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(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) proposed on Wednesday to pay a dividend on the back of a strong jump in cash flow driven by stricter cost discipline, as it completed its first business year since it spun off from former parent Siemens (SIEGn.DE). The supplier of turbines and services to the power industry, in which Siemens still holds... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - General Electric Co's (GE.N) plan to spin off energy units into a standalone company could attract investors looking for a well-known name in renewables if they can overlook legacy fossil-fuel operations, financial experts said. Earlier on Tuesday, the 129-year-old conglomerate outlined a plan to split into three publicly traded companies focused on energy, healthcare and... Continue Reading →
Denmark's Maersk Drilling and U.S. rival Noble Corp will merge in a $3.4 billion deal to form one of the world's largest offshore oil drilling rig companies, they said on Wednesday. The combined company is expected to reap annual cost savings of $125 million and it will take Noble Corporation's name and be headquartered in... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum's Board of Directors approved the price per share of R$33.00 for the oil company's share offering. The Board also approved the effective increase in the company's capital stock in the total amount of R$ 2,168,100,000.00, through the issuance of 65,700,000 new common, registered, book-entry shares with no par value. Within the scope of... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on June 1, 2015, informs that it has returned to the membership of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC). Petrobras was a member of IBGC from 2002 to 2015 and its return to the membership was possible due to several improvements and governance... Continue Reading →
Completion of the tieback between the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo fields, in the Campos Basin, allowed for a reduction in operating costs ("OPEX") of US$ 50 million per year The third quarter results evidenced PetroRio's successful strategy of increasing production levels and rationalizing costs, with excellence in environmental responsibility, safety and operational efficiency. The largest... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Executives at Brazil's Petrobras (PETR4.SA) on Friday effectively brushed aside suggestions that the company was too profitable and should lower its fuel prices, telling analysts that it had no plans subsidize consumers at the pump. Claudio Mastella, the company's logistics chief, said on a call to discuss Petrobras' third-quarter financial results that the firm continues... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) remains focused on hydrocarbons and plans to press ahead with a $30 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, a top executive said on Thursday. "We've been in hydrocarbons for over 130 years... it's the core part of our business and it will be for a long time," Exxon Senior Vice... Continue Reading →
Petrobrás announced that it has asked the Environmental Licensing Board of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) for an operating license for the offshore drilling activity in blocks FZA-M-57, FZA- M-86, FZA-M-88, FZA-M-125 and FZA-M-127, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. Also according to the oil company, the Environmental Impact... Continue Reading →
(Valor) TotalEnergies (formerly Total) promises to intensify investments in renewables, but, at the same time, it is looking closely at the Brazilian oil and gas market. The French oil company, which changed its name to symbolize its migration towards the energy transition, sees Brazil as a strategic player in the search for projects with increasingly... Continue Reading →
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