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[ 10/03/2011 17:35 ] - petrochemical
Braskem Concludes Purchase Of Dow
On Friday, (September 30), Braskem completed the acquisition of polypropylene assets from Dow Chemical. The operation was announced at the end of July and has received the approval of the regulatory agencies in the United States and Europe. The deal includes the acquisition of four units, two in the United States and two in Germany. The American plants are capable of producing 505,000...
[ 10/03/2011 17:08 ] - strategy
Bosch Bets On Solar Energy Â
On Monday, October 3, Bosch Latin America announced that it would build a solar collector factory for heating water in Brazil in 2012. The equipment that the company is producing today in Europe will be headed for the industrial and residential segments. The president of the company, Besaliel Botelho, said also that a division dedicated to solar energy had been set up in Campinas...
[ 10/03/2011 16:59 ] - supply
Dresser Wins Replicants Bid
Dresser Rand will supply the compressors for the eight replicant FPSOs that will be sent to operate in the Lula and Guará fields in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The company signed a contract with Petrobras, for more than US$ 700 million to deliver up to 80 compressors beginning in 2013. The contract specifies a level of domestic content increasing from 35% to 55%, except...
[ 10/03/2011 16:42 ] - alternative sources
More Biogas In São Paulo
Estre Ambiental plans to begin generating energy from waste in 2013. Specialized in the management of sanitary landfills, the company estimates that there is 60 MW of potential energy from biogas produced by its ten projects in São Paulo. The company expects that the first to be explored will be the Guatapará landfill located in the municipality of the same name, near...
[ 10/03/2011 14:59 ] - E&P
Aruanã Will Flare Natural Gas
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has approved, with reservations, the Terms of Commitment with Petrobras for the Modification Program For Reduction in Gas Flaring (PARQ). The agreement calls for a review of the limits for flaring gas in the Albacora Leste, Espadarte, Jubarte and Barracuda fields in the Campos Basin. The agency approved the exceptional flaring of 110,000m3/day of...
[ 10/03/2011 13:35 ] - hydro power
Move To Stop Rondônia Plants
The Federal Prosecutor and the state prosecutors in Rondônia have filed a suit against the government of the state of Rondônia and Mega Energia asking for immediate halt to the work on three small hydroelectric power plants in the Jamari River Basin. In the lawsuit, the prosecutors point to several irregularities in the environmental licenses. Among these are the fact that the...
[ 09/30/2011 18:22 ] - strategy
Teekay To Purchase Sevan Share            Â
Teekay Corporation announced this Friday (September 30) the acquisition of three FPSOs from Sevan Marine, including the FPSO Piranema, installed in the Piranema field, in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The acquisition also involves the FPSOs Hummingbird and Voyageur, future projects of drillships that are under development by the company and an issue of shares to obtain a significant part of the...
[ 09/30/2011 18:22 ] - E&P
Consortium Wins OSX Project
The CEK consortium of Chemtech, Exactum and Kromav won the bid for the supply of the basic and detailed engineering projects for the FPSOs OSX-4 and OSX-5 that will be installed by OSX in the Campos Basin in areas operated by its sister company OGX. The project follows the standardization created by the company of the EBX Group, baptized OSX Flex, and foresees the use of similar projects to...
[ 09/30/2011 18:21 ] - commercialization
Cemig Takes 41% Of A-1
Cemig was the largest purchaser at the A-1 adjustment auction that took place this Friday (September 30) at the Electric Power Commercialization Chamber (CCEE). The company acquired 302,100 MWh, equivalent to 41.6% of the 724,400 MWh sold. The distributor bought 98.2% of the lot for delivery in the third quarter beginning on October 1 in the Southeast. 307,900 MWh were negotiated with an...
[ 09/30/2011 17:49 ] - wind power
Measurements Move Ahead
The databank of wind power generation in Brazil, being elaborated by the Energy Research Company (EPE), has already received the registration of winds from 54 wind farms in the country. Besides this, according to Juarez Lopes, assistant to the board of Economic Energy and Environmental Studies of EPE, other companies are already installing wind measurement towers at their...
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