Norwegian oil firm Aker BP on Tuesday beat second-quarter pretax profit expectations helped by record output and a partial reversal of impairments from the previous quarter as oil prices rose. Pretax profit fell to $151 million from $249 million a year earlier but beat a forecast of $91.3 million in a Refinitiv poll of analysts,... Continue Reading →
Between January and May 2020, the Union’s share of oil in the pre-salt production sharing contracts reaches 1.5 million barrels
Jul 13, 2020 The Union's share of oil in the three contracts that are under production sharing regime totaled 1.5 million barrels from January to May this year, an increase of 50% compared to the same period in 2019. The data is from the Monthly Bulletin of Production Sharing Contracts produced by Pre-Sal Petróleo (PPSA),... Continue Reading →
Exxon Restarts Drilling at Offshore Hotspot in Voting Crisis
Exxon Mobil Corp. resumed drilling in Guyana last month, underscoring its dedication to the offshore hotspot despite the oil price crash and a messy turn in local politics. Two of Exxon’s four drillships went back to work, according to data published Friday by Baker Hughes Co. The company later confirmed that the Stena Carron and Noble... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s offshore oil workers chilled by coronavirus outbreaks
On Friday, May 1, two workers on the PXA-1 offshore platform owned by Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras checked into the facility’s infirmary complaining of headaches and fever-like symptoms. Another Petrobras employee fell visibly ill the following day, three workers from the platform told Reuters. The sickness spread further in the subsequent days, stoking anxiety... Continue Reading →
PetroRio | June 2020 Operational Data
July 10, 2020 - Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of June. Continue reading
Petrobras starts Gaspetro’s binding phase
July 10, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on May 15, 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its entire 51% stake in Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro). Qualified parties for this phase will receive a process letter with detailed instructions on the divestment... Continue Reading →
UTC back offshore
July 10, 2020 Almost three years after the end of the precautionary blockade by Petrobras, the group closes contracts with the state-owned company and Trident Energy. Heftos Óleo e Gás Engenharia - a subsidiary of the UTC Participações group - signed contracts with Petrobras to provide services at the Gabriel Passos Refinery (Regap), in Minas... Continue Reading →
Norway-linked Firms Might Bid for Petrobras’ Golfinho Field Offshore Brazil
Norway's BW Offshore Ltd and DBO Energy are among the firms mulling a bid for Petrobras' Golfinho oilfield cluster, two sources said, as Brazil's state-run oil company seeks to re-spark its asset sale program in the wake of this year's crude price crash. With average daily production of 15,000 barrels of oil and 750,000 cubic meters of gas, Golfinho is... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on shallow water field sales
July 9, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today with OP Pescada Óleo e Gás Ltda., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ouro Preto Óleo e Gás S.A., an agreement for the sale of its entire stake in the Pescada, Arabaiana, and Dentão fields located in shallow waters of the Potiguar Basin (Pescada... Continue Reading →
Talos, Pemex Told to Seek Deal on Shared Offshore Oil Discovery
Mexico's state oil company Pemex and a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy Inc have been instructed to come to an agreement detailing how they will jointly develop a large offshore oil find, the energy ministry said on Wednesday. The formal instruction from the energy ministry, dated July 7 but announced in a statement... Continue Reading →