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Dutch offshore survey services company Fugro has agreed to sell its Seabed Geosolutions subsidiary to PXGEO Seismic Services (PXGEO) to for USD 16 million (approximately EUR 14 million) in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed mid-2021. The divestment includes Seabed’s ocean bottom node (OBN) inventory, handling equipment, related technology and order backlog. In... Continue Reading →
Malaysia's largest oil and gas services provider Sapura Energy on Tuesday said it has refinanced 10.3 billion ringgit ($2.48 billion) of its debt for a period of seven years. The company said the refinancing includes an $820 million term loan facility to be offered by banks in U.S. dollars and Malaysian ringgit, and the issuance... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Energy trader Gunvor Group aims to cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 40% in absolute terms by 2025, the company said on Tuesday, and has set up a new subsidiary to invest in non-hydrocarbon projects. The Geneva-based firm, which is among the top five global oil traders, aims to cut emissions... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil’s Petrobras has fired a high-ranking manager after determining he had traded company shares in the days leading up to the firm releasing its financial results, the company said on Monday. Earlier on Monday, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Claudio Costa, Petrobras’ executive manager for human resources, sold shares... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian energy firm Raizen, a joint venture between Cosan SA and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, has chosen four investment banks to manage its initial public offering, expected to be one of the largest this year, raising up to 13 billion reais ($2.25 billion), four people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Raizen... Continue Reading →
Following the acquisition of the Baúna field in Brazil, Australia’s Karoon Energy has created a Brazil Business Unit and is working to restructure its executive team with immediate effect. Karoon said on Monday it has created the Brazil Business Unit, which will be reporting directly to the CEO and Managing Director, supported by the appropriate... Continue Reading →
The FTI Consulting liquidators, appointed as joint provisional liquidators for seismic contractor Polarcus, have filed a mandatory report to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. The joint provisional liquidators’ (JPLs’) first report, that was required to be submitted to the court before the end of March, summarises the work undertaken since the JPLs’ appointment on 8... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - China’s Sinopec Corp, Asia’s largest oil refiner aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, with its near-term strategy focused on natural gas development and a long-term pivot to hydrogen, top executives said on Monday. As China’s largest hydrogen producer, Sinopec will focus on fossil fuel-based hydrogen production over the next five years and... Continue Reading →
No deal has yet been reached on the future of a lucrative shared oil deposit as a deadline expired on Thursday, but Mexican state-run Pemex and Talos Energy will keep talking, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. How to develop the nearly 700 million barrel offshore Zama discovery, which was made by... Continue Reading →
Annual oil and gas reserves and production by Chinese oil and gas player CNOOC Limited have hit a new record high while costs decreased to a ten-year low. In 2020, CNOOC focused on large and medium-sized oil and gas discoveries and strived to improve the success ratio of exploration. During the year, 16 commercial discoveries... Continue Reading →
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