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After the costliest Chapter 11 year in history, 2021 bankruptcy numbers will normalize if WTI keeps up, an analysis by Norwegian energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy has shown. The combined debt of North American E&P and oilfield service companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year jumped to $102 billion, surpassing the $100... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 12, 2020, informs that it has received a notification from the Sete Brasil in which: (a) it indicates that will not comply with certain conditions set forth in the agreement that should be fully met by January 31, 2021; and (b) requests... Continue Reading →
Pipe producer Tenaris and Subsea 7 have signed an agreement for the supply of pipes and coating services for Bacalhau project offshore Brazil. Equinor is the operator of Bacalhau project, located 185 kilometres off the coast of São Paulo in Brazil. Discovered in 2012, the Bacalhau oilfield sits in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin at a depth... Continue Reading →
Marine seismic player Polarcus said on Tuesday it has defaulted on debt payments and that it will halt all interest and installment payments to finance providers. As a result, the company’s shares fell over 30 percent before the Oslo Stock Exchange stopped trading on Tuesday morning. During these difficult market conditions, Polarcus has been in detailed discussions... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has entered into a restructuring agreement to deleverage its balance sheet and is now seeking to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Diamond said on Monday it had entered into a plan support agreement with holders of over 70 per cent of each of its senior unsecured notes and revolving credit... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil is set to start drilling at its Goliathberg Voltzberg North-1 (GVN-1) exploration well, offshore Suriname, targeting 235 million barrels of oil. The news of the drilling operation startup was shared by Tullow's partner Ratio Petroleum. "Ratio Petroleum is reporting that Tullow, the operator of Block 47, has commenced the... Continue Reading →
Schlumberger on Friday joined rivals in predicting a steady recovery in the oil industry this year after the world's top oilfield services provider's fourth-quarter results beat estimates, aided partly by growing drilling demand. Easing of COVID-19 related restrictions has propelled oil demand and prices, which remain steady since a late-2020 rebound from historic lows. Brent... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has won a contract from Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) for the Sanha Lean Gas Connection (SLGC) project offshore Angola. Specifically, the project comprises the construction and installation of the Lean Gas Platform (LGP) system in Block-0 off Angola. It takes place at a water depth of approximately 70 metres. Project management and... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas supply chain companies have seen their profits squeezed since the E&P cost cuts of the previous downturn – and just as the industry could finally hope for better days, the Covid-19 pandemic caused the value of 2020’s awarded contracts to slump to a 16-year low of $446 billion, according to Rystad Energy.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Baker Hughes Co on Thursday joined larger rival Halliburton Co to say the energy industry’s worst downturn in decades would be over by the first half of this year. Oil and gas producers have been forced to cut their budget, restructure operations and reduce employees, to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic-led fallout in energy... Continue Reading →
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