Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta, formerly known as QGEP, has resumed production from its Atlanta field, located off Brazil, after a nearly month-long shutdown due to repairs. The Atlanta field Early Production System started production in May 2018, almost two years behind the schedule. The EPS is comprised of three productions wells connected to the FPSO... Continue Reading →
Galp Sees Q4 Profit Drop 98%, Slashes Dividend
Portugal's oil and gas company Galp Energia cut its dividend payout by half on Monday after posting a 98% plunge in fourth-quarter net profit as the coronavirus pandemic hammered refining margins and output fell. The company said it would propose a dividend of 0.35 euros ($0.4237) per share for 2020, halving the 0.70 euros per... Continue Reading →
Average production at 3R Petroleum grows 3.8% in January at the Macau cluster
(Reuters) 3R Petroleum (RRRP3) will present to its shareholders, investors and the market in general the preliminary and unaudited operational data referring to the monthly production of the assets in which the oil company holds interest. Regarding the Macau Cluster, total production in January grew by 3.8%, compared to December, and totaled 4,683 barrels of... Continue Reading →
Not an Aspiration, But a Target: Eni Says Will Become Carbon Neutral by 2050
Italian energy group Eni on Friday raised its ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions, vowing to become net carbon neutral by 2050, as it seeks to keep up pace in an industry under pressure from investors to go green. Like its peers, Eni is stepping up plans to transition to cleaner fuels as governments around... Continue Reading →
Big oil output to peak lower and earlier than expected, Rystad says
The downturn brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and the accelerating energy transition has created a new reality for the world’s oil and gas industry, whose production will peak lower and earlier than expected before the 2020 market crisis, a Rystad Energy analysis shows. The five integrated supermajors – ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Chevron, and Total –... Continue Reading →
Eni Posts Annual Loss, 4Q Result Beats Expectations
Italian energy group Eni beat expectations by swinging into a profit in the fourth quarter thanks to firmer oil prices, after posting a loss for the full-year 2020 when demand plunged because of the coronavirus crisis. Eni said it recorded an adjusted net profit in the fourth quarter of 0.66 billion euros ($798 million), beating... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s government readying roughly $5 billion Pemex lifeline, source says
(Reuters) - Mexico’s government will inject between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion into state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) this year and offer a tax break of 75 billion Mexican pesos ($3.68 billion), a senior official told Reuters on Thursday. The world’s most indebted oil company, Pemex had more than $110 billion in financial debt... Continue Reading →
Woodside posts $4 billion loss
Australian LNG major Woodside posted a $4 million loss for the year 2020 impacted by impairments. The company also noted that its underlying net profit after tax was at $447 million. The company said it hit record production of 100.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (mboe), the first time in the company’s history. The production volumes... Continue Reading →
Repsol Posts to Second Straight Annual Loss but Q4 Income Cheers
Spanish energy group Repsol posted on Thursday forecast-beating fourth-quarter adjusted income, pushing its shares up even though write-downs on the value of oil and gas assets dragged it to a second consecutive annual net loss. Curbs on mobility to stop the spread of the coronavirus sapped energy demand last year and pushed companies including much... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil brings in experts to repair Guyana FPSO after compressor issues
Oil major ExxonMobil has experienced technical issues with a gas compressor on the SBM Offshore-owned FPSO Liza Destiny, working for ExxonMobil offshore Guyana. Experts are now working to define the scope of repairs and fix the issue. ExxonMobil said at the end of January 2021 that there was a technical issue regarding a seal on... Continue Reading →