- Golar Power has submitted the top bid for a highly pursued liquefied natural gas import terminal being leased by Petrobras (PBR -2%), although the bid may be thrown out on compliance related grounds, Reuters reports.
- Golar Power, a joint venture between Golar LNG (GLNG -4.3%) and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, reportedly was the top offer out of 12 companies applied to submit offers, including local subsidiaries of BP, Total (NYSE:TOT) and Repsol (OTCQX:REPYY).
- The terminal and regasification facility was offered under a wider government effort to end state-run Petrobras' Brazil monopoly in natural gas imports and processing.
- The chief executive of another Golar LNG-Stonepeak venture, Hygo Energy Transition, stepped down this week after being cited in a bribery investigation.