Marine seismic player Polarcus has slipped into the red in Q3 2020 as revenue fell some 76 per cent compared to prior year due to the global slow-down on the back of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oslo-listed company reported third quarter 2020 loss of $13.5 million, versus profit of $13.7 million in Q3 2019. Polarcus... Continue Reading →
Shell lifts dividend as profit narrows
Oil major and LNG giant Shell saw its third quarter 2020 earnings decrease when compared to the last year’s third quarter amid lower oil price environment but the oil major decided to increase its dividend. Shell on Thursday said that the income attributable to its shareholders was $0.5 billion for the third quarter of 2020,... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil to Keep Dividend Flat for First Time Since 1982
Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday kept its fourth-quarter dividend flat at 87 cents a share, signaling 2020 will be the first year since 1982 that the U.S. oil producer has not raised its shareholder payout. The largest U.S. oil producer by volume was caught off guard by the sharp decline in energy prices and demand... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS REPORTS A LOSS OF R$ 1.5 BILLION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020
The third quarter of 2020 ended with a financial loss for Petrobras. The company announced losses of R$ 1.546 billion between July and September. This is the third quarter followed of recorded losses for the oil company. For the first quarter of 2020 the company recorded losses of R$ 48.5 billion, between April and June... Continue Reading →
Equinor reports adj. net income of $780M, raises dividend
Equinor (NYSE:EQNR): Q3 Adj. net income of $780M vs. a consensus of $1.03B. Raises dividend to $0.11/share from $0.09. Revenue of $11.34B (-27.4% Y/Y) beats by $1.2B. EQNR delivered total equity production of 1,994 mboe per day in Q3, up from 1,909 mboe per day in the same period in 2019, with an increased share of gas.... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Pemex swings to $64 million profit in third quarter
(Reuters) - Mexican national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reported a third quarter net profit of 1.417 billion pesos ($64.1 million), reversing losses from the same quarter last year, the company said in a filing to the Mexican stock exchange on Wednesday. The swing to profit was attributed mostly to the performance of financial instruments as... Continue Reading →
Rystad: Offshore Wind to Become UK’s Largest Renewable Energy Source in 2026
Installed offshore wind capacity will surpass onshore wind in the UK by 2026, and the UK will meet its goal to double its renewable energy capacity by 2030 four years early. This is according to the Norwegian energy intelligence company Rystad Energy, which says the targets will be met by a wave of mostly wind... Continue Reading →
Chevron to Cut a Quarter of Noble Energy’s Employees
(Reuters) Chevron Corp will lay off about 25% of Noble Energy's employees who joined the oil major after its $4.1 billion purchase of the smaller rival earlier this month, the company told Reuters on Tuesday. A collapse in crude oil prices has forced most oil and gas producers to drastically cut costs by laying off thousands... Continue Reading →
Eni Posts 3Q Loss. Output Drops but Full Year Forecast Unchanged
Italian energy group Eni's balance sheet remains strong, it said on Wednesday after swinging to a third-quarter net loss as the coronavirus crisis took its toll. The company said it recorded an adjusted net loss of 0.15 billion euros ($177 million), in line with an analyst consensus provided by the company for a loss of... Continue Reading →
Green energy to draw $11 trillion in investments by 2050
(Bloomberg) - Green power is set to draw around $11 trillion of investment in the coming decades as the cost of renewables plummets and more of the world’s energy comes from electricity. That’s the latest analysis from BloombergNEF in its annual New Energy Outlook report. It’s further evidence of how cheap renewable power sources will... Continue Reading →