TotalEnergies Welcomes Start-Ups to its Electricity Start-Up Accelerator

(TotalEnergies, 30.May.2022) — During the inauguration of TotalEnergies On – TotalEnergies‘ start-up accelerator at the world’s largest start-up campus, STATION F in Paris – Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies, and Xavier Niel, founder of STATION F, welcomed the first 10 start-ups to the accelerator program dedicated […]

TotalEnergies to Acquire 50% of Clearway Energy Group

(TotalEnergies, 25.May.2022) — TotalEnergies announces the signature of agreements with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to acquire 50% of Clearway Energy Group (CEG), the 5th US renewable energy player. This constitutes its largest acquisition in the renewable energy in the United States, one of the top 3 renewable markets in the world. […]

TotalEnergies Inks Long-Term LNG Sale Contract with Hanwha Corporation

(TotalEnergies, 24.May.2022) — Against the backdrop of World Gas Conference 2022, TotalEnergies announces the signing of a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Korea’s Hanwha Energy Corporation for the supply of 600,000 metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year over 15 years, starting in 2024. The LNG will be sourced from TotalEnergies’ global […]

Sempra Inks Deal with TotalEnergies, Mitsui, Mitsubishi for HCS Project

(Sempra, 23.May.2022) — Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), has signed a participation agreement with TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation for the development of the proposed Hackberry Carbon Sequestration (HCS) project in Southwest Louisiana. The participation agreement contemplates that the combined Cameron LNG Phase 1 and proposed […]

Chevron Sanctions Ballymore Project in Deepwater US GOM

(Chevron, 17.May.2022) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) sanctioned the Ballymore project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The project, with a design capacity of 75,000 barrels of crude oil per day, will be developed as a three-mile subsea tieback to the existing Chevron-operated Blind Faith platform. “Chevron’s US Gulf […]

NRGBriefs: Petrobras EBITDA; LatAm Disintegration; Suriname’s Blk 58

(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Brazil’s state oil giant Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) reporting earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $15.1bn in 1Q:22; energy and other disintegration in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region; APA Corporation and TotalEnergies said getting closer to achieving their […]

Petrobras on Receiving Sépia Compensation

(Petrobras, 27.Apr.2022) — Petrobras received, at sight, the amount of R$14.55bn from TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda., Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. and QP Brasil Ltda., related to the 70% stake of these companies in the Sépia compensation, block acquired by the consortium composed by Petrobras (30%), TotalEnergies (28%), Petronas (21%) and […]

Petrobras on Atapu and Sepia Contracts

(Petrobras, 27.Apr.2022) — Petrobras signed the Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer of Rights of Atapu in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (25%) and TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (22.5%), and a Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer of Rights of Sepia, […]

NRGBriefs: Argentina Extends Austral Basin Concession for Ten Years

(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s government issuing Decree 195/2022 to extend a hydrocarbon exploitation concession in the offshore Austral Basin granted in 1994 and which was to expire in 2031 for 10 years; Forte Minerals Corp. obtaining eligibility with the Depository Trust Company “DTC” for its […]

Sempra Inks Heads of Agreement for Cameron LNG Phase 2

(Sempra, 4.Apr.2022) — Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), entered into a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with affiliates of TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co. and Japan LNG Investment, LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), for the development of the Cameron LNG Phase […]

TotalEnergies and Sempra Expand Alliance for the Development of LNG Exports, Renewables

(TotalEnergies, 31.Mar.2022) — TotalEnergies and Sempra are expanding their North American strategic alliance with the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU): one for the Vista Pacífico LNG export project in Mexico and the other for the co-development of several onshore and offshore renewables projects.  The Vista Pacífico LNG project is planned to be […]

TotalEnergies Makes a Significant Find in Namibia Offshore Block 2913B

(TotalEnergies, 24.Feb.2022) — TotalEnergies made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia.  The Venus 1-X well encountered approximately 84 meters of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoir.  “This discovery […]

NRGBriefs: TotalEnergies and APA Corp. Report Suriname Find

(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including TotalEnergies and APA Corp. reporting another significant find offshore Suriname in Block 58; APA Corp. announcing 4Q:21 financial results and planning a conference call to discuss the results; US sanctions on Russia and its ties with Venezuela; PDVSA President Asdrúbal Chávez travelling […]

Freepoint Eco-Systems To Build Recycling Facility In Ohio

(Freepoint Eco-Systems, 1.Dec.2021) — Freepoint Eco-Systems LLC plans to build an advanced recycling facility in Ohio that will convert waste plastic into feedstock for use in the production of prime-quality plastic. The Ohio facility will recycle approximately 90,000 tons per year of end-of-life plastic that would otherwise be destined for […]

NRGBriefs: Renewable Energy Ops In The Caribbean

(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including details of four renewable energy-exporting opportunities in the Caribbean in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana; TotalEnergies extending the contract for the Maersk Voyager in Angola for Ondjaba-1; and more. EVENTS — The Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum 2021 takes place from […]

Maersk Gets Contract Extension In Angola

(Maersk Drilling, 15.Oct.2021) — TotalEnergies E&P Angola has exercised an option for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager to drill the ultra-deepwater Ondjaba-1 exploration well in Angola’s Block 48. The contract extension has an estimated duration of 54 days, which means that Maersk Voyager is now contracted until February 2022. […]

APA’s Keskesi South-1 Appraisal Well Disappoints

(APA Corp., 29.Sep.2021) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced results from appraisal drilling at Keskesi South-1 on Block 58 offshore Suriname. APA Suriname holds a 50% working interest in the block, with TotalEnergies, the operator, holding a 50% working interest. Keskesi South-1, drilled approximately 6.2 kilometers from the discovery well […]

France’s TotalEnergies exits Petrocedeño JV in Venezuela, concedes $1.38bn capital loss

CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jul.2021, Words: 161) — TotalEnergies, through its affiliate Total Venezuela, has decided to transfer its non-operated minority participation of 30.32% in Petrocedeño S.A. to Corporation Venezonala de Petróleos (CVP), an affiliate of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Equinor having also decided to transfer in […]

Equinor Sales Faja Stake To CVP

(Equinor, 29.Jul.2021) — Equinor and state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) have completed a transaction whereby Equinor will transfer its 9.67% non-operated interest in the Petrocedeño project onshore Venezuela to Corporación Venezolana del Petróleo (CVP), a PDVSA company. The Petrocedeño project aims to upgrade extra-heavy crude oil into lighter crude from […]

TotalEnergies, QP Win Exploration Blocks Off Suriname

(Argus, 20.Jun.2021) — A consortium of TotalEnergies and Qatar’s state-owned QP have won two offshore exploration blocks in Suriname following the South American state’s latest bid round launched in November. TotalEnergies, formerly Total, will leads the consortium with a 40pc stake, alongside QP with 20pc. Suriname’s state-owned Staatsolie will hold […]