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March 3 (Reuters) - London listed oil company Shell is committed to investing 3.5 billion reais ($667.84 million) in troubled sugar and ethanol maker Raizen, the energy company's Brazil CEO said on Tuesday. Raizen has reported a string of losses and soaring net debt in recent quarters amid costly investments and poor weather negatively impacting crops,... Continue Reading →
March 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras sees oil prices under pressure due to the conflict in Iran, but does not usually pass through sudden volatility to the domestic fuel market, its chief executive officer said on Monday. Global oil prices jumped after Iran's retaliatory attacks disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, following weekend strikes by Israel... Continue Reading →
February 27, 2026 — OceanPact and CBO announced today, in a Regulatory Filing, the combination of their businesses, to be implemented through the incorporation of CBO’s holding company into OceanPact. Closing of the transaction is subject to approval by the Brazilian Antitrust Regulatory Agency (CADE), as well as the fulfillment of other customary conditions precedent... Continue Reading →
Feb. 27 (OE) Dutch geological data specialist Fugro has announced its chief financial officer (CFO) Barbara Geelen will step down from the position. Geelen will step down from the Board of Management of Fugro per the close of the upcoming AGM, to be held on 23 April 2026. She will continue to contribute to Fugro... Continue Reading →
Singapore, 23 February 2026 – Seatrium Limited (“Seatrium”, or the “Group”) wishes toannounce a series of additional divestments, as well as update on an earlier transaction, aspart of its ongoing efforts to rationalise non-core assets, streamline operations, and drivelong-term value for shareholders. Alongside recent divestments of the AmFELS yard in Texas and the GNL Platform... Continue Reading →
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras will look into opportunities in neighboring Venezuela, said the head of Exploration and Production Sylvia Anjos in an interview with newspaper O Globo on Friday. Venezuela has "great potential", but investing in the country is risky, said Anjos, adding that producing in the oil-polluted Lake Maracaibo would put Petrobras'... Continue Reading →
February 12, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Fact published on 11/06/2025 and the Communication published on 12/11/2025, informs that it will pay on 02/20/2026 the first installment of shareholder remuneration referring to the anticipation of compensation related to the 2025 fiscal year, declared in accordance with the balance... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 (Reuters) BP posted quarterly profit in line with analyst expectations on Tuesday and suspended its share buyback programme as it wrote down around $4 billion in its renewables and biogas businesses. BP, whose new CEO Meg O'Neill will start in April, said it would allocate the excess cash to invest in oil and... Continue Reading →
Feb. 9 (Reuters) Oilfield services firm Transocean said on Monday it will acquire peer Valaris in an all-stock deal valued at $5.8 billion, expanding its exposure across deepwater, harsh-environment and shallow-water basins worldwide. Transocean shares were down 4% at $5.16, while Valaris shares were up 14.6% at $71.61 in premarket trade. Oilfield service providers have... Continue Reading →
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Portuguese energy firm Galp will focus on growing its upstream business from oilfields in Brazil and Namibia and may list parts of its newly formed downstream business in a couple of years, its co-chief executive Joao Diogo Marques da Silva told Reuters on Tuesday. The company said earlier this month it was in... Continue Reading →
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