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Former Guyanese housing minister Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president of the newly oil-producing South American country on Sunday, after he was declared winner of a disputed March 2 election following a recount. Preliminary recount data released in June showed Ali, a member of the opposition People's Progressive Party (PPP), had won the initial... Continue Reading →
July 31, 2020 The downstream segment in Brazil is experiencing a unique moment in its history. The oil refining activity is going through a period of transition to a framework with a greater plurality of agents, more open and dynamic, with numerous planning and regulatory challenges. The Brazilian refining park has a daily oil processing... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil reported a back-to-back quarterly loss for the first time in over three and a half decades. ExxonMobil last Friday posted an estimated second-quarter 2020 loss of $1.1 billion compared with earnings of over $3.1 billion in the same quarter last year. Results included a positive non-cash inventory valuation adjustment from rising commodity... Continue Reading →
Suriname's state-owned oil company Staatsolie is considering farming into an offshore oil block where Apache Corp and France's Total SA have announced a third major discovery, an executive said on Sunday. Staatsolie has the right to a stake of up to 20% in the 1.4 million-acre Block 58, where Apache and Total last week announced... Continue Reading →
Jul 30, 2020 The ANP's Monthly Bulletin on Oil and Natural Gas Production presents detailed data for June 2020. National production was 3.821 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), with 3.013 MMbbl / d ( million barrels per day) of oil and 128 MMm3 / d (million m3 per day) of... Continue Reading →
Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday reported an $8.3 billion loss on asset writedowns from plummeting fuel prices, a forced exit from Venezuela and expenses tied to thousands of jobs cuts. Multibillion-dollar asset writedowns have become a prominent part of second-quarter energy results, as a global oil glut emerged as the COVID-19 pandemic cut fuel demand.... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling company Transocean expects its two ultra-deepwater drillships under construction in Singapore to cost it $2,25 billion in total, more than a double on the original order price. Transocean first ordered the drillships - now named the Deepwater Titan and the Deepwater Atlas - on speculation from Sembcorp Marine's Jurong Shipyard in 2014 for... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas giant Eni went from a profit in the second quarter of 2019 to a loss in the same period this year hit by the combined effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the oil price crisis. Eni has also cut its capex guidance for 2020 by 35 per cent. Eni booked a... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is preparing deep spending and job cuts, according to people familiar with the matter, as it fights to preserve a 8% shareholder dividend with a multi-billion-dollar quarterly loss looming. It was unclear how extensive the cuts will be. The largest U.S. oil company slashed this year’s budget by 30% in April,... Continue Reading →
Jul 30, 2020 Chevron receives proposals today to purchase its stake in the Papa-Terra field, in the Campos Basin, in an operation conducted by Bank of America. The expectation is that medium-sized oil companies will compete for shares in Chevron and Petrobras in the Campos Basin asset. The bidding should involve up to four companies,... Continue Reading →
