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Solstad Offshore said that Petrobras has extended the current contract of RSV Far Saga for a period of one year and picked up another vessel for operations in Brazil. According to Oslo-listed Solstad, the contract starts on Friday, 30 October 2020. The Far Saga has been operating in Brazilian waters since 2014. In addition, Petrobras has confirmed the... Continue Reading →
Total trimmed its 2020 investment target on Friday after a sharp drop in third-quarter net profit, though the French oil and gas producer maintained its dividend. The company cut its investment target to $13 billion from $14 billion and said it was keeping a lid on operating costs too, even as it strives to grow... Continue Reading →
Japanese FPSO specialist MODEC says it is working with partners to reduce the overall cost of floating offshore wind turbines. For some time, floating offshore wind has been something of a niche, but now full-scale demonstrators are in the works, and bigger players – including companies such as MODEC that have traditionally focused on oil... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, October 30, 2020 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on September 17, 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of all its shares in the wholly-owned subsidiary Araucária Nitrogenados S.A. (ANSA). Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive instructions on... Continue Reading →
A unique double rotor floating wind turbine concept has earned a statement of feasibility from classification and certification body DNV GL. This statement, based on DNV GL’s technology qualification services, confirms that the nezzy² floater is designed to state-of-the-art safety, quality and performance standards, and allows its developer, aerodyn engineering, to secure investments and enter... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp CVX.N on Friday reported an adjusted third-quarter profit as oil prices recovered from spring lows and spending cuts benefited operating results, beating Wall Street expectations of a loss. Chevron and its peers have slashed spending budgets this year on plummeting demand and crude oil prices that remain about 40% below where they began... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N posted its third straight quarterly loss on Friday and detailed deeper spending cuts to come, as the oil major reels from the COVID-19 impact on energy demand and prices. The largest U.S. oil producer plans to cut its capital spending for 2021 to between $16 billion to $19 billion, down from... Continue Reading →
Petrobras and some of its partners see an opportunity to create a spin-off company, with resources from the private sector, to work on the construction of new gas pipelines in the country. The information was revealed by the president of the Brazilian state-owned company, Roberto Castello Branco, during a conference call with investors. As a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Petrobras is in the advanced stages of several major divestments, executives said on Thursday, indicating that the company’s ambitious deleveraging program may quicken after a pause during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil. Speaking to analysts following the company's third-quarter results, executives at Petroleo Brasileiro SA PETR4.SA, as the state-run oil firm... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) --Exxon Mobil Corp. will slash its global workforce by 15% over the next two years, an unprecedented culling by North America’s biggest oil explorer as it struggles to preserve dividends. The cuts will include 1,900 U.S. jobs, mostly in Houston, as well as an undisclosed number of positions around the world. “These actions will... Continue Reading →
