers are facing pressure from investors to lower greenhouse gas emissions and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Technip group leniency agreement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 06/26/2020, informs that today it received the third, and last, installment, in the amount of R$ 271.1 million, of the leniency agreement entered into by Technip Brasil and Flexibras (companies of the Technip Group). Petrobras had already received the first two installments of... Continue Reading →
Mexico wants Vitol to reveal name of Pemex official who received bribes
(Reuters) - Mexico wants Dutch energy giant Vitol (VITOLV.UL) to reveal the name of the state oil company official to whom Vitol paid bribes, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday. Petróleos Mexicanos, known as Pemex, is reviewing its contracts with Vitol in search of better terms after the company admitted to paying bribes... Continue Reading →
Seismic Firm Polarcus Set for Business Wind-down, Delisting from Oslo Exchange
Polarcus Limited, a seismic surveyor in liquidation, is set to be wound down and delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange. A previously reported, in January this year, lenders took control of the company's vessels after a debt payment default, and decided to sell them and let go all the employees. On February 8, 2021, David... Continue Reading →
PetroRio’s Frade Field Plans Approved by ANP
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has received regulatory approval for a revised development plan of the Frade oil field offshore Brazil. The new development plan, approved by the national oil industry regulator ANP, allows the drilling of four production wells and three horizontal injection wells in the Frade Field. The ANP also authorized the... Continue Reading →