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Sept 10, 2020 Norwegian company Equinor and the British oil giant BP have entered into a strategic partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the US. Under the agreement, BP will buy a 50% stake in Equinor's Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on the US east coast for a total consideration before adjustments of... Continue Reading →
Sept 9, 2020 Hess Corp's chief executive on Wednesday said he is optimistic the recently elected government of Guyana will issue by the end of September a production license for the third phase of a major offshore oil project. The South American nation has become one of the most important new oil and gas discoveries in the... Continue Reading →
Sept 9, 2020 Tullow Oil is exploring ways to fend off a potential cash crunch as the London-listed group reported a $1.3 billion loss after it was forced to write down $1.4 bln due to collapsing demand for oil. Tullow, with a market cap of $361 million as of Tuesday and $3 billion in debt,... Continue Reading →
Sept 8, 2020 Mexico is cutting its 2021 forecast for oil production at Petroleos Mexicanos by 8.4% as the state producer struggles under a $107 billion debt load and the impact of the deadly coronavirus. The country’s Finance Ministry lowered its preliminary estimate for output next year to 1.857 million barrels a day, down from... Continue Reading →
September 9, 2020, by Bojan Lepic U.S.-based oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell to farm down interests in a portfolio of frontier exploration assets for up to $200 million. São Tomé & Príncipe assets; Source: Kosmos Energy Kosmos said on Wednesday that Shell would... Continue Reading →
Sept 8, 2020 The ANP board approved the postponement of the declaration of commerciality of the Discovery Assessment Plan (PAD) for wells 1-HRT-2-AM and 1-HRT-8-AM, located in blocks SOL-T-169, SOL-T -170 and SOL-T-192, in the Solimões Basin. With the decision, the company's deadline to declare commercialization of the two-well PAD has been extended to 2025.... Continue Reading →
September 8, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release dated August 10, 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of 50% to 100% of its stake, with the passing of the operation, in the BM-S-51 concession, in the Santos Basin. The concession is located at water depths... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil company ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at the Redtail-1 well, offshore Guyana, Hess, Exxon's partner in the prolific Stabroek Block has said. This is the U.S. oil major's 18th discovery offshore Guyana in the same block and will add the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block of more than... Continue Reading →
September 8, 2020 Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3) informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on the present date, its shares were included into the portfolio of Bovespa Index (“Ibovespa” or “IBOV”), principal index of B3, composed of shares with the highest traded volume in the past 12 months. PetroRio’s... Continue Reading →
Ill-timed bets on rising demand have Exxon Mobil Corp facing a shortfall of about $48 billion through 2021, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street estimates, a situation that will require the top U.S. oil company to make deep cuts to its staff and projects. Wall Street investors are even starting to worry about... Continue Reading →
