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(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Monday disclosed a sweeping restructuring of its global operations that will combine its refining and chemicals businesses into one, and put its energy transition business on the same footing as its other operations. The broad restructuring marks its latest cost-cutting effort after activist investors seeking to boost returns and address... Continue Reading →
(Portos e Navios) Subsea 7 is close to winning another EPCI SURF (undersea collection system) contract with Petrobras. With a proposal of US$ 6.609 billion, the company presented the best price in the oil company's bid for the 8th module of the Buzios field, displacing Saipem, second place, which offered the value of US$ 7.311... Continue Reading →
(epbr) Projects for wind power generation in Brazilian waters add up to 80 gigawatts (GW) of power, according to January 27 data from Ibama. The growth is significant compared to last year – in July, the projects totaled 42 GW. The amouint is almost four times the current installed capacity of onshore projects in Brazil,... Continue Reading →
(WO) The Uganda National Oil Company plans to sign a final investment decision on Feb. 1 for a large oil field and pipeline project, taking a definitive step toward becoming a crude exporter. TotalEnergies SE and Cnooc Ltd., along with the East African country’s state oil company, are developing projects expected to reach an output... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Italian energy services group Saipem is talking to investors about a possible funding package, the group said on Monday after warning it will take a heavy loss for 2021, triggering a halt in its shares to prevent a stinging sell-off. Saipem has struggled to regain traction after global lockdowns caused by COVID-19 throttled... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 12/07/2020 and 02/01/2021, informs that it has unsuccessfully concluded negotiations with Eneva S.A. for the sale of all of its interest in a set of seven onshore production concessions, called the Urucu Cluster, located in the Solimões Basin, in the state of Amazonas.... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 12/23/2020, 08/27/2021 e 01/19/2022, informs that the Company's Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its total stake (100%) in a set of 22 concessions of onshore and shallow water production fields, together with its infrastructure for processing,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday reported a fourth quarter profit that missed Wall Street estimates despite sharply higher oil and gas prices. The first of the major oil companies to report quarterly results posted adjusted earnings of $5.1 billion, or $2.65 a share, on profits from pumping oil that soared about five times the pandemic-depressed... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Peruvian prosecutors requested on Thursday that the president and three other executives of Spanish oil firm Repsol SA's local refinery be barred from leaving Peru for 18 months while a probe into an oil leak is under way. Repsol's La Pampilla refinery, Peru's largest, leaked thousands of barrels' worth of oil off Peru's central... Continue Reading →
A federal judge invalidated the results of an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday saying the Biden administration failed to properly account for the auction's climate change impact. The decision has cast uncertainty over the future of the U.S. federal offshore drilling program, which has been a big source... Continue Reading →
