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Brazil: Baker Hughes, Petrobras sign Strategic Service Agreement for critical turbomachinery equipment Baker Hughes has announced a substantial 60-month service award from Petrobras to support critical turbomachinery equipment for Brazil’s offshore operations as well as a major refinery. This agreement reinforces Baker Hughes’ commitment to lifecycle services, maintaining the performance and reliability of up to 64 aeroderivative gas turbines installed across several sites that are critical to Petrobras’ production continuity. |
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Colombia: Petrobras confirms new gas discovery in Colombia Petrobras has announced a new gas accumulation discovery in the Copoazu-1 exploratory well, in Block GUA-OFF-0, located in deep waters off Colombia. |
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Brazil: Petrobras to acquire Petronas’ 50% stake in the Tartaruga Verde and Espadarte Module III fields in Brazil’s Campos basin Petrobras, as a partner and operator of the Tartaruga Verde and Espadarte – Module III fields, located in the Campos Basin, has expressed its right of first refusal to acquire from Petronas its 50% stake in the assets. After the completion of the transaction, Petrobras will once again hold 100% ownership of the assets, remaining as operator. |
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Guyana: ExxonMobil and Halliburton achieve world’s first fully closed-loop automated geological well placement in Guyana Halliburton, in collaboration with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance Guyana team, delivered a groundbreaking step forward in digital well construction to achieve the industry’s first fully automated geological well placement with complete rig automation in offshore Guyana. |
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US: BOEM analyzes proposed offshore well stimulation work at Platform Gilda, offshore California The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed update to the Santa Clara Unit Development and Production Plan, which includes the use of hydraulic fracturing on 16 existing wells at Platform Gilda, located 8.8 miles offshore Ventura County, California. |
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US: Interior holds second Lease Sale in the Gulf of America under One Big Beautiful Bill Act advancing American energy dominanc The Department of the Interior announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 2, or BBG2, generated $46,976,423 in high bids. Deputy Secretary Kate MacGregor and Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Lanny Erdos attended the sale. |
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Guyana: ExxonMobil and Halliburton deploy closed-loop automated drilling in Guyana Halliburton, in collaboration with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance Guyana team, delivered a groundbreaking step forward in digital well construction to achieve the industry’s first fully automated geological well placement with complete rig automation in offshore Guyana. |
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US: Enlight secures $304 million in project financing for the Crimson Orchard Project in Idaho, USA Enlight Renewable Energy, a global renewable energy developer and IPP, has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Clenera, has secured $304 million in construction financing and term debt commitments for the Crimson Orchard project in Elmore County, Idaho. |


















