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(Reuters) - Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) lowered its 2022 profitability expectations even further on Tuesday and said it would remain negative through 2023, citing expensive raw materials, component failures and geopolitical uncertainty. The group cut its full-year core earnings margin forecast to minus 5.5% from minus 4%, including gains from selling its development division. Competition,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP's (BP.L) second quarter profit soared to $8.45 billion, its highest in 14 years, as strong refining margins and trading prompted it to boost its dividend and spending on new oil and gas production. The strong performance caps a blowout quarter for the top Western oil and gas companies on the back of soaring energy... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas companies BP and Eni have confirmed that Azule Energy, a new 50/50 independent joint venture combining the two companies’ businesses in Angola, has been officially established. Following a memorandum of understanding from May 2021, BP and Eni signed an agreement to form the new JV in mid-March 2022. As announced by the two oil players on... Continue Reading →
Dril-Quip achieved revenue of $94 million in second-quarter 2022, up $10.8 million from the first quarter, and driven by improved subsea equipment and downhole products and services results. President and CEO Jeff Bird said the figures reflect the improving offshore drilling market and a focus on controlling costs while improving margins Downhole Tools experienced broad growth across all geographies,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A Luxembourg bailiff has ordered banks to freeze assets held by Ecuador at accounts in the country as a result of a dispute over a $391 million settlement award that Anglo-French oil company Perenco says remains unpaid, a document seen by Reuters show. Ecuador's government pledged in June 2021 to honor the debt,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Petrobras' Brazil-listed shares jumped more than 6% on Friday, approaching a 12-year high, after the state-run oil company smashed quarterly profit estimates and announced a record dividend payment. The company announced on Thursday afternoon an 87.8 billion-real ($17 billion) dividend payout, the largest ever, sending the firm's shares up some 3.3% in intraday... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is ready to invest billions of dollars in a disputed major Gulf of Mexico oil field once its U.S. partner Talos Energy accepts Pemex will run the project, the chief executive of the Mexican state oil company said. The 850-million-barrel Zama field has become a bone of contention under President... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) on Friday doubled its share buyback plan for this year and approved a new share purchase programme for 2023 after reporting a jump in profits in the second quarter on the back of soaring oil prices. Eni's move follows similar action by Shell (SHEL.L) and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), which extended share buybacks on Thursday... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has reported a revenue of $2.4 billion for the first half of 2022, an increase of $247 million or 11% compared to the first six months of 2021, driven by the Subsea and Conventional business unit and partly offset by lower revenue in the Renewables unit. Revenue of the Subsea and Conventional unit... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - French utility Engie (ENGIE.PA) said on Friday it was well prepared for a reduction in deliveries of Russian gas, as its first-half profits surged on the back of higher energy prices. Engie added it was working with the Belgian government on possibly extending operations at two nuclear units. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has thrown the... Continue Reading →
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