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(Reuters) - Baker Hughes Co (BKR.O) on Wednesday reported a higher quarterly profit from a year earlier, as a surge in commodity prices fueled drilling activity and demand for oilfield services. Oil benchmarks have undergone their most volatile period since mid-2020 with global crude prices up more than 38% in the first quarter amid Russia's invasion of... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras announced that it achieved a new national record in well construction in deep waters. The feat was achieved in the Marlim field, in the Campos Basin. The 7-MRL-233H-RJ well is in a water depth of 850 meters and was built in just 35 days. The record surpasses the company's best result so far... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) is reviewing its full-year outlook after wind turbine division Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) unveiled deeper-than-expected operating problems and rising costs that together triggered a substantial quarterly loss. Siemens Energy also said the operating environment had become more challenging due to the war in Ukraine as well as sanctions imposed on Russia, adding it could not... Continue Reading →
Global completions specialist Tendeka has appointed a new business development manager for Latin America to expand the use of technologies across the region. Maurilio Solano will be working with local operators to implement Tendeka’s key technologies such as FloSure, Filtrex and PulseEight EAV (Electronic Ambient Valve) across Latin America. With almost 30 years in the... Continue Reading →
(Offshore Energy) The global social networking company Meta – formerly known as Facebook – has expressed interest in the hybrid offshore renewable energy solution developed by GEPS Techno. Jean-Luc Longeroche, CEO and co-founder of Geps Techno, said that Meta had confirmed its wish to work with the company in order to multiply the power of its submarine cables by... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Oilfield services firm Halliburton posted an 85% rise in first-quarter adjusted profit on Tuesday as a rally in crude prices boosted demand for its services and equipment. Crude futures climbed to their highest level in more than a decade during the quarter after a slew of Western sanctions against Russia disrupted oil sales from... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted Petrobras the operating license for the FPSO Guanabara, the first definitive unit in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin. The document will be valid for eight years. The platform ship arrived at the field in February to carry out operational tests. The FPSO Guanabara was converted... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas company Eni has offloaded and exported the first oil cargo from the Miamte FPSO, operating at the Miztón, Amoca, and Tecoalli fields in Area 1, Gulf of Mexico. Achieved on Thursday, this marks an important milestone for the oil and gas sector in Mexico, with Eni being the first international energy... Continue Reading →
(OM) PGS is making available time products for an 11,000-km (6,835-mi) reprocessed seismic volume covering an extension of Uruguay's shallow and deepwater provinces, from the Pelotas basin to the Punta del Este basin. The package includes ties to the company’s 15,600-sq km (6,023-sq mi) 3D GeoStreamer dataset, allowing analog assessment of the recent equatorial margin... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil production forecasts are being revised upwards despite labor and supply chain constraints as higher prices spur more drilling and well completion activity, according to industry experts. Calls for new oil supplies are being answered by more producers as U.S. prices stay above $100 per barrel, propelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.... Continue Reading →
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