BG Group Plc, which agreed to be acquired by Royal Dutch Shell Plc in April in the year’s biggest energy deal, reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates after it raised oil and natural gas production. Adjusted net income fell 63 percent to $280 million from $759 million a year earlier, BG said Friday in... Continue Reading →

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/2936e9c0-7e45-11e5-a1fe-567b37f80b64.html#ixzz3pzGAGRcj EM SQUARED October 29, 2015 6:12 pm Distressed debt sales get under way in Brazil Luke McLeod-Roberts NPL rates remain low but signs are they will rise and vulture funds are positioning accordingly ©AFP Brazil’s plunge into negativity is turning into a godsend for distressed asset hunters, arriving in search of cut-price corporate restructurings.... Continue Reading →

Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s worst loss in at least 16 years has further stoked concerns about the wisdom of buying BG Group Plc. For now at least, investors are still giving Chief Executive Officer Ben Van Beurden the benefit of the doubt. Europe’s biggest oil company said it will press ahead with it’s largest-ever acquisition... Continue Reading →

Eni SpA, Italy’s largest oil producer, reported a net loss in the third quarter after crude prices slumped. The adjusted net loss was 257 million euros ($281 million) compared with net income of 1.17 billion euros a year earlier, the Rome-based company said Thursday in a statement. “The fundamentals of the oil market remain weak due... Continue Reading →

Crude prices that have almost halved in the past year are unsustainable at current levels as cuts to investments and postponement of projects will lead to a decline in supply growth, according to Norway’s biggest oil company. “We think that the price level now is too low,” Eirik Waerness, chief economist and vice-president at Statoil ASA,... Continue Reading →

Eduardo Cunha.Photographer: Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images In the 19 months since a sprawling corruption scandal broke out at Brazil’s state-run oil giant, many people have come to represent the crisis through its twists and turns. President Dilma Rousseff, of course, has played that role for much of that time, but so have lesser-known types... Continue Reading →

Total SA posted a third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ forecasts as rising oil and gas production and growing profits from its refining operations helped the French company weather a slump in crude prices. Total’s adjusted net income fell to $2.76 billion in the third quarter, a decline of 23 percent from $3.56 billion a year ago,... Continue Reading →

Shell reported its biggest net loss in more than a decade after halting some operations and lowering oil-price expectations. Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported its biggest net loss in more than a decade after halting some operations and lowering its oil-price expectations, resulting in a $7.89 billion charge. The company, which is buying BG Group Plc... Continue Reading →