(OE) The ROV Services market continues to be a key component for helping subsea operators achieve greater levels of operational efficiency and to reduce costs and will play a growing role in supporting the expansion of future offshore wind projects with tasks like laying cables, pre- and post-lay cable survey and other seabed activities. The... Continue Reading →
Oil Down as Delta Clouds Outlook
(Bloomberg) -- Oil extended losses after the worst week since October as a Covid-19 comeback raised concerns about the short-term demand outlook. Futures in New York fell below $67 a barrel after sliding almost 8% last week. The resurgence has led Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to downgrade its economic growth forecast for China, which recently completed a... Continue Reading →
Eni cheers new oil find offshore Mexico
Italian oil company Eni has made an oil find in Upper Miocene sequences on the Sayulita Exploration Prospect in Block 10 in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. According to preliminary estimates, the new find may contain between 150 and 200Mboe in place, Eni said on Monday. Sayulita-1 EXP, which... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Enauta Brings Another Atlanta Field Well Back Online after Pump Failure
(OE) Brazilian oil company Enauta has brought online another oil well at its Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, following a recent pumping system failure, and is now producing from two wells connected to the Petrojarl I FPSO. As previously reported, the company - formerly Queiroz Galvao - had earlier this month said... Continue Reading →
Goldman cuts Q3 Brent forecast to $75 a barrel on Delta demand hit
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs on Tuesday reduced its forecast for Brent crude oil to $75 a barrel for the third quarter, $5 lower than its previous estimate, as a surge in Delta variant COVID-19 cases takes a toll on demand. Oil prices fell $5 a barrel on Monday in response to fears over the hit... Continue Reading →
OPEC & allies agree to boost output from August and phase out cuts in September 2022
Following a meeting held on Sunday, OPEC and its allies have agreed to increase oil production starting from August 2021 with plans to end production adjustments by the end of September 2022. Last year, OPEC and allies agreed on record production cuts to save the oil industry amid a major industry crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, cutting... Continue Reading →
World’s recoverable oil resources take a hit, Rystad says
The world’s remaining recoverable oil resources are now seen as 9 per cent slimmer but the commercial volumes can align with the global climate goals and keep global warming below 1.8˚C, energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy has said. Every year and following the publication of the BP Statistical Review, Rystad Energy releases its own assessment to... Continue Reading →
Shell-Cosan Brazilian JV Raizen plans to raise $1.34 bln in IPO
(Reuters) - Brazil's Raizen, a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) and Brazilian energy company Cosan SA (CSAN3.SA), plans to raise roughly 6.9 billion reais ($1.34 billion) in an initial public offering, a securities filing showed on Wednesday. Raizen said it set the price range at 7.40 to 9.60 reais per share, which will give the company... Continue Reading →
Guyana Relaunches Search for Company to Market Its Crude
(Reuters) Guyana is re-launching a search for a company to market the government's share of crude oil produced off the South American country's coast to make the tender process "simpler and more competitive," the natural resources minister said on Monday. According to the notice published late last week, companies will have until Aug. 3 to submit their... Continue Reading →
Majority of Brazilians support impeaching Bolsonaro, poll shows
(Reuters) - For the first time, a majority of Brazilians support impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, as serious graft allegations related to vaccine procurement hit the right-wing leader's already battered image. According to the survey by Datafolha, 54% of Brazilians support a proposed move by the country's lower house... Continue Reading →