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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 05/05/2022 and 06/20/2022, informs that it is carrying out today the payment of the 2nd installment of the remuneration to shareholders approved by its Board of Directors in a meeting held on 05/05/2022. The gross amount distributed today corresponds to dividends of R$... Continue Reading →
(REUTERS) Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes on Wednesday reported a bigger second-quarter loss, hit by a $365 million charge from suspension of its Russian operations and supply chain inflation, dampening the benefits of higher oil prices. The company's shares fell about 4.5% to $26.95 in premarket trading. "Our second-quarter results were mixed as each product... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - France's government is offering to pay 9.7 billion euros ($9.85 billion) to take full control of EDF (EDF.PA), in a buyout deal that gives it a free hand to run Europe's biggest nuclear power operator as it grapples with a continent-wide energy crisis. The finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co (HAL.N) on Tuesday posted a nearly 41% rise in second-quarter adjusted profit compared to the first quarter, and predicted multiple years of growth in demand for drilling. Driven by high oil prices, the increase was in spite of a $344 million hit from the company winding down assets in Russia... Continue Reading →
Green energy infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds has revealed it will bid for four seabed lease sites with a combined capacity of 6 GW of floating wind to decarbonise the UK’s oil and gas sector under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. This scale will remove more emissions quickly, keep... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Afentra plc, led by former Tullow CEO Paul McDade, has agreed to buy interests in two shallow-water offshore blocks in Angola from the Croatian oil company INA - Industrija Nafte. To remind, Afentra in April agreed to buy a 20% non-operated interest in Block 3/05, and 40% non-operating interest and Block 23,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The governments of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, the two most-populous Brazilian states, on Monday cut local taxes on ethanol, a move followed by Parana state, in a bid to make the biofuel more competitive at the pump after a similar gasoline tax cut. Sao Paulo cut the ICMS tax, similar to a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas dealmaking fell to $12 billion last quarter, down from the first quarter and nearly a third of the $34.8 billion in the same period a year ago, as commodity price volatility left buyers and sellers clashing over asset values, according to data released by energy analytics firm Enverus on... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Norwegian oil services firm Aker Solutions raised its 2022 revenue outlook as it sees increased activity from oil and gas companies, with tender activity heading for a new record, it said on Thursday. The company now expects its 2022 revenues to rise by around 30% year-on-year, compared with the rise of more than 20%... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A new battle for control of Citgo Petroleum, the eighth largest U.S. oil refiner and Venezuela's foreign crown jewel, could soon be unleashed under a proposed management shake-up by the South American country's opposition lawmakers. The revamping would come despite the company posting strong profits after two years of losses and could lead... Continue Reading →
