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(Reuters) An arbitration panel that will decide a high-profile clash between Exxon Mobil and Chevron will delve into the secret value of Hess' oil riches in Guyana, people familiar with the matter said. Chevron last October offered to pay $53 billion for Hess, one of the two biggest deals in the largest wave of consolidation... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz. The UK-based offshore wind cable supplier has already... Continue Reading →
(TN) OceanPact received the award for the third most honored company in Latin America, in the small cap category in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical sector, in the traditional survey conducted by Institutional Investor Research, which consulted around 1,200 investors and market analysts. OceanPact's “Investor Day” was considered the best in this same category.... Continue Reading →
(PN) Equinor, in partnership with CBO and Wärtsilä, has completed the hybridization of the CBO Wiser, a PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) type vessel. The vessel now has a battery system and uses both diesel and electric power, becoming the first of its kind in Brazil to operate in this way. With this innovation, a reduction... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras following up on the release disclosed on 06/06/2024, informs that it will invest R$870 million to restart operating activities at the Araucária Nitrogenados S.A (ANSA) fertilizer plant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. The plant, located in the state of Paraná, has been mothballed since 2020 and had its reopening... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore wind developer Corio Generation, a Macquarie Group company, and Brazilian shipyard and marine construction company Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore how EBR’s facilities could support future offshore wind projects off Brazil’s south coast. Corio and EBR will look at how EBR’s existing infrastructure, located close... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras will pay extraordinary dividends if there is an "opportunity" for it, Chief Financial Officer Fernando Melgarejo told investors during an earnings call on Friday. Any decision on an extraordinary payout would depend on cash conditions and future cash-generation capacity, said Melgarejo, adding that "an extraordinary dividend payment is... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the payment of interim and intermediate dividends, as well as interest on equity (JCP), in the amount of R$ 13.57 billion, equivalents to R$ 1.05320017 per outstanding common and preferred share. The proposed distribution is in line with the current Remuneration Policy... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has appointed a new "super manager," Wagner Victer, tasked with boosting capital expenditure, to meet demands from Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, sources said. Lula considers Petrobras an engine for job creation and development, but the company has faced hurdles to invest in the past year... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) U.S. oil company Chevron Corp said on Friday it was replacing several long-standing managers in a reshuffle of senior jobs and that it was moving its headquarters to Houston from San Ramon, Calif. The changes come as the company works to cut costs and renew leadership after a series of setbacks, including operational challenges... Continue Reading →
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