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(Reuters) - Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has accumulated $21.2 billion in accounts receivable, according to documents viewed by Reuters, after turning to dozens of little known intermediaries three years ago to export its oil under U.S. sanctions. The internal disclosure of the enormous amount of unpaid sales - about 84% of PDVSA's total value... Continue Reading →
(OEM) While energy and climate crises take their toll on countries worldwide, occasionally pulling them in different directions, the energy transition takes root, steadily gaining ground in pursuit of the low-carbon and green shift. As it is estimated that investments amounting to a whopping $10 trillion are needed for the U.S. to reach its net-zero by... Continue Reading →
(OW) Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has acquired ST3 Offshore in the sixth tendering round since the Polish offshore steel foundations manufacturer declared bankruptcy. ”On March 20, in the court Sąd Rejonowy Szczecin-Centrum XII Wydział Gospodarczy w Szczecinie an auction for the purchase of ST3 Offshore was held. The highest price offered was PLN 170,500,002,... Continue Reading →
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has reached an agreement with A.P. Moller Holding, the parent company of the A.P. Moller Group, to divest Maersk Supply Service (MSS), specializing in the provision of global offshore marine services and project solutions for the energy sector. The move is part of Maersk’s strategy around integrated logistics and separation... Continue Reading →
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has published in its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022, which shows it has met its climate targets as part of its energy transition strategy and reached a 30% reduction in carbon emissions from its operations by the end of 2022 compared with 2016 on a net basis. According to Shell, the report shows... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) announced on Wednesday a capital increase via a private share placement to help refinance its 4 billion euro ($4.22 billion) takeover of wind power subsidiary Siemens Gamesa. The offer and sale of new shares will be made exclusively to institutional investors in the placement initiated immediately, it said. Siemens Energy's share capital... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. could invest $15 billion through 2030 if it makes commercial oil discoveries in the Namibe Basin, Paulino Jeronimo, chairman for the Angola National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels, said in Luanda. ANPG, Exxon and state-owned Sonangol signed an addendum to blocks 30, 44, and 45 in the Namibe Basin... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has completed the acquisition of additional shares in Seaway 7, bringing its total ownership of the issued and outstanding share capital in the company to 93.94 per cent. On 14 March, Subsea 7 announced it had completed the acquisition of 187,889,551 shares in Seaway 7, corresponding to 21.52 per cent of Seaway 7’s... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it obtained an unfavorable decision by the Third Panel of the Superior Chamber of Tax Appeals (CSRF), a body of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF), as the Panel dismissed, by majority, the special appeals filed by the Company and ruled that CIDE and PIS/COFINS Import... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Dutch lender ING (INGA.AS) on Tuesday said it had again toughened its lending policy to the oil and gas sector, restricting finance to clients engaged in commodity or trade finance and "midstream" infrastructure. ING, a leading provider of commodity finance, said it was working on a methodology to reduce the volumes of traded oil and... Continue Reading →
