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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held yesterday, approved the revision of the Shareholders Compensation Policy in order to enable the Management to propose the payment of dividends compatible with the company's cash generation, even in years with accounting losses. With the changes approved, in the scenario... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, after negotiations with its partners in BM-S-11 Consortium, Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (25%) and Petrogal Brasil S.A. (10%), signed a commitment to purchase platform P-71, subject to the foregoing conditions related to milestones in the unit's physical progress. It was also agreed to prepare a new Development Plan... Continue Reading →
Mexican Energy Minister Rocio Nahle said on Monday so called farmouts, or joint ventures, could be done with state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos if feasible projects are put forward, marking a potential shift from her previous skepticism. Nahle, one of the staunchest defenders of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's drive for a more statist energy... Continue Reading →
Seismic survey services company Shearwater GeoServices has won a five-month contract extension for CGG’s Brazil Nebula multi-client survey. This extension-period starts in the late fourth quarter of 2020 and will be conducted by the Oceanic Sirius vessel. To remind, Shearwater had first won the contract with CGG for the Nebula project in July 2020. In a separate... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP BP.L swung back to a small profit in the third quarter but warned the pace of recovery from the pandemic remains uncertain and continued to weigh on fuel demand and refining profits. The London-based company said that while fuel demand in Asia, particularly in China, was recovering, global consumption remained weak so far in... Continue Reading →
Up to a quarter of the active floating drilling rig fleet - drillship and semi-submersibles - could be scrapped, as the demand, which had never recovered from the previous downturn, is now expected to remain under pressure "until 2022," Rystad Energy, a Norwegian energy intelligence firm said. "The new downturn that the Covid-19 pandemic has... Continue Reading →
UK-based TechnipFMC has reported third-quarter 2020 loss of $3.9 million or 1 cent per diluted share against $119 million loss same time last year. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, excluding charges and credits, was 16 cents, with analysts projecting some 22 cents. Revenues for the quarter were flat at $3.34 billion. TechnipFMC has secured quarterly... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil’s central bank will leave its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 2.0% next week as it waits to see how a nascent economic recovery evolves, although most economists polled by Reuters now see rate risks skewed to the upside. The bank’s rate-setting committee, known as Copom, is set to... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday that 2020 production should exceed previously disclosed estimates, as the firm ramps up production at some of its most prolific offshore oilfields. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, said it expects to produce roughly 2.84 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) this... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that yesterday it concluded the offering of its 5.60% Global Notes due January 2031 in the international capital market in the amount of US$ 1 billion (CUSIP No. 71647NBH1/ ISIN No. US71647NBH17), by means of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF). Pricing of the notes occurred on... Continue Reading →
