Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on February 4, 2020, informs that its indirect controlled company, Petrobras Uruguay Sociedad Anónima de Inversiones (PUSAI), signed today with DISA Corporación Petrolífera S.A. (Disa), a contract for the sale of its entire stake in Petrobras Uruguay Distribuición S.A. (PUDSA), in Uruguay. The value... Continue Reading →
Premier Oil Gets Some Breathing Space from Creditors
Creditors of North Sea-focused Premier Oil have extended a waiver for the group's debt covenant test until Nov. 5, giving it breathing space to avoid a debt crunch, the company said on Thursday. Premier needs to convince at least 75% of its creditors that the best solution is for the company to extend debt maturities... Continue Reading →
Oil trader Vitol projects rapidly shrinking stockpiles by year’s end
Sept 16, 2020 The world’s biggest independent oil trader says global stockpiles of the commodity will keep shrinking, offering a starkly more bullish view of the crude market than some of its rivals. Vitol Group said inventories have been falling sharply and will continue to decline this year. Trafigura Group, the second-biggest trader, says the... Continue Reading →
COLUMN – Crude Oil Industry is Starting to Hear Echoes of Coal’s Demise
Sept 17, 2020 If 2020 had been anything close to a normal year, the oil and gas industry would have just wrapped up its annual gathering in Singapore, most likely reassured of its ongoing essential role in humanity's future. But this is far from a normal year, and the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) was... Continue Reading →
EIA Raises 2020 Oil Price Forecasts
Sept 10, 2020 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has raised its Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price forecasts for 2020, the organization’s latest short-term energy outlook (STEO) has revealed. Brent and WTI spot prices will average $41.90 per barrel and $38.99 per barrel, respectively, this year, according to the EIA’s September STEO.... Continue Reading →
UK Offers 113 Offshore Oil and Gas License Areas
The UK oil and gas regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 license areas over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the 32nd Offshore Licensing Round. The round offered blocks in mature, producing areas close to existing infrastructure, under the flexible terms of the Innovate Licence. Continue reading
Raizen, Ultrapar among likely bidders for Petrobras refinery in Parana: Sources
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers on Thursday for its Presidente Getulio Vargas refinery, with local firms Raizen and Ultrapar Participacoes SA among the likely bidders, sources familiar with the matter said. The sale is part of a multi-billion plan by the state-controlled oil company, known as Petrobras, to divest assets,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Petros Plan
August 19, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up to the announcement made on March 10, 2020, informs that the cash contribution of R$ 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 →