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Equinor Brazil Is Chosen Company of the Year by BRATECC

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 24/06/2020 at 13:22
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On Wednesday, June 24th, Equinor Brazil will receive the Company of the Year award for 2019, presented by Bratecc (Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce) at the Best of the Year 2019 Awards ceremony, for its commitments to the development of the oil and gas sector and wind energy in Brazil. The main international organization representing the Brazil-Texas community, Bratecc is made up of various global companies and aims to stimulate business and good relations between American and Brazilian companies.

Equinor is a global energy company based in Norway, with operations in over 30 countries. It is currently one of the largest offshore operators in the world and is increasingly involved in renewable energy. Present in Brazil since 2001 – considered one of the company’s three main areas worldwide – Equinor is the largest international operator in the country in terms of operated volume, with an average production of 100,000 barrels. With a solid and diversified portfolio of O&G, Equinor Brazil has assets at different stages, from exploration to production, and important projects in development, such as Bacalhau and BM-C-33.

In the renewables segment, Equinor prioritizes areas where it can apply its extensive offshore knowledge to create value for its businesses and has been continuously analyzing investment opportunities. It has vast experience in offshore wind in different countries and sees Brazil as a potentially interesting area for wind and solar projects.

In Brazil, the company’s first solar plant, the Apodi Complex, has been in operation since 2018 in the state of Ceará. Still in renewables, last April, the company entered into a partnership with Micropower to produce a battery storage system that reduces carbon emissions and costs for customers.

In addition to Equinor Brazil, Bratecc will also award the former General Director of ANP, Décio Oddone, as Man of the Year, and the engineering and software development company Radix, in the Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Year category. The awards ceremony, which was to be in-person and scheduled for March this year, was postponed due to the pandemic and will be virtual.

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Paulo Nogueira

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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