Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has achieved the highest quarterly fleet utilisation rate since 2019, nearly quadrupling its revenues and shrinking net loss when compared to the third quarter last year. In its 3Q 2021 report on Thursday, Prosafe said that its fleet utilisation rate in the third quarter of 2021 was 70.9 per cent compared to... Continue Reading →
Analysis: Ramping up rates: Emerging central banks feel inflation pain
(Reuters) - Finding themselves at the sharp end of a global inflation shock, emerging market central banks are expected to raise interest rates at a pace not seen in more than a decade -- moves bound to aggravate debt problems and hurt equity markets. Soaring price pressures have seen rate hike expectations shift up even... Continue Reading →
BP says global oil demand has passed 100 million barrels per day
(Bloomberg) --As world leaders discuss the fight against climate change, global oil demand has bounced back above the key level of 100 million barrels a day last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BP Plc. Fossil fuel consumption is recovering despite growing urgency in the effort to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. The resurgence... Continue Reading →
Offshore drillers see meaningful improvement in market environment
Two giant offshore drilling contractors, Transocean and Valaris, are encouraged by continued and meaningful signs of improvement in the market environment and an increase in rig day rates and contract durations. Previously, reasons for optimism were also visible in the rig owners’ recent fleet status reports, where both companies reported on a number of new contracts... Continue Reading →
Rystad: Offshore Wind Spending Closing the Gap on Oil and Gas Investments
Offshore wind spending is closing the gap on oil and gas investments and is expected to surpass them in several important countries by 2030, with the U.S. to see the fastest growth in offshore wind investment, Norway's Rystad Energy said Monday. "While global O&G capital expenditure will rise nominally in this timeframe, anticipated growth in... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE BlackRock raises $673 mln for climate-focused infrastructure fund
(Reuters) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) told Reuters it has raised a target-beating $673 million for an infrastructure fund with backing from the French, German and Japanese governments to invest in climate-focused projects such as renewable energy in emerging markets. The world's largest money manager hopes the fund, to be announced on Tuesday and dubbed the Climate Finance... Continue Reading →
‘Cash Machine’ BP Sees Profit Surge
BP added more than a billion dollars to its share buyback program on Tuesday as it likened itself to a "cash machine" benefiting from higher oil and gas prices and a strong trading performance in the third quarter. Natural gas and power prices around the world surged this autumn as tight gas supplies collided with... Continue Reading →
Oil majors won’t ride to the rescue as world faces energy shortages
(Bloomberg) --The world’s biggest energy companies are producing the most cash in years, but don’t expect them to spend it on bringing on fresh supplies of oil and natural gas to combat shortages in Europe and China this winter. Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp. confirmed this week that, for the... Continue Reading →
Exxon Posts Strongest Results Since 2017
Exxon Mobil on Friday pledged to revive a share repurchase program next year as its earnings outlook improved on quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates. The largest U.S. oil producer posted an adjusted profit of $1.58 a share, beating the Refinitiv estimate by two cents, with results lifted by oil and gas prices that have... Continue Reading →
Eni Q3 profit jumps back to pre-COVID levels boosted by gas
(Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) on Friday beat expectations with a third-quarter profit that jumped back to pre-COVID levels boosted by higher gas prices. The group swung to an adjusted net profit of 1.43 billion euros ($1.67 billion) from a 153 million euro loss a year earlier and beat a 1.08 billion euro consensus forecast.... Continue Reading →
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