Italian cabling company Prysmian Group has secured a new contract with Petrobras to deliver deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals and specialized offshore and logistic services. As part of the contract, Prysmian will provide 200 kilometres of subsea umbilicals using both steel tube and thermoplastic technology for upgrades in brownfield and greenfield projects in Brazil. The €66 million... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Eyes Offshore Wind Project Opportunities
(Reuters) Oil and gas services company SBM Offshore on Thursday reported a better than expected decline in core profit for the first half of 2021 as it looks to develop floating offshore wind projects. After reducing spending sharply in the face of a pandemic-induced demand collapse, major energy companies have profitted from surging oil and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Earnings Jump on Oil Rally and Brazil Water Crisis
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s state-controlled oil company saw its earnings surge in the second quarter, thanks to a rally in crude prices and a hydropower crunch in Brazil that boosted electricity demand. Since late last year, Petrobras has sold more fuel oil domestically and increased output at its own thermal power plants, part of a wider... Continue Reading →
Enauta to return block in Ceará Basin to ANP
Oil company Enauta informed that it will return the CE-M-661 block, located in the Ceará Basin, after the end of its first exploratory period on site in November this year tothe National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP). The company had acquired a 25% stake in the asset in a bidding round held in... Continue Reading →
BP shares climb after payout boost, energising transition
(Reuters) - BP (BP.L) boosted its dividend and share buybacks on Tuesday, sending its shares up by over 5%, after beating expectations with a $2.8 billion second-quarter profit powered by higher oil prices and recovering demand. The strong results, underpinned by higher sales at petrol stations, went some way towards easing investors' concerns over BP's plan to... Continue Reading →
Transocean cuts losses, sees utilisation and day rates improving
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean reduced its quarterly losses despite lower revenues and is encouraged by the current upcycle in the offshore drilling market, expecting rig utilisation and day rates to improve moving into the next year. Transocean reported a similar sentiment in its 1Q 2021 financial report back in May 2021 when the rig owner... Continue Reading →
Eni pledges higher returns after Q2 beat
(Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) pledged higher shareholder returns after swinging to a net profit in the second quarter to beat expectations as firmer oil prices offset lower production. Adjusted net profit was 929 million euros ($1.1 billion), compared with a loss of 714 million euros in the year-earlier period, Eni said on Friday. The... Continue Reading →
Saipem Posts 1H Loss. Expects Sales Pick-up in 2H
Italian energy services group Saipem on Friday forecast a sales pick-up in the second half after posting an operating loss in the first six months, hurt by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and problems with a wind project. The group posted an adjusted operating loss of 266 million euros ($316 million) for the first... Continue Reading →
Chevron tops profit estimates, joins share buyback stampede
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday reported its highest profit in six quarters and joined an oil industry stampede to reward investors with share buybacks, as rebounding crude oil prices carried earnings and cash flow to pre-pandemic levels. Oil and gas are trading near multi-year highs as fuel consumption has thrown off pandemic losses and natural... Continue Reading →
Exxon tops estimates with biggest quarterly profit in a year
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Friday posted its biggest quarterly profit in more than a year that also topped analysts' estimates as demand for oil, gas and chemicals rebounded, quelling some investor concerns over its recent weak performance. The company's first results following a contested board fight over its direction highlighted how oil producers are taking... Continue Reading →