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Aug. 12 (OE) Borr Drilling reported lower revenue and adjusted earnings for the second quarter of 2026 as rig transitions, higher operating costs and delays getting the Odin to work weighed on results. The jack-up drilling contractor reported Q2 operating revenue of $232.3 million, down 6% from $247 million in the first quarter. Adjusted EBITDA... Continue Reading →
Aug. 11 (Reuters) Nigerian President Bola Tinubu approved a new regulatory and fiscal framework for offshore oil and gas projects, his office said on Tuesday, a move the government says could attract up to $50 billion in investment and revive long-delayed developments. Nigeria has struggled in recent years to attract new upstream oil investment amid... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (PN) Petrobras released the list of companies that submitted bids for the new Albacora FPSO in the Campos Basin. Malaysian company Yinson took the lead in the race, submitting the best offer at US$ 2.297 billion. Four other companies that also submitted bids: China's COOEC (US$ 2.842 billion); India's Shapoorji (US$ 2.9 billion);... Continue Reading →
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Argentina's state oil firm YPF on Monday reported a net profit of $1.21 billion in the second quarter of 2026, compared with $58 million seen a year earlier, citing higher shale production, record processing levels and a hike in international prices. The state-run producer's revenues reached $6.57 billion during the April-to-June... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (offshore-energy.biz) DOF Group, a Norwegian operator and owner of a fleet of advanced vessels for the energy and marine sectors, has lined up work for two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region, encompassing member states and territories across the Caribbean, as well as Belize in Central America... Continue Reading →
Aug.9 (oilnow.gy) Guyana is set to receive a larger share of the oil produced from the Stabroek Block after ExxonMobil and its co-venturers recovered about US$55 billion in investment and a substantial amount of operating costs. To understand why, it is important to understand how cost recovery works. ExxonMobil, Hess (owned by Chevron) and CNOOC... Continue Reading →
Aug. 7 (offshoreWIND.biz) RWE and the US Department of the Interior (DOI) have reached a settlement agreement under which RWE will relinquish its offshore wind leases in the New York Bight and off the coasts of California and Louisiana in exchange for USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.06 billion) in settlement funds. The agreement resolves... Continue Reading →
Aug. 7 (oilprice.com) BP’s Bumerangue discovery is more than another giant Brazilian oil find: it could become the project that keeps both BP’s upstream portfolio and Brazil’s production boom alive well into the 2030s. With an estimated 2.5 billion barrels potentially recoverable and peak output that could reach 600,000 b/d, the ultra-deepwater development is large enough to... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, August 06, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44/21, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the payment of shareholder remuneration in the amount of R$ 17.4 billion, equivalent to R$ 1.34814262 per outstanding common and preferred share, as an anticipation... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 06, 2026 “The operational records we achieved in this second quarter led to one of Petrobras’ highest quarterly financial results in our time series. The increase in oil and oil products output, alongside higher Brent prices, strengthened our cash generation." Fernando Melgarejo, Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer ... Continue Reading →
