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Feb 10 (Reuters) - Equinor's international oil and gas portfolio will return to growth in the next few years as the Norwegian energy group targets sharply increased output abroad by 2030, its head of foreign operations told Reuters. After recent divestment of onshore assets in Argentina, Equinor now produces oil and gas in seven countries outside Norway, down... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects, part of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, has been awarded a further 10MW for its Ynni’r Lleuad Project at Morlais in Wales in today’s announcement of the UK government’s Allocation Round 7a (AR7a) Contracts forDifference (CfD) awards. This additional capacity builds on the 20MW already awarded to HydroWing through earlier rounds... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Seatrium, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard, has started arbitration proceedings against Petrobras Netherlands in connection with a legacy contract for the conversion of the P-54 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The dispute relates to a settlement agreement reached in 2008 following amendments to the original 2004 contract. Under... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 (Reuters) BP posted quarterly profit in line with analyst expectations on Tuesday and suspended its share buyback programme as it wrote down around $4 billion in its renewables and biogas businesses. BP, whose new CEO Meg O'Neill will start in April, said it would allocate the excess cash to invest in oil and... Continue Reading →
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Shell needs an acquisition or exploration breakthrough to make up for an expected production shortage of 350,000-800,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2035 due to maturing fields unable to meet its output targets, the company and analysts say. For years, oil majors have been restrained in topping up reserves,... Continue Reading →
Feb. 9 (Reuters) Oilfield services firm Transocean said on Monday it will acquire peer Valaris in an all-stock deal valued at $5.8 billion, expanding its exposure across deepwater, harsh-environment and shallow-water basins worldwide. Transocean shares were down 4% at $5.16, while Valaris shares were up 14.6% at $71.61 in premarket trade. Oilfield service providers have... Continue Reading →
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Denmark's Orsted reported sharply higher fourth-quarter cash flow and a bigger-than-expected reduction in debt, as the group boosts its balance sheet to navigate U.S. President Donald Trump's clampdown on offshore wind. Orsted expanded rapidly over the past decade, but more recently faced higher costs from supply chain disruption and inflation, and faces regulatory... Continue Reading →
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Namibia will not recognise the purchase of offshore stakes in the Luderitz Basin announced last week by TotalEnergies and Petrobras until the oil companies follow the proper route for approval, government officials said on Sunday. Jonas Mbambo, a spokesperson for the presidency, confirmed that until a formal application is submitted and the prescribed... Continue Reading →
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Some Brazilian power companies are pulling back from energy trading amid rising credit risks, greater price volatility, shrinking sales from generators and reduced liquidity in the market, company executives and sources said. CPFL and CTG Brasil, two major generators controlled by Chinese groups, are among the firms that have quit "directional trading,"... Continue Reading →
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian energy firm Eneva is considering options to enter Venezuela's oil and natural gas sector and is in talks with Sweden's Maha Capital over creating a possible joint venture there, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. One of the sources, who asked not to be named, said... Continue Reading →
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