Norwegian oil service providers Aker Solutions and Kvaerner, both controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, will merge to strengthen their base in the global energy industry, both companies said on Friday. Aker Solutions, which provides engineering services, and Kvaerner, which builds oil platforms, were hit when energy firms slashed spending as crude demand plunged... Continue Reading →
GeoPark Announces Second Quarter 2020 Operational Update
July 15, 2020 BOGOTA, Colombia--(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 June 30, 2020 (“2Q2020”). All figures are... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions Sees Outlook Improving in H2 2020
Norwegian oil services firm Aker Solutions said on Wednesday the outlook has improved for the second half of the year with oil prices partly recovered from the lows in April and Norway offering tax incentives for the oil industry. Its full-year 2020 revenue, however, is still expected to fall by about a quarter year-on-year to... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Spending Hits Record High, Despite Covid-19
The offshore wind industry had by far its busiest half-year ever for final investment decisions in 1H 2020, surpassing the full-year figures from 2019, according to the latest report from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Offshore wind financings in 1H 2020 totaled $35 billion, up 319% year-on-year and even well above 2019’s record full-year figure (a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras may receive new investments from Norway
Jul 14, 2020 With a 'significantly reduced' risk of corruption, Petrobras is once again eligible to receive investments from KLP, Norway's largest pension fund, with a total equity of R$ 430 billion. In a statement, the fund noted that the company has significantly strengthened its governance in recent years, so that the risk of corruption... Continue Reading →
Aker BP Beats Q2 Forecast on Record Output, Keeps Guidance
Norwegian oil firm Aker BP on Tuesday beat second-quarter pretax profit expectations helped by record output and a partial reversal of impairments from the previous quarter as oil prices rose. Pretax profit fell to $151 million from $249 million a year earlier but beat a forecast of $91.3 million in a Refinitiv poll of analysts,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras accelerates restructuring and focus on pre-salt with the pandemic
July 13, 2020 The new coronavirus pandemic accelerated Petrobras' strategy of concentrating efforts on the pre-salt layer. The state-owned company, which had already been selling subsidiaries, announced plans in the last three months to reduce by 34% the number of employees (from 45,500 to 30,000), to close nine commercial buildings and leave half of the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on 2Q20 results
July 10, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it will release its quarterly production and sales report on July 21st, 2020 and its financial performance report on July 30th, 2020, after the markets close. On July 31st, 2020 two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on news in the press regarding RLAM
July 9, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding to the news published in the media, referring to the divestment of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM), clarifies that there was approval by the Company's internal bodies to start the negotiation phase of the applicable contracts and the Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) presented the best binding... Continue Reading →
Cash-strapped Pemex seeks to defer key contractor payments to 2021
Pemex’s nearly $105 billion in debt already makes it the biggest borrower of any oil company in the world. And it’s accruing more. Pemex is asking some of its contractors if they can wait until next year to be paid money that is owed to them now, according to people with knowledge of the situation,... Continue Reading →