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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 →
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 $38.99 per barrel, respectively, this year, according to the EIA’s September STEO.... Continue Reading →
The UK oil and gas regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 license areas over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the 32nd Offshore Licensing Round. The round offered blocks in mature, producing areas close to existing infrastructure, under the flexible terms of the Innovate Licence. Continue reading
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers on Thursday for its Presidente Getulio Vargas refinery, with local firms Raizen and Ultrapar Participacoes SA among the likely bidders, sources familiar with the matter said. The sale is part of a multi-billion plan by the state-controlled oil company, known as Petrobras, to divest assets,... Continue Reading →
August 19, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up to the announcement made on March 10, 2020, informs that the cash contribution of R$ 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 →
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 (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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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