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Mar 23, 2020 Amid the 21% drop in Brent-type oil prices, in the past week, oil companies are beginning to move to face the crisis scenario triggered by the covid-19 pandemic and the market dispute between Saudi Arabia and Russia. In Brazil, PetroRio announced that it will postpone investments, while Petrobras resorted to a disbursement... Continue Reading →
In response to the current market environment, oil major Shell has decided to reduce its operating costs by up to $4 billion in 2020 and to cut its capital expenditure from $25 billion to $20 billion. As the COVID-19 virus spreads across the world – seriously impacting people’s health, the way of life and global... Continue Reading →
In an effort to alleviate the concequences of the recent oil price plunge, French oil major Total has revealed its plan to reduce the capex for 2020 by more than $3 billion and save about $800 million in operating costs compared to 2019. Total will also suspend its buyback program. Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman & CEO... Continue Reading →
Mexico's oil regulator approved on Friday a request by French oil company Total SA to give up its exploration and production rights to a deep water block in the southern Gulf of Mexico that the firm had won at auction in 2016. The regulator said Total decided to return the block due to the results... Continue Reading →
Rockhopper Exploration, a partner in Premier Oil-operated Sea Lion offshore oil project in the Falkland Islands, is confident it will manage to farm-out a share in the project despite the low oil prices and COVID-10 uncertainty. The two companies in January signed non-binding heads of terms with Navitas Petroleum, which should lead to Navitas obtaining... Continue Reading →
China's state-controlled oil company CNOOC Ltd is scheduled to load in the coming days its first cargo of crude from Guyana's offshore Liza oil project, the South American country's Director of Energy Mark Bynoe said. CNOOC has a 25% stake in the massive Stabroek block as part of a consortium with operator Exxon Mobil Corp... Continue Reading →
Italian oilfield services firm Saipem, and Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor are teaming up to develop a floating solar panel park solution for near coastal applications and rough weather conditions. According to a statement by Saipem, the technology will be based on the in-house developed concept by offshore rig designer Moss Maritime, part of... Continue Reading →
March 19, 2020 - Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance, updates its shareholders and the market in general about the results of the 3rd Phase of Polvo’s (“Polvo”, or “Field”) Revitalization Plan and the resulting impact from lower royalty rates incurring on the production of the new wells.... Continue Reading →
MAR 19, 2020 In the midst of all this confusion, good news. In yet another contribution to the digitalization of the oil and gas sector, Repsol Sinopec Brasil, Shell Brasil and Deep Seed Solutions signed a contract for the development of the i-Concept project. The objective is to develop digital technology to improve and accelerate... Continue Reading →
French energy major Total said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement with renewables energy developer Simply Blue Energy to acquire 80% of the Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. Total, which did not disclose the value of the deal, has said it plans to invest up to $2 billion annually to... Continue Reading →
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