Nov 3 (Reuters) - Denmark's Orsted said on Monday it agreed to sell a 50% stake in Britain's Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm for 39 billion Danish crowns ($6.09 billion), widely regarded as a crucial move to prevent a crippling credit rating downgrade. Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer, seeks to restore investor confidence as... Continue Reading →
Exxon beats Q3 profit estimates on higher Guyana, Permian production
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 →
Chevron tops Q3 earnings estimates with record production after Hess deal
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 →
Ocean Winds Sells 20% Stake in French Offshore Wind Farm to Allianz for $230M
Oct. 22 (OE) Ocean Winds, the 50-50 joint venture between Portugal’s EDP Renováveis and France’s Engie, has agreed to sell a 20.25% stake in its 500 MW Îles d’Yeu et Noirmoutier offshore wind project in France to Allianz Global Investors for $232 million. Located in Vendée on France’s Atlantic coast, the Îles d’Yeu et Noirmoutier... Continue Reading →
GE Vernova profit beats on strong equipment orders, rising power demand
Oct 22 (Reuters) - GE Vernova's profit topped third-quarter expectations on Wednesday, driven by strong equipment orders and surging U.S. power demand from data centers supporting artificial intelligence workloads. Growing power demand from AI and other data-heavy industries is helping power equipment makers like GE Vernova tap long-term growth in U.S., strengthening its grid and turbine... Continue Reading →
SLB beats profit estimates on North America demand, ChampionX deal boost
Oct 17 (Reuters) - SLB beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Friday, as steady demand in North America and contributions from its recent ChampionX acquisition helped offset weakening oilfield activity in other regions. The U.S. oilfield market appears to be stabilizing after months of reduced spending, but international demand, historically SLB's major profit driver,... Continue Reading →
PetroReconcavo Completes Sale of 50% Stake in Seven Concessions to Mandacaru Energia
Oct. 14 (moneytimes) PetroReconcavo announced to the market the completion of a farm-out with Mandacaru Energia on October 10th. A farm-out is a type of agreement in which one party transfers part of its stake in a concession to another, which assumes responsibility for exploration and/or development activities within that concession. The transaction involves the... Continue Reading →
Sintana-Challenger Merger to Boost Exploration in Southern Atlantic
Oct. 13 (OE) Oil and gas company Sintana Energy has agreed to acquire Challenger Energy, which holds interest in two blocks offshore Uruguay as well as other assets in broader region. The all-share transaction, valued at about $60 million, will create a combined exploration platform spanning eight licenses in Namibia and Uruguay, as well as... Continue Reading →
Galp Joins Shell to Explore São Tomé and Príncipe’s Offshore Block 4
Oct. 7 (OE) Portugal’s Galp has reached a farm-in agreement with KE STP Company, a Shell affiliate, for the acquisition of a 27.5% stake in São Tomé and Príncipe’s Block 4, forming a joint venture with Shell, Petrobras and ANP-STP. With the agreement, Galp expands its presence offshore São Tomé and Príncipe, entering another early-stage... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Batista brothers’ J&F in talks for EDF plant as Brazil power M&A surges
Oct 3 (Reuters) - J&F Investimentos SA, the holding company owned by Brazil's billionaire Batista brothers, is in talks to acquire French utility EDF's Rio de Janeiro thermal plant, according to two people familiar with the matter. The deal, which could fetch up to 2 billion reais ($374 million) according to one of the sources,... Continue Reading →