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(TE) MISC Bhd’s maiden foray into the deep-water floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) segment of the oil and gas (O&G) industry in Brazil will be closely watched this year. According to S&P Global Ratings, any potential delays and cost overruns on the Mero 3 FPSO project could weigh on its credit rating in the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd said on Monday it will raise 28.08 billion yuan ($4.41 billion) in a share listing in Shanghai, after setting the price for what will be mainland China's 11th-biggest public stock offering. Fundraising will be expanded to 32.29 billion yuan if an over-allotment "greenshoe" option to buy and sell more... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Holding company J&F Investimentos has prepared an offer to purchase a controlling stake in Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem SA (BRKM5.SA), newspaper O Globo reported on Sunday. The newspaper, which did not say how it obtained its information, did not specify the stage of any potential negotiations, saying only that the offer "had been discussed,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Rafael Grisolia, a former CFO at Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras and former CEO of fuel distributor Vibra Energia (VBBR3.SA), has been appointed the chief financial officer of Brazil's Seacrest Petroleo, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Seacrest Petroleo, the Brazilian unit of global oil and gas-focused private equity firm Seacrest Capital,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Shell said on Thursday it diverted $7 billion of its cash flows partly to cover hefty oil and gas margin calls, becoming the first company to publicly acknowledge the pressure commodities traders have faced in 2022 from extreme price rises and volatility. Shell, together with other majors, utility companies, trading houses and banks,... Continue Reading →
(OE) If awards were given for dominating the sustainable energy spotlight, offshore wind (OSW) would surely be in line for top honors. Consider: Big money: BOEM’s February sale of New York Bight offshore wind development rights drew a record $4.37 billion in developers’ bids. Not only is that real money, but just as critically, “This... Continue Reading →
A “bare minimum” of £458 billion of investment and policy support will be needed by 2050 to get the global hydrogen market up and running. That is according to the latest hydrogen strategic planning outlook report by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business. Flor Lucia De la Cruz, senior research analyst at the research company, said: “Substantial... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”), has commenced cash tender offers to purchase for cash (each, an “Offer” and collectively, the “Offers”) any and all of (i) its notes of the series set forth in the below table under the heading “Tender Group... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 09/23/2016 and 04/04/2017, informs that it received today from Nova Infraestrutura Gasodutos Participações S.A. (NISA), a company held by Nova Infraestrutura Fundo de Investimentos em Participações Multiestratégia (FIP), an investment fund managed by Brookfield Brasil Asset Management Investimentos Ltda (Brookfield), and by Itaúsa... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil has sanctioned its fourth and largest to date oil development on its operated Stabroek Block located offshore Guyana, which will be developed with the largest FPSO vessel on the block so far. According to a Monday update from its partner Hess, ExxonMobil made a final investment decision to proceed with the development... Continue Reading →
