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Oct 31 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter earnings on Friday, underpinned by higher oil and gas production in Guyana and the Permian Basin, which offset lower oil prices. Adjusted earnings during the July-to-September quarter were $8.1 billion, or $1.88 per share, beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.82 per share, according to... Continue Reading →
Oct 31 (Reuters) - Chevron beat analyst estimates on Friday as record oil and gas production, boosted by its $55 billion acquisition of Hess, and stronger refining margins lifted the No. 2 U.S. oil producer's results for the third quarter. Adjusted earnings for the three-month period ended September 30 were $3.6 billion or $1.85 per share,... Continue Reading →
Oct. 31 (Reuters) Dutch geological data specialist Fugro reported stronger-than-expected core earnings on Friday, but cautioned that worsening conditions in the offshore wind sector and tighter spending by energy firms could weigh on its performance in the final quarter. Third-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell 22% year-on-year to 108.6 million... Continue Reading →
Oct. 31 (OE) French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract with TechnipFMC to supply line pipes for the Orca project, formerly known as Gato do Mato, a major Shell-operated deepwater development in Brazil’s Santos Basin. The integrated contract covers more than 20,000 tons of subsea seamless premium carbon-steel line pipes, intended for risers... Continue Reading →
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Britain's Wood Group posted a fall in profit for the first half of the year on Thursday, citing uncertainty stemming from an independent review, delays in publishing its 2024 audited accounts and a weakening financial position. The oilfield services and engineering company launched an independent review in November last year into the accounting of... Continue Reading →
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras has authorized studies for a logistics center in the Amazonian state of Amapa, where the state-run oil firm started exploring in a promising offshore block last week, state Governor Clecio Luis told Reuters. The company's logistics subsidiary Transpetro will do the studies, Luis said, adding the center would support... Continue Reading →
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Shell and TotalEnergies posted quarterly profit falls of 10% and 2%, respectively, on Thursday, dragged down by lower oil prices, though Shell beat expectations helped by better trading results in its huge gas division. While Shell, the world's largest liquefied natural gas trader, is keeping its $3.5 billion buyback pace, No. 2 LNG... Continue Reading →
Oct. 30 (offshoreWIND.biz) “The pilot plant project in Rio Grande do Norte is no longer just an idea, a dream. We are talking about something concrete, which exists”, said Rodrigo Mello, director at SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) and its arm in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, SENAI-RN, as the... Continue Reading →
Oct. 30 (OE) Kongsberg Gruppen has proposed spinning off its Kongsberg Maritime business in a separate stock market listing and consolidating its Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Kongsberg Discovery units into a single technology and defense company. The group said sustainability and security trends have driven strong growth over the past decade and are expected... Continue Reading →
Oct. 30 (OE) BP is advancing appraisal planning for its Bumerangue offshore discovery in Brazil after laboratory analysis confirmed a large hydrocarbon column in the pre-salt Santos Basin, and CO2 levels in the reservoir that the company believes can be managed. BP said tests following its August discovery indicate a roughly 1,000-metre gross hydrocarbon column,... Continue Reading →
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