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UK-based TechnipFMC has reported fourth-quarter 2020 loss of $39 million or 9 cent per diluted share against $2.4 billion loss same time last year. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was 5 cents, with analysts projecting some 20 cents. Revenue for the quarter was down from Q4 2019 some eight per cent at $3.32 billion and... Continue Reading →
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Dear Shareholders,I am very happy to present the report on Petrobras financial performance in 2020, a superb performance in a very challenging environment. Amidst a severe global recession and the effects of a major global shock to the oil industry, we promised to engineer a J-shaped recovery. The goal was to... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/03/2018, informs that it signed today with SPE Miranga S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroRecôncavo S.A., a contract for the sale of its total stake in nine onshore exploration and production fields, called Miranga Cluster, located in the state of Bahia. The... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved dividends to shareholders based on the 2020 annual results in the amount of R$ 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 →
