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(Reuters) Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex plunged deeper into so-called junk status on Monday after a major credit rating agency downgraded its long-term debt by one notch. Moody's Investors Service cut Pemex's credit rating to B1 from Ba3, or four notches into the agency's speculative status, reflecting a higher risk of default for the company formally known... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Italy's Saipem (SPMI.MI) has raised around 1.395 billion euros ($1.4 billion) to stabilise its finances, the energy services group said on Monday, adding that around 70% of the new shares it was issuing in a cash call were subscribed. Last month Saipem launched a 2 billion euro hyper-dilutive capital increase, which was open until Monday,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed, on 07/08/22, a credit line with sustainability commitments (Sustainability-Linked Loan - SLL) in the amount of US$ 1.25 billion and maturity in July 2027. The operation was signed with the banks Bank of China, MUFG and The Bank of Nova Scotia, with competitive costs in comparison... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's real is expected to firm over the next 12 months but will come under growing pressure from planned extra social spending against a complex economic backdrop in the run-up to October's presidential vote, a Reuters poll showed. A median forecast in a poll of 28 analysts, which usually reflects a more conservative... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL)said on Thursday its second-quarter results would be positively impacted by between $400 million and $550 million from trade in natural gas derivatives used to hedge its physical deliveries. The oil firm has earned record profits from soaring oil and gas prices and is widely expected to see a further increase in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) said on Thursday surging demand for oil products that had almost tripled refining profits in the second quarter would boost earnings by up to $1.2 billion. In an update before second quarter results on July 28, Shell also said it would reverse up to $4.5 billion in writedowns on oil and gas assets... Continue Reading →
Seismic data companies TGS and CGG said this week they were successful in their respective bids in the auction process conducted in relation to their rival's ION Geophysical Corporation’s (ION) Chapter 11 bankruptcy case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. TGS will acquire certain assets related to ION’s... Continue Reading →
The U.S. offshore wind sector continues its journey to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050, Intelatus Global Partners said in its July U.S. offshore wind report. Two major OCS projects with around 940 MW of capacity have reached FID and have started onshore construction, and seven projects are... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Two U.S. investment funds on Tuesday said they formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm to pursue oil and gas exploration and production projects in the U.S.-sanctioned South American country. Gramercy Funds Management and Atmos Global Energy said their joint venture would work with an arm of Inelectra Group, a Caracas-based firm... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/28/02, informs that it has today finalized the sale of its entire interest (27.88%) in Deten Química S.A (Deten), located in the industrial complex of Camaçari, in the state of Bahia, to the company Cepsa Química S.A, which already has an indirect interest... Continue Reading →
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