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Feb. 5 (ABPIP) The average production of small and medium-sized oil companies in the country, the so-called independents, was 364,300 boe/d (barrels of oil equivalent per day) in 2025, a 22.8% increase compared to the previous year, reported the ABPIP (Brazilian Association of Independent Oil and Gas Producers). This growth mainly reflects the expansion of... Continue Reading →
Feb. 5 (OE) Stena Drilling’s Stena Evolution drillship has received the Abate (P+) notation from classification society DNV. The Abate (P+) qualifier confirms defined design and control of the vessel’s power generation systems, together with an emission and energy management system aligned with ISO 50001 principles. It also verifies the installation of technical and operational... Continue Reading →
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Argentina could surpass last year's record energy trade surplus in 2026, supported by infrastructure that has improved the country's capacity to ship oil and gas from the Vaca Muerta shale formation, analysts said. The 2026 energy trade surplus could range from $8.5 billion to $10 billion, and would depend mainly on... Continue Reading →
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Wind turbine maker Vestas reported quarterly profit that fell slightly short of expectations on Thursday, driving its shares down as much as 6% even as the firm's CEO expressed confidence in future growth due to surging electricity demand. Vestas' operating profit before special items in the fourth quarter fell to 580 million... Continue Reading →
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Shell missed fourth-quarter profit expectations on Thursday with an 11% drop to the lowest level since early 2021 amid weaker oil prices, but kept its bumper share buyback programme. Shareholders of oil majors have become used to huge buybacks, but lower oil and gas prices ahead of an expected crude and liquefied... Continue Reading →
Feb. 4 - The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has authorized Petrobras to resume drilling in block FZA-M-059, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, off the coast of Amapá. As a reminder, activity has been suspended since January 4th, following a loss of drilling fluid on the Foresea drillship ODN-II. In the official letter sent by... Continue Reading →
Feb. 4 (offshoreWIND.biz) The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has opened a public consultation on a draft ministerial order that will set the regulatory bases for the country’s first (floating) offshore wind tender. The consultation runs from 4 February to 24 February 2026 and invites feedback on key design... Continue Reading →
Feb. 4 (oilprice.com) Equinor posted lower earnings in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with a year earlier, reflecting weaker liquids prices and impairment charges, even as the Norwegian energy major delivered record annual production and outlined measures to reinforce cash flow and competitiveness. Adjusted operating income for the quarter reached $6.2 billion, down from the same... Continue Reading →
Feb. 4 - SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, have completed the transaction related to the purchase of FPSO ONE GUYANA, ahead of the maximum lease term which would have expired in August 2027. The purchase allows ExxonMobil Guyana to assume ownership of the unit while SBM Offshore will continue to... Continue Reading →
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Chevron and TotalEnergies are among the oil majors snapping up offshore blocks in West and Southern Africa as compelling geology, regulatory reforms, and the need to restock spur a hunt for the next Brazil. Companies are restocking their oil and gas assets given prospects for fossil fuel demand to stay higher for longer than predicted just a... Continue Reading →
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