August 19, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up to the announcement made on March 10, 2020, informs that the cash contribution of R$ 2.05 billion to be paid to the Petrobras Social Security Foundation (Petros) was renegotiated due to the macroeconomic scenario and the guidance provided by the Secretariat for Coordination and Governance... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on deadline for expressing interest in assets in Colombia
August 11, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/27/2020, regarding the sale of its entire stake in the exploratory portion of the Tayrona Block, located in the Guajira Basin, Colombia, informs that it has extended until 08/21/2020 the deadline for companies to express their interest in the opportunity.... Continue Reading →
BP halves dividend after record loss, speeds up reinvention
BP (BP.L) cut its dividend for the first time in a decade after a record $6.7 billion second-quarter loss, when the coronavirus crisis hammered fuel demand, and it sought to win over investors by speeding up its reinvention as a lower carbon company. Its shares rose more than 7% on Tuesday after BP unveiled earlier... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras posts $500 million loss despite record exports to China
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) on Thursday posted a loss of 2.7 billion reais ($524 million) in the second quarter, hurt by tumbling oil prices despite record export volumes to China. The result, down from a record quarterly profit of 18.9 billion reais a year ago, came as the company pursued an... Continue Reading →
Petrobras 2Q20 Financial Performance
Dear Shareholders, I am glad to be able to tell you that we are running the ship safely through uncharted waters. We are very proud of our team whose talent and professional dedication allowed us to overcome, so far, the enormous challenges faced by our company. The outbreak of a major global health crisis caused... Continue Reading →
Galp plans farm-outs in the Potiguar Basin
July 28, 2020 Galp has revised its portfolio in the Potiguar Basin and plans to exit “some licenses”, declared the oil company's operations director, Thore Kristiansen, in a conference with investors on Monday (27/7). According to the executive, most of the operating impairments recognized in the quarter, of € 93 million, correspond to assets in... Continue Reading →
Rystad sees supply glut ahead after second wave of Covid-19 and more OPEC oil hit the market
The upcoming partial return of curtailed OPEC+ oil production from August is set to create a new four-month supply glut of around 170 million barrels, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals. The analysis is based on the assumption that oil demand will not rebound as quickly as previously thought due to the persistent expansion of the... Continue Reading →
Tapping Brazil’s natural gas potential
Brazil’s natural gas sector is poised for profound change. After years of intense focus on the country’s enormous pre-salt oil reserves, the government is finally shifting its efforts towards the domestic gas market. State energy firm Petrobras has been tasked with leading the vanguard for change. The Brazilian company is in the process of radically... Continue Reading →
Halliburton posts third-straight quarterly loss on shale slump
Oilfield services giant Halliburton Co (HAL.N) posted its third straight quarterly loss on Monday as it took a $2.1 billion impairment charge amid a slump in oil prices and the resulting collapse in drilling by North American customers. Demand for drilling services and oilfield equipment offered by Halliburton and rivals Schlumberger (SLB.N) and Baker Hughes... Continue Reading →
Petrobras speeds up decommissioning of FPSOs in Marlim and Voador
July 17, 2020 Petrobras is working to anticipate the deactivation of the floating platforms provided for in its current decommissioning plan. Among the priorities are the production units in the Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin. In a letter submitted to the ANP, the oil company proposed to send, first, the installation deactivation... Continue Reading →