(Reuters) Spain's Iberdrola plans to invest 47 billion euros ($47 billion) in its electricity networks, renewable energy production and customer businesses in 2023-2025 alongside an expected rise in profits, it said on Wednesday. Iberdrola is pushing to remain one of the global renewable power leaders at a time when utilities are facing a challenging transition... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Q3 Net Profit Doubles
(Reuters) Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol on Tuesday reported its third-quarter net profit more than doubled to 9.51 trillion pesos ($1.90 billion), rising 150% from a year earlier, as production returned to levels not seen since before the coronavirus pandemic. The firm's revenues climbed 86% to 43.44 trillion pesos, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation... Continue Reading →
Siemens Energy launches $4 bln tender offer for Siemens Gamesa
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) opened on Tuesday a 4.05 billion euro ($4.05 billion) bid for the third of the shares it does not own in its unit Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC), the German company said. The acceptance period will last 36 calendar days and is expected to end on Dec. 13 2022, said the company, after the Spanish... Continue Reading →
Diamond Offshore Nets $429M Drilling Contract in Brazil
Offshore drilling company Diamond Offshore said Monday it had received a notification of award of a new drilling program with Petrobras in Brazil. The soon to be signed four-year contract is for the semi-submersible offshore drilling Ocean Courage. Petrobras will have an option to extend the contract for an additional four years. The total estimated... Continue Reading →
Sandbrook Acquires Majority Stake in Havfram
Sandbrook Capital has acquired a majority stake in the the Norwegian offshore installation services company Havfram and has committed $250 million to fund the company's future growth. The new capital will be used to build a fleet of vessels for installation of offshore wind turbines and foundations (“WTIVs”). As part of the transaction, Havfram’s subsea... Continue Reading →
Former Petrobras executive asks Brazil court to block dividend payment
(Reuters) - Guilherme Estrella, former director of Brazil's state-controlled oil giant Petrobras, filed a lawsuit in court to block the payment of dividends by the company. In a late Friday filing, Petrobras reported that Estrella, a former director of exploration and production, requested the blocking of 32.1 billion reais ($6.6 billion) in dividends that would... Continue Reading →
BW FPSO stay in Nigeria prolonged
FPSO operator BW Offshore has secured a short-term contract extension for a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating in waters offshore Nigeria. BW Offshore disclosed last Friday that it has signed an agreement with Addax Petroleum Exploration (Nigeria) Limited for a six-month extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Sendje Berge. Thanks to this,... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies leads Shell, BP in renewables race, but shares sag
(Reuters) - French energy giant TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) has pulled ahead of rivals Shell (SHEL.L) and BP in the race to build up a renewables business, data collected by Reuters shows. But despite the growing focus on the climate, investors remain cautious for now, with shares of the three European giants trailing their oil and gas-focused U.S. rivals Exxon Mobil... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions, Petrobras in Frame Agreement for Supply of Subsea Production Systems
(OED) Norway's Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement from Brazil's Petrobras and partners to provide subsea production systems (SPS) and subsea lifecycle services (SLS) for Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. The frame agreement has a fixed period of five years, from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the fourth quarter of... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras beats profit expectations as uncertainty looms
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) on Thursday posted a stronger than expected 48% surge in third-quarter profit, the latest in a string of stellar quarters under market-friendly managers whose days may be numbered. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as it is formally known, reported net profit of 46.1 billion reais ($9.01 billion) or 3.56 reais a... Continue Reading →