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Signed opinion columns from One Energy News columnists.
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Alexander didn’t bring a cameraman
By Diogenes the Cynic The story goes that Alexander the Great once found me lying in the sun and asked what he could do for me. I asked him to move aside. He was casting a shadow. I was content with something he had no need to conquer, finance or commission. I remembered this as […]
Constitutional Insights #4
The Mining Debate and Bill 2780/2024: Between Development and Preservation By Luis Fernando Priolli Dealing with mining in Brazil is complex and polarized. While on one hand it drives the economy, on the other, it touches the wounds of the territory. This issue boils down to a tug-of-war between powerful and difficult-to-reconcile realities. Brazil cannot […]
Digital Minds #4
The Price of Taking a Stand By Fernando Vilela The Price of Taking a Stand Every company has values. You know the list. Integrity. Transparency. Respect. Independence. Ethics. They’re usually printed in an expensive font somewhere between the company’s mission statement and a photograph of three unusually happy employees staring at a laptop. Nobody writes: […]
Tech Compass #4
The Yacht That Starts Telling Its Own Story A modern yacht doesn't have to wait for a failure to tell us there is a problem. Its own data may start telling the story much earlier By Romulo Bacchiega Some technologies immediately demand our attention. Others work quietly in the background, without changing the appearance of […]
Constitutional Insights #3
Oil, Natural Gas and Other Fluid Hydrocarbon Royaltiesunder Brazilian Law By Luis Fernando Priolli The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) held hearings on May 6 and 7 regarding the Direct Actions of Unconstitutionality (ADIs) 4916, 4917, 4920, 4918, and 5038, respectively filed by the Governors of the States of Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, and […]
Digital Minds #3
The End of Intermediaries… or the Value of Judgment? By Fernando Vilela The other day, someone called me asking for information. They weren't a client, weren't interested in hiring anything, didn't want a meeting, and certainly weren't asking for a proposal. They just wanted a piece of information. Then came the questions: a vessel, a […]
Tech Compass #3
The Future of Data Has Everything to Do with CDs and DVDs — Just Not the Way You Think Project Silica and the Future of Cold Data Storage By Romulo Bacchiega CDs and DVDs use lasers to write and read information on a physical medium. Project Silica, Microsoft's long-term storage initiative, does something conceptually similar: […]
Constitutional Insights #2
Water: Commodity or Common Good? By Luis Fernando Priolli In the early hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a military offensive against Iranian targets, including key leadership figures, prompting an immediate response from Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution (1979), there has been intense rivalry between Israel and Iran; however, an open […]
Digital Minds #2
The New Luxury: When Time Is Worth More Than a Rolex — and No One Notices By Fernando Vilela There’s a scene that has become routine in the corporate world. You’ve probably seen it. Maybe you are that guy. The other day, I was sitting at a crowded airport terminal — the kind that smells […]
Tech Compass #2
Energy Efficiency: Where Engineering Meets the Bottom Line By Romulo Bacchiega In offshore operations, fuel consumption and energy demand are high-impact costs—well-known and often dreaded fixtures of any OPEX spreadsheet. The novelty today lies not in identifying these costs, but in how we manage them. Energy efficiency, which for a long time lived in the […]
Tech Compass #1
Corporate AI: The fine line between productivity and exposure By Romulo Bacchiega It was just another ordinary day at Samsung's semiconductor division in March 2023. An engineer, struggling with a stubborn bug, decided to ask ChatGPT for help. He pasted chunks of the company's proprietary source code into the tool and, within seconds, received debugging […]
Digital minds #1
Brain Rot”: when the brain starts melting — and no one notices By Fernando Vilela There’s a scene that’s becoming increasingly common.Maybe you’ve seen it. Maybe you’re part of it. Someone sitting in a public place — airport, waiting room, restaurant, even at home — phone glued to their face, volume all the way up, […]
Constitutional Insights #1
Congress must provide constitutional regulation for the gas sector By Luis Fernando Priolli Brazil is at a crucial turning point in defining the rules for the natural gas sector. The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) is currently debating a resolution to establish technical criteria differentiating transmission pipelines from distribution pipelines. While […]