In 1Q21, we kept a solid operating performance, even with the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The average production of oil, NGL and natural gas in 1Q21 was 2.77 MMboed, 3.1% higher than 4Q20, as P-70, installed in the Atapu field, continued to ramp-up, and due to lower losses with maintenance stoppages on... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies buys its own shares from TechnipFMC
Energy transition company Technip Energies has agreed to buy €20 million (approx $24.2 M) equivalent of its own shares from TechnipFMC. In February 2021, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies were separated as two independent, publicly traded companies. Technip Energies deals in LNG, hydrogen, and ethylene as well as blue and green hydrogen, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management,... Continue Reading →
Diamond Offshore CEO Retires as Drilling Contractor Exits Chapter 11
(Rigzone) Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (OTCMKTS: DOFSQ) reported Monday that it, along with its debtor affiliates, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 23, 2021, after successfully completing a financial reorganization In addition, Marc Edwards has retired as the drilling contractor’s chairman, president, and CEO effectively immediately and that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Schlumberger names new executives to energy transition business
(Reuters) Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV (SLB.N) on Monday named new executives to energy transition units, according to a memo seen by Reuters, a move that signals its growing commitment to lower carbon businesses. Sebastian Pages, formerly in the Well Construction group, was appointed as New Energy finance director. Kahina Abdeli-Galinier, previously the marketing director for... Continue Reading →
Petrobras CEO nods to price parity, deepwater investment in market-pleasing speech
(Reuters) Joaquim Silva e Luna, the new chief executive of Brazil's Petrobras (PETR4.SA), will look to respect the company's current pricing policy and keep investing in deepwater assets, he said at his swearing-in ceremony on Monday. The comments by the former army general signaled that Petrobras' incoming administration will attempt to maintain some form of continuity... Continue Reading →
Equinor shareholders to vote on energy transition plan
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has informed, ahead of the 2021 Annual General Meeting, that starting in 2022 it will submit its energy transition plan for advisory vote to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting. Equinor said on Monday it will update the plan every three years for an advisory vote and progress on the plan... Continue Reading →
Petrobras approves the election of CEO and Chief Officers
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the company's Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, elected Joaquim Silva e Luna to the position of CEO of the company.The Board of Directors, as part of the process of composing the Petrobras´ Board of Executive Officers, also approved the following appointments: 1- Election of... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Petrobras mulls insiders to fill key management vacancies -sources
(Reuters) Incoming Petrobras CEO Joaquim Silva e Luna, an army veteran with no oil experience, has endorsed four career executives to head up key company divisions rather than bringing in more outsiders, people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The board of directors of Petroleo Brasileiro SA , as Brazil's state-controlled company is... Continue Reading →
Shell to Produce Majority of Oil and Gas Reserves by 2050. Plays Down Stranded Assets Risk
Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday the majority of its oil and gas reserves will be produced by 2050, playing down the risk of stranded assets as it prepares to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. The disclosure is a rare admission by a major oil and gas company that some of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Annual and Extraordinary General Meeting, held today, exclusively under the digital format analyzed and approved, by majority vote, the following: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I. Assessing the Management’s accounts, examining, discussing and voting on the Management’s Report and the Company’s Financial Statements, with... Continue Reading →