By Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor ASA , Brazil's Dommo Energia SA and Anglo-French firm Perenco are among at least six oil producers that have registered coronavirus cases among employees or contractors at facilities off the coast of Brazil, according to industry and regulatory sources. Royal Dutch Shell PLC and … [Read more...]
Workers Start to Fall Ill at Brazil’s Busiest Port
By Fabiana Batista (Bloomberg) --Brazilian port workers are starting to fall ill as the coronavirus pandemic reaches one of Latin America’s busiest shipping hubs. At least three privately-run terminals that handle soybeans, corn, sugar and coffee at Brazil's Santos port have registered two cases each of Covid-19 in the past two weeks, according to people with direct … [Read more...]
Ships Line Up at Brazil Sugar Terminals Signaling Bounce in Commodity Demand
By Aleksey Stemmer / Shutterstock (Bloomberg) -- In Brazil, the world’s top sugar producer, the queue for ships to export the commodity is lengthening in a bullish sign that the biggest supplies ever linked to the expiration of a futures contract are bound for consumers around the world. Through Monday, the queue of vessels loading or expected to take the raw material at … [Read more...]
Soy Vessel Stranded in Brazil After ‘Problem’ During Maneuvering
AIS data from MarineTraffic.com showed the vessel as "aground" on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Ismail Arslangiray SAO PAULO, March 5 (Reuters) - The vessel Aeolian Grace, loaded with some 65,000 tonnes of soybeans, has been stranded in Brazil's São Francisco do Sul port since Wednesday, authorities said in a statement on Thursday. Authorities said … [Read more...]
Brazil Will Drill Massive Oil Find Despite Climate Concerns
By Jake Spring MADRID, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Brazil will push to expand oil drilling in its massive "pre-salt" oil and gas area off its coast in spite of growing global concerns about climate change, the country's energy minister told Reuters on Monday. Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque spoke on the sidelines of a climate summit underway in Madrid where UN … [Read more...]