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The Wilson Sons Group completed another tugboat of its escort tug series on the 19th of July, the WS Aries, which now joins the WS Sirius as the most powerful in Brazil. Built by Wilson Sons Estaleiros and designed by Damen Shipyards, the vessel has a LOA of 32 meters and a beam of 12 meters. “This... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes, General Electric Co's oilfield services arm, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by higher activity in LNG markets and rise in international demand for oilfield services. Revenue from the company's oilfield services segment, which constitutes a majority of its operations, rose 14% to $3.26 billion in the second quarter. Continue reading
July 30, 2019 BP Energy is taking a cautious approach to the Transfer of Rights Surplus auction. Speaking to analysts on Tuesday, CEO Robert Dudley said the company has not yet decided whether to try to bid for any of the four areas to be offered in November. “[Assets] seem very expensive, and we will... Continue Reading →
Fugro is looking to sell its stake in Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture company with French seismic player CGG. The Dutch subsea and survey specialist said it has stepped up its efforts, in consultation with its co-shareholder, to divest its 60 per cent interest in ocean bottom seismic specialist formed in 2013. Continue reading
July 30, 2019 The ANP sees no reason for the 2019 bidding calendar to be revised, regulator Felipe Kury director said Tuesday during the 6th round of sharing and 16th round of concessions technical seminars. The statement was made in reference to questions from the Federal Court of Account (TCU) about this year's auction schedule.... Continue Reading →
Surging numbers of orders for floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) may already be straining the supply chain, including shipyards in Asia, a report out of the United States suggests. Around two dozen FPSO contracts are about to enter “decision gate”, and final investment decisions (FID) on these could yield more contracts than the... Continue Reading →
In an analysis of the oilfield service industry, sector intelligence firm Rystad Energy noted that the main driver of employment was shifting from shale to offshore. Rystad said on Tuesday that increased activity in onshore shale basins such as the Permian in the U.S. held employment in the oilfield service industry steady from 2016 to... Continue Reading →
July 29, 2019 The Special Bidding Commission approved international oil companies ExxonMobil, CNOOC, Petrobras and Shell, as well as Brazilian Enauta and PetroRio, to participate in the permanent offer of exploration and production areas. There are a total of 47 registered and 12 under review. The ANP also received five area nominations, all onshore. In... Continue Reading →
Transocean (RIG) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.34 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.33. This compares to loss of $0.04 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -3.03%. A quarter ago, it was expected... Continue Reading →
July 29, 2019 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces the closing, on this date, of the secondary public offering of 393,187,500 common shares issued by Petrobras Distribuidora S.A (“BR”) and held by Petrobras (“Shares” and “Offer”), in the total amount of R$ 9,633,093,750.00. The value of the Offer already includes the full exercise of... Continue Reading →
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