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(Reuters) - Oil major BP is launching its first share award scheme to rally its more than 60,000 employees around CEO Bernard Looney’s plan to shift to renewable energy following a bruising year of mass layoffs, bonus suspensions and spending cuts. The distribution of the shares, which will be locked for four years, will take... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore seismic services company Axxis Geo Solutions will file for court-protected restructuring, it said Tuesday. Axxis said it had not been able to reach an agreement with all creditors in order to implement a voluntary solution to refinance the company. "Consequently, and as previously reported, the Company will file for court-protected reconstruction," Axxis Geo... Continue Reading →
In 2020, Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor purchased goods and services worth NOK 150.8 billion (about $17.8 billion) from around 8500 suppliers globally. About NOK 112 billion ($13.2 billion), i.e. 74 per cent of total purchases, went to suppliers with a Norwegian billing address, Equinor said on Monday. Arne Sigve Nylund, Equinor’s executive vice president for... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured new contracts and extensions for its rig fleet, bringing the total backlog to $7.8 billion. The rig owner has also decided to retire the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible rig. In a fleet status report published last Friday, Transocean said that, as of 12 February, the company’s total backlog was approximately $7.8 billion.... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy services player Aker Solutions has seen its loss widened in the fourth quarter 2020 on impairments and lower activity, which led to some 30 per cent revenue drop. The Oslo-listed company recognised quarterly net loss of NOK 844 million, versus net loss of NOK 129 million in Q4 2019. Revenue for the Q4... Continue Reading →
The global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, with total capacity investment as well as cash amount earmarked surpassing that of 2018, the previous record year, according to The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG). RCG said that the total capacity financed for offshore wind in 2020 had hit 8,370 megawatts (MW) across... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Thursday cut the credit ratings of top U.S. oil producers Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and ConocoPhillips by a notch, citing massive quarterly losses and the pressure to tackle climate change. The ratings slipped to ‘AA-,’ weeks after the agency warned it was considering downgrades for 13 of the... Continue Reading →
Subsea boosting could make an immediate increase in production profitably on more than 200 oil projects globally, according to Rystad Energy’s newly launched Subsea Processing Screening Tool. The increase in recoverable reserves for the top 100 projects, out of more than 200 projects identified where subsea boosting would be profitable, averaged 61 million barrels of... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Holding Corporation on 5 February 2021 completed its financial restructuring and its debtor-affiliates have emerged from Chapter 11 with a new parent company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands named Noble Corporation. To remind, Noble Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August 2020 to restructure its debt following a... Continue Reading →
Brazil maritime services provider OceanPact Servicos Maritimos has concluded a 1.22 billion reais ($226.51 million) initial public offering, according to a securities filing on Wednesday. OceanPact priced the offer at 11.15 reais per share, at the bottom limit of the indicative range of up to 13.85 reais per share. The company raised 920 million reais... Continue Reading →
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