Oil giant ExxonMobil has discovered additional oil in the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana, increasing the total Payara discovery to approximately 500 million oil-equivalent barrels. Read more
Singapore: Merger on the cards between largest rig builders?
A merger between two of the Singapore’s largest offshore rig builders, Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine, might be on the cards. This is according to a report by DBS Bank – The Development Bank of Singapore, which believes it is time for Singaporean shipyards to reform, restructure, and reposition themselves to create global... Continue Reading →
Halliburton returns to quarterly profit
Halliburton, one of the world’s largest oilfield services providers, returned to profit in the second quarter 2017 from a significant loss recorded in the last year’s second quarter. In its report on Monday, the oilfield services giant posted a profit of $28 million compared to $3.2 billion loss in the corresponding period of 2016 when... Continue Reading →
HLX: Well Intervention Siems to Be Picking Up as Penalties Fade
Helix reported a 2Q17 miss as EBITDA of $29.7M came in below consensus/RJe of $32.1M/$36.2M. Stronger-than-expected Well Intervention utilization and margins mostly offset the substantial miss in Robotics. Though notably, much of the discussion surrounded the financial implications of the two Siem vessels contracted with Petrobras. The Siem I remains on a reduced dayrate... Continue Reading →
Schlumberger Announces Second-Quarter 2017 Results
Schlumberger Announces Second-Quarter 2017 Results Revenue of $7.5 billion increased 8% sequentially Pretax operating income of $950 million increased 25% sequentially GAAP loss per share, including charges of $0.40 per share, was $0.05 EPS, excluding charges, was $0.35 Quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share was approved Read more
Subsea 7 awarded contract extensions offshore Brazil
Luxembourg - 21 July 2017 - Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award of contract extensions for three Pipelay Support Vessels (PLSVs) currently on long-term day-rate contracts offshore Brazil. These extensions have a combined value of approximately USD 250 million. The firm contract periods for the Seven Waves, Seven Rio... Continue Reading →
Brazil mulls easing local content rules in older oil contracts
JULY 18, 2017 / 1:00 PM / 3 HOURS AGO RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's oil regulator is proposing a plan to allow companies to apply more flexible local content rules to pre-existing contracts, the agency chief said on Tuesday, in a bid to attract fresh investment by foreign oil majors into Latin America's... Continue Reading →
What If Big Oil’s Bet on Gas Is Wrong?
Talk to a Big Oil executive these days, and the chances are they’ll steer the conversation toward gas. “In 20 years, we will not be known as oil and gas companies, but as gas and oil companies,” Patrick Pouyanne, chief executive officer of French giant Total SA, told a conference in St. Petersburg last month. Read... Continue Reading →
Mexico Delays Next Oil Auction to Let Huge New Find Sink In
Mexico will delay its next offshore oilfield auctions by a month, giving international bidders more time to evaluate recent major crude discoveries that highlight the potential value of the assets. A new billion-barrel find announced last week "confirms that the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico is very prolific," said Juan Carlos Zepeda, Mexico’s... Continue Reading →
Exxon hunting for new Liza in Suriname
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil has confirmed it has, with its partners Hess and Statoil, signed a production sharing contract for Block 59 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., the national oil company of Suriname. To remind, Staatsolie informed of the upcoming signing of the PSC two weeks ago, but with little detail. The block adds... Continue Reading →
