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 →
Brava Energia on closing of the purchase and sale transaction of gas midstream infrastructure with Petroreconcavo
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, and following the Material Fact disclosed on May 5, 2025, informs its investors and the market in general that the Asset Purchase and Sale transaction (“Agreement”) with PETRORECONCAVO S.A. (“PetroReconcavo”), regarding the sale of 50% of the gas midstream infrastructure in... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies launches savings plan, cuts capex after rising debt worries investors
Sept 29 (Reuters) - TotalEnergies will cut its annual capital expenditure by $1 billion, it said on Monday, as the French oil major sought to soothe investor fears over slow asset sales and rising debt at a meeting with investors in New York. The reduction in capex, to around $15–17 billion annually between 2027 and 2030,... Continue Reading →
Chevron expects up to $400 million quarterly impact from Hess deal
Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. energy major Chevron said on Thursday it was expecting to take a hit of $200 million to $400 million in the third quarter related to the Hess deal. Chevron closed its $55 billion acquisition of Hess in July after winning a landmark legal battle against larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to the... Continue Reading →
ANP Expects R$17Billion in Investments from the Extension of Round Zero Onshore Contracts
The Brazilian oil and gas sector is expected to receive approximately R$17 billion in new onshore investments from the extension of contracts for 139 onshore oil and natural gas production fields originated in Round Zero. This figure was released by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The so-called Round Zero was held in 1998, following the... Continue Reading →