(OE) Italian energy services group Saipem has agreed to sell its onshore drilling business to Britain's KCA Deutag (KCAD) for $550 million, as it strives to bolster its finances after a profit warning and focuses on offshore drilling. Asset sales and a 2 billion euros ($2 billion) new share issue are part of Saipem's efforts... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Plans to Boost Oil, Gas Output to 1 Million BOEPD in 2030
Colombian energy producer Ecopetrol ECO.CN aims to boost its oil and gas output by just over 40% to around 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2030 and plans to start a pilot carbon capture storage (CCS) project, a senior company executive said. The projects are part of Ecopetrol's plan to ramp... Continue Reading →
U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for ninth week in a row -Baker Hughes
(Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a ninth week in a row, data showed on Friday, as mostly small producers respond to high prices and prodding by the government to ramp up output. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose 14... Continue Reading →
Private equity-backed gas producer Terra explores $2.5 bln sale -sources
(Reuters) - Private equity firms Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and Warburg Pincus are exploring a sale of Terra Energy Partners LLC, seeking as much as $2.5 billion, including debt, for the natural gas producer, people familiar with the matter said. The buyout firms launched an auction process to sell their majority stake in Terra earlier... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies launches sale of stake in Nigerian oil joint venture
(Reuters) - TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) has launched the sale of its 10% stake in Nigerian joint venture SPDC, with Canada's Scotiabank leading the sale as financial adviser, a sale document tendering for interest showed. TotalEnergies announced the sale in late April. Scotiabank declined to comment. TotalEnergies declined to comment on the financial adviser. TotalEnergies confirmed it was selling... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol taps contingency financing while waiting for govt payment
(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) said it will activate a contingency financing plan to avoid investment being affected while it waits for the government to pay 14.1 trillion pesos ($3.45 billion) it owes to the company. The debt the government owes to Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) corresponds to The Fund for Stabilization of Fuel Prices (FEPC), which... Continue Reading →
Occidental profit tops estimates on oil prices despite lower output
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY.N) beat Wall Street's earnings estimates and swung to a profit from a year-ago loss, buoyed by soaring oil prices. The Houston-based company is the latest oil producer to benefit from high commodity prices, despite lower production volumes. Fuel prices have jumped following sanctions on Russia over... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum completed the acquisition of Recôncavo Cluster
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) informs its shareholders, investors and the market in general that, on May 10, 2022, the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (“ANP”) approved the transfer of the concession agreements of 14 onshore production fields that form the Recôncavo Cluster (“Recôncavo Cluster”), owned by Petróleo Brasileiro... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes sale of E&P asset in the Potiguar Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/27/2021, informs that today it finalized the sale, together with Sonangol Hidrocarbonetos Brasil Ltda. (Sonangol), of all the stakes held by both companies in the onshore exploratory block POT-T-794, belonging to the BT-POT-55A concession, located in the Potiguar Basin, in the state of... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum: Reserves Report Update
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3) communicates to its shareholders, investors and the market in general the result of the updates of the reserves reports of the Macau and Recôncavo Clusters, prepared by the independent consultancy DeGolyer and MacNaughton, and of the Rio Ventura, Fazenda Belém and Pescada and Arabaiana... Continue Reading →