EAI’s NRGBriefs: Aug. 2024
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Aug.2024) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Aug. 2024 including Petrobras achieving its main target at the Uchuva-2 well offshore...
Fitch Sees Pickup in Permian Transactions
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Aug.2024) — ”Fitch believes Permian transactions could pick up again if large producers choose to shed non-core assets, following recent consolidation, to meet debt reduction targets or...
Interoil Exploitation Activity in Colombia
(Interoil, 30.Aug.2024) — Interoil Exploration and Production ASA’s Colombian subsidiary, Interoil Colombia Exploration and Production (ICEP), shall carry out a campaign aimed at improving substantially the current production from all...
Amigo LNG Inks LNG Supply Deal with OQ Trading, Oman
(LNG Alliance Pte Ltd, 30.Aug.2024) — AMIGO LNG SA de CV of Mexico, a subsidiary of LNG Alliance Pte Ltd, Singapore, entered into a binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with OQ Trading (OQT), the...
Eco Atlantic Completes Farm Down in Block 3B/4B Orange Basin South Africa
(Eco Atlantic, 30.Aug.2024) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announced completion of a farm down of a 13.75% Participating Interest in Block 3B/4B offshore the Republic of South Africa (“the Block”) and Transfer of...
Petrobras Inks 26 Concession Contracts in the Pelotas Basin
(Petrobras, 30.Aug.2024) — Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. or Petrobras, following up on Communication of 13 Dec. 2023, signed 26 Concession Contracts of the 4th Permanent Concession Offer Cycle, acquired in partnership with...
Diverging Paths: Argentina Versus Brazil’s Energy Policies
(Rystad, 29.Aug.2024) — Argentina and Brazil are the two largest economies on the South American continent, and both are places that foreign investors have been cautiously eyeing for some time now....
Petrobras to Invest BRL 500mn in Five Supercomputers
(Petrobras, 29.Aug.2024) — Petrobras, the Latin American champion in the past four years according to the Top500.org ranking, which evaluates the world's foremost High-Performance Computers (HPCs), will boost its technological park...
Mexico Pacific Inks LNG SPA with POSCO International
(Mexico Pacific, 28.Aug.2024) — Mexico Pacific, owner of the Saguaro Energía LNG facility and associated Sierra Madre Pipeline, today announced that it has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA)...
Major Integrated to Sell Unused Energy Assets on AllSurplus Marketplace
(Liquidity Services, 28.Aug.2024) — Liquidity Services, a global commerce company powering the circular economy, announced the sealed bid auction of energy surplus assets for a leading integrated oil and gas...
Shell and Akselos Ink Deal for Structural Performance Management
(Akselos, 28.Aug.2024) — Akselos, a provider of Structural Performance Management software, is pleased to announce a strategic enterprise agreement with SHELL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL B.V. The new agreement between Akselos...
Sepetiba Platform Reaches Top Pre-salt Production
(Petrobras, 28.Aug.2024) — The platform ship Sepetiba, chartered by Petrobras, reached its top production, 180 million oil barrels per day (bpd), in the Mero field, in the Santo Basin’s pre-salt layer,...
Rising Energy Demand, Underinvestment Jeopardise Global Energy, IGU Says
(IGU, 27.Aug.2024) —The International Gas Union (IGU), Snam and knowledge partner Rystad Energy, are releasing the 2024 Global Gas Report (GGR) at the ONS Conference. Global gas markets stay in fragile equilibrium, with limited supply growth...
A Month After Venezuela’s Contested Election, the Opposition Fights On
(The Washington Post, 27.Aug.2024) — A month ago, Venezuela’s opposition nurtured a cautious hope. A national election seemed to present a genuine chance to oust the entrenched autocratic regime of President...
Strengthening Emergency Preparedness in the Barents Sea
(Equinor, 27.Aug.2024) — Equinor will establish and operate a new area-wide emergency preparedness solution for the southwestern Barents Sea. The solution will add new resources, expertise and capabilities that will strengthen...
Karpowership Partners with World Bank to Close Gender Gap in Africa’s Energy Sector
(Karpowership, 26.Aug.2024) —This new partnership aims to advance gender equality within Africa's energy sector, bolstering employment opportunities for women across at least ten countries and fostering a more inclusive and sustainable future....
ExxonMobil Global Outlook: Our view to 2050
(ExxonMobil, 26.Aug.2024) — In 2050, the world will be different—vastly different. To meet critical needs, the world will need to increase access to reliable, affordable energy from a broad set...
AMLO Says North American Economic Integration Important
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2024) — Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the reality is that the economic integration between Mexico, U.S. and Canada was is so important that...
Exxon Sees 2050 Oil Use at Current Level, Despite Net Zero Goal
(Bloomberg, 26.Aug.2024) — Exxon Mobil Corp. forecasts global oil demand in 2050 will be the same — or even slightly higher — than current levels, putting efforts to reach net...
Equinor to Use World’s First Ammonia-powered Supply Vessel
(Equinor, 26.Aug.2024) — Equinor has signed a contract with Eidesvik Offshore for the conversion of the Viking Energy supply vessel to ammonia operation. The vessel will be fully converted and put...
Equinor Announces Cash Dividend for 1Q:24
(Equinor, 23.Aug.2024) — Equinor ASA announced on 25 April 2024 an ordinary cash dividend per share of USD 0.35 and an extraordinary cash dividend per share of USD 0.35 for...
POWERCHINA Alleviates Harsh Conditions with Construction Projects
(Power Construction Corp. of China, 9.Aug.2024) — Power Construction Corporation of China continues to do its part to alleviate the harsh summer climate change challenges affecting many regions worldwide. The company's series of...
Ecopetrol to Execute $250mn Loan Agreement with International Bank
(Ecopetrol, 21.Aug.2024) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) has authorized Ecopetrol to execute a loan agreement for up to two-hundred fifty million dollars through Resolution 2476...
North Star Invests £5mn in Digital Transformation
(North Star, 20.Aug.2024) — North Star, the UK’s leading offshore infrastructure support vessel operator and service provider, has invested more than £5mn in new business support software systems to drive operational...
EVLO Puts into Operation a First Battery Energy Project in the US
(EVLO, 20.Aug.2024) — EVLO Energy Storage Inc., a fully integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, today announced that it has completed the commissioning...
NextDecade Withdraws CCS Application at FERC
(NextDecadde, 20.Aug.2024) — NextDecade Corporation’s subsidiary Rio Grande LNG, LLC withdrew its application at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the Rio Grande LNG...
AVAIO Partners with Sunbird Energy for Energy Solutions Across Quebec
(AVAIO, 20.Aug.2024) — AVAIO Digital Partners (ADP), a data center business developing sustainable hyperscale data centers in North America and Europe, is pleased to announce its partnership with one of...
Petronet LNG Selects Lummus’ Novolen Technology for New, Large-Scale Plant in India
(Lummus Technology, 20.Aug.2024) — Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced an award from Petronet LNG Ltd. Petronet will license Lummus' Novolen® polypropylene (PP) technology for...
GAS Entec and AG&P to Build a Strategic LNG Terminal in the Kingdom of Jordan
(GAS Entec, 20.Aug.2024) — LNG Infrastructure company GAS Entec with its group company AG&P and local partners Issa Haddadin, together referred as Consortium, has been awarded a contract to build Sheikh Sabah...
Fortera Secures $85mn for Deployment of Low-Carbon Cement
(Fortera, 20.Aug.2024) — To meet the growing demand to lower the cement industry’s carbon emissions, advanced materials manufacturer Fortera secured $85mn in Series C funding to scale the deployment of its low-carbon...
TGS Secures Extension to Ocean Bottom Node Program in GOM
(TGS, 20.Aug.2024) — TGS announced the award of an Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) data acquisition contract in North America. This four-month extension to an existing contract will build on existing...
Tethys Oil’s Production Update — July 2024
(Tethys, 20.Aug.2024) — Tethys Oil’s share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3&4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman, in July 2024 amounted to 238,290 barrels of oil, corresponding...
FMC Submits Applications in Eight Countries for Dodhylex™ Active
(FMC, 20.Aug.2024) — FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, recently submitted regulatory applications for Dodhylex™ active herbicide in eight rice-growing countries. Registration dossiers were submitted in India, Brazil, the Philippines, the United States, Colombia, South Korea, Peru and Taiwan, which...
Fortune Completes New Option Agreement to Acquire the JFSL Alberta Refinery
(Fortune, 19.Aug.2024) — Fortune Minerals Limited has entered into a new option agreement with JFSL Field Services ULC (JFSL) to purchase the brownfield industrial site in Lamont County, Alberta where...
Fast LNG Asset Resumes Production After Scheduled Maintenance Outage
(New Fortress Energy, 19.Aug.2024) — New Fortress Energy Inc. announced that the scheduled maintenance outage of our 1.4 mtpa Fast LNG 1 asset located offshore Altamira, Mexico (FLNG) has been...
Oxy on Continued Progress on Debt Reduction, Divestiture Initiatives
(Oxy, 19.Aug.2024) — Occidental announced it has achieved $3bn in principal debt reduction in the third quarter of 2024, utilizing robust organic cash flow from operations and proceeds from divestitures....
SLB and Palo Alto Networks to Strengthen Cybersecurity
(SLB, 19.Aug.2024) — Global energy technology company SLB and global cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks announced they are expanding their collaboration to strengthen cybersecurity for the energy sector. The companies...
EnerMech Secures Two Major Pipeline Pre-Commissioning Contracts
(EnerMech, 19.Aug.2024) — EnerMech has been awarded two significant pipeline pre-commissioning contracts in offshore East Malaysia, marking a substantial milestone in the expansion of its critical pipeline and subsea activities within...
Fallen Angels Remain Costly Despite Tightening Spreads
(S&P Global Ratings, 19.Aug.2024) — The absolute cost of falling to speculative-grade (to 'BB+' from 'BBB-') for U.S. corporates has shrunk considerably to 24 basis points (bps) as of 31...
US LNG Industry Under Pressure as Challenges and Uncertainty Mount
(FT.com, 17.Aug.2024) — The US liquefied natural gas industry faces mounting challenges as legal clashes with activists and contractors combine with a federal permitting freeze to slow the expansion of...
Mexico’s First LNG Cargo Sails, Launching New Business for Pipes
(East Daley, 16.Aug.2024) — New Fortress Energy (NFE) has loaded the first cargo from its floating LNG platform offshore Altamira, Mexico. The start-up of Mexico’s first liquefaction project will contribute...
Silicon Ranch Energizes First Utility-Scale Solar Project in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland
(Silicon Ranch, 15.Aug.2024) — Silicon Ranch, one of the largest independent power producers specializing in solar energy, agrivoltaics, battery storage, and carbon solutions in the U.S., today announced that its...
Woodside Signs Sponsorship Deal With Mexican Football Team
(Woodside, 15.Aug.2024) — Woodside Energy will sponsor the Jaiba Brava football team for the next three years. Jaiba Brava plays in the Liga BBVA Expansión MX division within the Mexican Football League, and...
IsoEnergy Generates Six New Drill Targets at Larocque East Project
(IsoEnergy, 15.Aug.2024) — IsoEnergy Ltd. provided an update on its summer exploration program at the Larocque East Project (the "Project"), located in the eastern AthabascaBasin (Figure 1, main photo). The Company has...
GeoPark Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results
(GeoPark, 14.Aug.2024) — GeoPark Limited reports its consolidated financial results for the three-month period ended 30 June 2024 (“Second Quarter” or “2Q2024”). A conference call to discuss these financial results...
NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development
(NASA, 14.Aug.2024) — NASA has awarded $6mn to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This...
Equinor Gets Offshore Wind Lease in US Central Atlantic Auction
(Equinor, 14.Aug.2024) — Equinor has been announced as a provisional winner in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore wind energy lease auction in the U.S. Central Atlantic region. The...
Shell Invests in Water Injection at US GOM Field
(Shell, 14.Aug.2024) — Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, has taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) on a ‘waterflood’ project at its Vito asset in the US Gulf of...
Ecopetrol Reveals 2Q:24 Results
(Ecopetrol, 12.Aug.2024) — During the Second Quarter of 2024 (2Q24), Ecopetrol Group confronted a challenging environment, which continues to be impacted by several external variables, including the revaluation of the Colombian peso,...
Brazil Turns to LNG as Drought Threatens Hydro Reservoirs
(Bloomberg, 13.Aug.2024) — Brazil has emerged as the latest contender for global liquefied natural gas supplies as dry weather threatens its vast hydropower production. South America’s most populous nation typically...
Lithium South Updates on Development Work
(Lithium South, 8.Aug.2024) — Lithium South Development Corporation provided an update regarding test work, on site development work, and business developments. Lithium Iron Phosphate Test Work The company reported the...
Karpowership Announces $1bn LNG-to-Power Investment in South Africa
(Karpowership, 13.Aug.2024) — Karpowership announced its plans to invest a transformative $1bn of LNG-to-Power infrastructure that will be based in Mozambique and made available to the entire South African Power Pool (SAPP). This ground-breaking...
Fitch Downgrades NFE’s IDR to ‘B+’
(Fitch, 12.Aug.2024) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded New Fortress Energy Inc.'s (NFE) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B+' from 'BB-' and has placed it on Rating Watch Negative. The...
Chevron Starts Production at Anchor in US GOM
(Chevron, 12.Aug.2024) — Chevron Corporation started oil and natural gas production from the Anchor project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Anchor production marks the successful delivery of high-pressure...
Sheinbaum Taps First Woman to Lead State Power Firm CFE
(Reuters, 12.Aug.2024) — Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday named Emilia Esther Calleja to lead state power firm Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), making her the first woman to hold...
Petrobras Releasing Digital Tool that Stimulates Reduction in CO2 Emissions
(Petrobras, 12.Aug.2024) — The GIS CCUS Brasil platform gathers all public information on carbon capture and storage (CCUS) in Brazil on a single website. It is online and free and provides...
Inauguration of First Soccer Tournament in Ayacucho
(PERU LNG, 12.Aug.2024) — The Impacting Lives Social Program - Soccer inaugurated the first tournament with the support of PERU LNG. More than 320 students from 10 public schools in Vinchos...
Shell Invests in Phase 2 of Surat Gas Project in Australia
(Shell, 12.Aug.2024) — Arrow Energy, an incorporated joint venture between Shell (50%) and PetroChina (50%), has announced plans to develop Phase 2 of Arrow Energy’s Surat Gas Project in Queensland,...
First Oil from the Anchor field in Gulf of Mexico
(TotalEnergies, 12.Aug.2024) — TotalEnergies announces the start of production from the Anchor field, located in the US Gulf of Mexico, in which the company has a 37.14% interest alongside operator...
Borr Announces Certain 2Q:24 Preliminary Results
(Borr, 9.Aug.2024) — Borr Drilling Limited announced certain preliminary unaudited results for the quarter ended 30 June 2024. The company expects for the three months ended 30 June 2024: (i) total operating...
New Fortress Reports on 2Q:24 Results, Fast LNG
(New Fortress, 9.Aug.2024) — New Fortress Energy Inc. reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2024. Summary Highlights -- Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $120mn in the second quarter of 2024 -- Second...
GoGold Releases 3Q:24 Results
(GoGold, 8.Aug.2024) — GoGold Resources Inc. announced the financial results for the quarter ending 30 June 2024. The Company generated revenue of $10.4mn (all amounts are in U.S. dollars) from the sale of 365,119 silver...
Petrobras Reports Solid 2Q:24 Cash Generation
(Petrobras, 8.Aug.2024) — Petrobras had solid cash generation in the second quarter of 2024, reporting an Operating Cash Flow (OCF) of BRL47.2bn—higher than in the year’s first quarter. The OCF...
Petrobras on Shareholder Remuneration
(Petrobras, 8.Aug.2024) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the payment of interim and intermediate dividends, as well as interest on equity (JCP), in...
Petrobras Revises CAPEX for 2024
(Petrobras, 8.Aug.2024) — Petrobras, pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44/21, informs that its total CAPEX projection for 2024 has been revised to a range of investments between $13.5bn and $14.5bn, considering...
Huasun to Showcase Solar Products at Intersolar South America, Mexico
(Huasun, 7.Aug.2024) — Huasun Energy, a manufacturer in n-type silicon-based heterojunction (HJT) solar technology, is set to return to Latin America with a notable presence at both Intersolar South America from 27-29 August 2024...
Rockefeller Foundation Green Power Gap
(Rockefeller, 7.Aug.2024) — The Rockefeller Foundation released a new report that calculates an 8,700 terawatt-hour (TWh) "Green Power Gap" across 72 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Currently home to 3.8...
Ecopetrol on Partial Redemption of $250mn Notes due 2026
(Ecopetrol, 7.Aug.2024) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that, as part of its comprehensive debt management strategy, it will redeem U.S.$250mn of its 5.375% Notes due 2026 (the "Notes") (CUSIP: 279158 AL3 /...
Sempra Reports 2Q:24 Earnings
(Sempra, 6.Aug.2024) — Sempra today reported second-quarter 2024 earnings, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), of $713mn, or $1.12 per diluted share, compared to second-quarter 2023 GAAP earnings of $603mn, or $0.95 per diluted...
Bristow Reports 2Q:24 Results, Raises Outlook
(Bristow, 6.Aug.2024) — Bristow Group Inc. reported net income attributable to the company of $28.2mn, or $0.96 per diluted share, for its quarter ended 30 June 2024 (the "Current Quarter") on operating revenues of $352.5mn compared...
Luca Mining Engages Mining Contractor for Campo Morado
(Luca Mining, 6.Aug.2024) — Luca Mining Corp. has engaged Cominvi, S.A. de C.V. to carry out core mining operations at the Company's 100% owned Campo Morado copper-zinc-gold mine located in the state of...
Edenor Appoints Daniel Marx as Chairman, CEO
(Edenor, 6.Aug.2024) — Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor), the largest electricity distribution company in Argentina, announces to the investor community that the Board of Directors of the company at its...
Edenor Names Daniel Marx as Chairman and CEO
(Edenor, 6.Aug.2024) — Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor), the largest electricity distribution company in Argentina, announces to the investor community that the Board of Directors of the company at...
Diamond Offshore Reports 2Q:24 Results
(Diamond Offshore, 6.Aug.2024) — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. reported the following results for the second quarter of 2024: Bernie Wolford, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Offshore, stated,...
Petrobras, Findes, and Govt of Espírito Santo Ink Protocol for CCS
(Petrobras, 6.Aug.2024) — Petrobras signed a protocol of intentions with the State Government and Federação das Indústrias do Espírito Santo (Findes) to study CCUS and low-carbon hydrogen projects. One of the...