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The Board of Directors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras convenes an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company's shareholders to be held on July 09 , 2020, at 3:00 p.m., exclusively by digital format, pursuant to article 4, paragraph 2, item I and article 21-C, paragraphs 2 and 3 of CVM Instruction 481, of December 17, 2009... Continue Reading →
Jun 8, 2020 The companies that purchased blocks in the 1st Cycle of the Permanent Offer will gain more time to present the documents necessary for the signing of the contracts. The action was taken in the face of the public health situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The postponement of the deadlines was announced... Continue Reading →
BP will cut about 15% of its workforce in response to the coronavirus crisis and as part of Chief Executive Bernard Looney’s plan to shift the oil and gas major to renewable energy, it said on Monday. Looney told employees in a global online call that the London-based company will cut 10,000 jobs from the... Continue Reading →
U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford has said that Mark A. McCollum, President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director, has left the company, effective immediately. McCollum, an executive with four decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, joined Weathearford as CEO in 2017, having previously served as CFO at rival service company Halliburton. Continue... Continue Reading →
June 5, 2020 Ricardo Mucci will head the BW Offshore (BWO) office in Brazil. The Brazilian executive, who is already responsible for BW Energy (BWE) in the country, will assume the position replacing, as of July, John Kilde, appointed to oversee other geographic areas of the company, including some businesses in Brazil. Source: PetroleoHoje
Capital expenditure (CAPEX) on offshore wind is expected to surpass upstream oil & gas spending in Europe in 2022, according to Rystad Energy. The oil market collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is set to delay several oil and gas developments in Western Europe, putting capital expenditure in the offshore sector on a continued downwards... Continue Reading →
OPEC, Russia, and allies agreed on Saturday to extend record oil production cuts until the end of July, prolonging a deal that has helped crude prices double in the past two months by withdrawing almost 10% of global supplies from the market. The group, known as OPEC+, also demanded countries such as Nigeria and Iraq,... Continue Reading →
Norwegian seismic player PGS said Monday it would reduce office-based personnel count by approximately 40%, including reductions already implemented, to address the lower market activity and to cut costs. The company said its plan is to bring annual gross cash cost run-rate to approximately $400 million through staff reductions, reorganization, consolidation of offices, re-negotiation of... Continue Reading →
June 8, 2020 BW Offshore has received a notice from Petrobras extending the lease and operation agreement of BW Cidade de São Vicente with 120 days. With the extension, the contract is now set to expire on October 9, 2020. BW Offshore has started planning for the demobilization of the unit from the field and... Continue Reading →
June 05, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that it exported 1.11 million tons of fuel oil in May, surpassing the previous record set in February 2020 by 10%. The amount of fuel oil exported was 231% higher than the volume exported in May last year. It is important to highlight that, on 01/01/2020,... Continue Reading →
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