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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/03/2018, informs that it signed today with SPE Miranga S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroRecôncavo S.A., a contract for the sale of its total stake in nine onshore exploration and production fields, called Miranga Cluster, located in the state of Bahia. The... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved dividends to shareholders based on the 2020 annual results in the amount of R$ 10.3 billion, corresponding to R$ 0.787446 per common and preferred share. This value is equivalent to 5% of the share capital, applied to both... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia’s majority state-run oil company, Ecopetrol, will make up to $15 billion of organic investment between 2021 and 2023, it said on Tuesday, as it reported an 87.3% drop in 2020 net profit. The company will invest $12 billion to $15 billion over the next three years, Ecopetrol said in a statement, averaging... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil group Petrobras recovered some of its recent share price losses on Tuesday as the board met to consider Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s nomination of a retired general to replace the company’s market-friendly CEO. Shares in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is officially known, rose as much as 8% after... Continue Reading →
After reporting a higher net loss in FY2020 compared to FY2019 impacted by decreasing revenues due to lower activity and project stoppages and delays caused by Covid-19, Singapore’s offshore construction specialist Sembcorp Marine expects losses to continue. In its financial report on Tuesday, Sembcorp Marine emphasised that no existing projects were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean sank to a net loss in the last quarter of 2020 compared to the prior quarter of the year as its revenues decreased but managed to reduce its losses in the year-over-year comparison. Transocean said in its quarterly report on Monday that its total contract drilling revenues were $690 million in the fourth... Continue Reading →
Helix Energy Solutions has seen its fourth-quarter 2020 profit almost cut in half on lower well intervention activity, slightly offset by its robotics unit. The Houston-based company reported net income of $4.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter 2020 compared to $8.1 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the fourth... Continue Reading →
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries agreed to pay 812 million reais ($148.56 million) in a leniency deal with Brazilian authorities to settle corruption investigations, federal prosecutors said late on Monday. On its website, the prosecutor's office said the deal was part of a global negotiation between the company and U.S. and Brazilian authorities to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp on Monday posted a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss despite higher oil and gas prices as an asset sale weighed on results. The U.S. producer has slashed jobs and output after the coronavirus pandemic hammered global energy demand, pressuring an energy company that had loaded up on debt in 2019 to acquire... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley removed its ‘like’ recommendation on Brazil sovereign bonds on Monday, citing fiscal concerns and potential spillovers after the head of state-run oil firm Petrobras was sacked by the country’s President Jair Bolsonaro. The right-wing populist’s intervention in one of Brazil’s most valuable companies, along with a vow to reduce prices in... Continue Reading →
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