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[ 09/19/2011 15:38 ] - supply
Progredir Surpasses US$ 176 MM
Progredir, the financing program for suppliers for the petroleum industry, has now carried out 69 operations since it was officially launched in June this year. The operations add up to R$ 372 MM (US$ 218.8 MM) and have benefited 49 companies. Most of the operations have been carried out in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with credit being received by 16 and 15...
[ 09/19/2011 13:53 ] - wind power
Sinovel Arrives In Brazil
The Chinese company Sinovel announced this Monday (September 19) its first contract in Brazil with Desenvix. The company will supply wind power turbines for the Barra dos Coqueiros windfarm that has an agreed potential of 30 MW in Sergipe. The company, which is the second-largest manufacturer of aerogenerators in the world, also plans to build a factory in Brazil. Auctioned in 2009,...
[ 09/16/2011 18:38 ] - hydro power
Santo Antônio Fills Reservoir
Santo Antônio Energia has begun to fill the reservoir for the Santo Antônio hydroelectric plant (3.150 MW) on the Madeira River. Five of the 15 main sluice-gates have been closed. The operation, anticipated by one-year, is the beginning of the commercial workings of the plant, which will be in the second-half of December. The shareholders of the company are Eletrobras...
[ 09/16/2011 18:30 ] - E&P
Perenco Debuts Drilling Campaign Â
Perenco will carry out its first drilling campaign in Brazil as of October in the Espírito Santo Basin where it holds five exploratory blocks. The campaign, which is for the post salt, will involve the drilling of two wells in blocks ES-M-416 and ES-M-418, both of which are in water depths greater than 500 m. The wells will be drilled by the Ocean Star drill rig. The...
[ 09/16/2011 18:25 ] - nuclear power
Angra 1 To Be Restocked
The nuclear plant Angra 1 (640 MW) will be disconnected from the National Integrated System on Saturday (September 17) to carry out the replenishing of a third of its fuel. The operation will require a month and operations should return to normal on October 17. During the programmed stop, Eletronuclear will carry out 3,900 activities, including inspection and maintenance. ...
[ 09/16/2011 18:17 ] - E&P
Barra Energia With 30% Of BS-4
Barra Energia announced on Thursday (September 15) that it had closed 2 farm-in agreements with Chevron and Shell that add up to 30% participation in the BS-4 block. With the operation the companies leave the partnership that exploited the block. At the end of August Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP) confirmed the farm in operation with...
[ 09/16/2011 18:08 ] - power
Coal And Nuclear Discarded
The president of EPE (Energy Research Company), Maurício Tolmasquim, stated today that there is no hurry for the construction of nuclear plants and that the coal thermoelectric plants are not desirable or necessary. According to him, the expansion of nuclear energy is limited, for the time being, to the construction of the Angra 3 plant (1,405 MW), in Angra dos Reis (Rio de...
[ 09/16/2011 17:52 ] - R&D
US$ 8.8 Billion For Research
The resources for R&D activities coming from Special Participation (SP) foreseen in the existing concession contracts and the 0.5% foreseen in the Onerous Agreement contract will add up to around R$ 15 B (US$ 8.8 B) in the next 10 years. The information was given out by Elias Ramos de Souza, Superintendent of Research and Innovation at the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The amount...
[ 09/16/2011 17:28 ] - E&P
OGX Setting Up Waimea
OGX has begun the installation of the subsea equipment for the anchorage system of the FPSO OSX-1 that will carry out the long-duration test (LDT) at the Waimea prospect in block BM-C-41, in the Campos Basin. The test will be carried out at well OGX-26HP. The environmental agency Ibama has already issued the LDT installation license. The work is being carried out by the Aker...
[ 09/16/2011 17:26 ] - strategy
SN Power With An Eye On São Roque
SN Power intends to dispute the São Roque hydroelectric concession of 214 MW potential on the Canoas River (Santa Catarina), if the undertaking goes to the A-5 auction at the end of the year. The aim of the company is to acquire the project via Desenvix, a company that carried out the preliminary studies of the plant. SN Power, which is a branch of the Norwegian state...
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