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 →
Noble Corp. emerges from Chapter 11 with renewed balance sheet
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 →
Offshore Services Firm OceanPact Completes $227 Million IPO
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 →
SBM Offshore Expects Lower 2021 Earnings as Clients Cut Spending
SBM Offshore forecast that 2021 core earnings will be slightly below market expectations, the multinational oil firm said on Thursday, noting 2020 challenges will spill into 2021 as many of its clients had to cut budgets. The Dutch company, which supplies floating oil and gas production vessels, forecasts earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization... Continue Reading →
Seadrill Seeks Bankruptcy Protection—Again
Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill has filed for bankruptcy protection at a court in the U.S. state of Texas, it said on Wednesday, the second time in four years the company has entered into so-called Chapter 11 restructuring. The Oslo-listed group controlled by Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen returned to court along with several subsidiaries after... Continue Reading →
Inpex Slumps to First Annual Loss in 12 years
Japan's biggest oil and gas explorer Inpex Corp posted a net loss of 111.7 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered oil prices, cutting its sales and forcing it to book hefty impairment losses. The result marks Inpex's first net loss since its foundation in 2008 through the merger of Inpex,... Continue Reading →
Equinor fourth quarter 2020 and year end results
Equinor (STOHF) (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) reports adjusted earnings of positive USD 0.76 billion and negative USD 0.55 billion after tax in the fourth quarter of 2020. IFRS net operating income was negative USD 0.99 billion and the IFRS net income was negative USD 2.41 billion, following net impairments of USD 1.30 billion and a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes the sale of BSBios
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. –Petrobras following up on the release disclosed on December 23, 2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio) completed today the sale of all its shares (50% of the company's capital) issued by BSBios Indústria e Comércio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil S/A (BSBios) to the company RP Participações em Biocombustíveis... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s Brazil spoolbase open for business
TechnipFMC has officially opened its brand new spoolbase in Brazil. The new facility is located in the Açu Port, north of Rio de Janeiro State. According to the company, it will be its most modern spoolbase worldwide as well as an important asset to meet the future demands of subsea projects. With a total area... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore prices US$850 million senior secured notes transaction – FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the successful pricing of an US$850 million non-recourse senior secured notes transaction in a 144A/Reg S offering by a subsidiary company. The issuer of the notes is Guara Norte S.à r.l. (Guara Norte), which owns the FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela. SBM Offshore owns 75% of the equity in Guara... Continue Reading →