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Creditors of North Sea-focused Premier Oil have extended a waiver for the group's debt covenant test until Nov. 5, giving it breathing space to avoid a debt crunch, the company said on Thursday. Premier needs to convince at least 75% of its creditors that the best solution is for the company to extend debt maturities... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has replaced CEO Anton Dibowitz. Seadrill's CFO Stuart Jackson will take Dibowitz's place, with immediate effect. Seadrill, which this week got more time from creditors to come up with a $7.3 billion debt restructuring solution, said Thursday that following Jackon's taking of the CEO role, the role and responsibilities of the... Continue Reading →
With ExxonMobil sanctioning its third offshore development in Guyana following the government approval, SBM Offshore has confirmed it has won a contract to deliver an FPSO for the project. Under the contract, SBM Offshore will construct, install, and then lease and operate the Prosperity FPSO at the Payara project off Guyana for a period of up to... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s Payara development, for which approval seems imminent, will see a commitment of US$3.6B this year from the oil major, says Norwegian business intelligence firm, Rystad Energy. Meanwhile, a model from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in its recent report titled ‘Traversing a Slippery Slope: Guyana’s Oil Opportunity’, pegs the cost of the Payara field... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on August 3, 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBIO). Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive a process letter with detailed instructions on the divestment process, including guidelines for... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/11/2019, informs that it has concluded today the sale of its entire stake in the onshore fields of the Lagoa Parda Cluster, located in the state of Espírito Santo, near the city of Linhares, to Imetame Energia Lagoa Parda Ltda., affiliate of Imetame... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Liquefied natural gas firm Hygo Energy Transition Ltd HYGO.O has postponed its planned New York initial public offering for several weeks and may scrap the listing entirely after its CEO was named in the early stages of a corruption investigation in Brazil, two sources familiar with the matter said. Eduardo Antonello, who has not been... Continue Reading →
Oil & gas production in Brazil was practically stable in August, according to data made available by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). According to the agency, the country ended the period with 3.078 million barrels per day produced, a slight increase of 0.28% compared to the previous month. Natural gas, on the other hand, had... Continue Reading →
PetroRio received endorsement from the ANP to act as a natural gas trader, with the exception of LNG and CNG in bulk, and seller of the energy source, according to the agency's authorization and dispatch. PetroRio owns 10% of the Manati gas field, in Bahia, operated by Petrobras. Portion corresponds to a reserve of 3... Continue Reading →
The new development plans (DP’s) for 14 shallow water fields, recently approved by the ANP, indicate that the areas, previously in process of decline, will receive an injection of investments that exceed R $ 10 billion. This amount refers only to activities considered firm (mandatory) in the plans submitted to the ANP. This value can... Continue Reading →
