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Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday kept its fourth-quarter dividend flat at 87 cents a share, signaling 2020 will be the first year since 1982 that the U.S. oil producer has not raised its shareholder payout. The largest U.S. oil producer by volume was caught off guard by the sharp decline in energy prices and demand... Continue Reading →
Equinor (NYSE:EQNR): Q3 Adj. net income of $780M vs. a consensus of $1.03B. Raises dividend to $0.11/share from $0.09. Revenue of $11.34B (-27.4% Y/Y) beats by $1.2B. EQNR delivered total equity production of 1,994 mboe per day in Q3, up from 1,909 mboe per day in the same period in 2019, with an increased share of gas.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reported a third quarter net profit of 1.417 billion pesos ($64.1 million), reversing losses from the same quarter last year, the company said in a filing to the Mexican stock exchange on Wednesday. The swing to profit was attributed mostly to the performance of financial instruments as... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Chevron Corp will lay off about 25% of Noble Energy's employees who joined the oil major after its $4.1 billion purchase of the smaller rival earlier this month, the company told Reuters on Tuesday. A collapse in crude oil prices has forced most oil and gas producers to drastically cut costs by laying off thousands... Continue Reading →
Italian energy group Eni's balance sheet remains strong, it said on Wednesday after swinging to a third-quarter net loss as the coronavirus crisis took its toll. The company said it recorded an adjusted net loss of 0.15 billion euros ($177 million), in line with an analyst consensus provided by the company for a loss of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp HES.N reported a wider-than-expected loss on Wednesday and slightly lowered its full year production forecast, as its operations were affected by hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and lower production in South East Asia. The company also cut its exploration and production budget for the year to $1.8... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions boosted its profit in the third quarter of 2020 despite lower revenues as oil and gas operators reduced their activity levels amid lower oil prices and Covid-19 pandemic. Aker Solutions on Wednesday posted a net income of NOK 119 million ($13 million) for the third quarter of 2020, an... Continue Reading →
Italian energy services group Saipem expects no major delay to projects and predicted brisker business in the last part of the year after swinging to a loss in the third quarter. "We are not out of the woods yet ... (but) the picture starts to get brighter," Chief Executive Stefano Cao said in a conference call. Saipem... Continue Reading →
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 →
