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Baker Hughes Co reported a third straight quarterly loss on Wednesday, as a coronavirus-induced slump in commodity prices continued to hurt demand for equipment and services. Producers have been drilling fewer wells following a collapse in crude oil prices this year as demand for oil products has sunk. The downturn has hit rivals Schlumberger NV... Continue Reading →
Spanish green energy company Iberdrola reported 4.7% net profit growth for the first nine months on Wednesday and said it still expected that metric to rise at a mid to high-single digit rate this year. Boasting more than 32GW of renewable generation capacity in markets including Spain, the United States, Brazil and Britain, Iberdrola is capitalizing on... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian police expanded a long-running corruption probe at state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA based in part on secret recordings made by a former executive of Swiss trading firm Vitol SA, according to court documents released on Tuesday. Police on Tuesday served warrants seeking documents from six people and two companies as part... Continue Reading →
Petrobras' operational performance in 3Q20 was very good, considering the challenging scenario imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our oil and gas production in Brazil grew by 9.0% in the first nine months of this year compared to last year. The production of the pre-salt fields increased by 32%, while in the other areas, post-salt, shallow... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum defined between R $ 24.50 and R $ 31.50 the indicative price range for its initial public offering (IPO). Launch is scheduled for November 9. Considering the middle of the range, of R $ 28.00, and the number of 28,571,429 shares of the base offer, the operation may handle R $ 800 million.... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces the expiration and expiration date results of the previously announced offers to purchase for cash by its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) of any and all of its outstanding notes of the series set forth in the table below (the “Tender Notes” and such... Continue Reading →
Belgium-based shipowner Exmar has settled a dispute over the charter of the Tango FLNG with Argentinian energy firm YPF, that will see the FLNG charter terminated in exchange for a settlement fee. To remind, YPF in June sent a force majeure notice to Exmar, saying it was not able to pay for the charter of the... Continue Reading →
Halliburton Co posted its fourth-straight quarterly loss on Monday, as the world's second-largest oilfield services provider struggles with a plunge in demand and lower oil prices. Even though oil prices have recouped some of their losses from the historic lows of March and April, fresh lockdowns in some parts of the world due to a... Continue Reading →
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, today announced its operational update for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020 (“3Q2020”). All figures are expressed in US Dollars.... Continue Reading →
The oil majors’ retreat from frontier plays limits future drillship demand with deepwater, investment looks limited to Brazil and Guyana, writes Gregory Brown, Maritime Strategies International. The future of offshore deepwater investment is under the microscope. In a world where oil demand may have peaked and Opec and its allies have at least 7 Mn... Continue Reading →
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