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China's national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd said first-half profit slumped by nearly two-thirds to the lowest since December 2017, as the coronavirus pandemic battered energy demand and sent oil prices to historical lows. The listed arm of state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp said on Wednesday net profit totaled 10.38 billion yuan... Continue Reading →
August 19, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up to the announcement made on March 10, 2020, informs that the cash contribution of R$ 2.05 billion to be paid to the Petrobras Social Security Foundation (Petros) was renegotiated due to the macroeconomic scenario and the guidance provided by the Secretariat for Coordination and Governance... Continue Reading →
August 18, 2020 Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), in addition to the Material Fact disclosed August 3, 2020, informs its shareholders and the Market in general of the results of the the Revitalization Campaign in the Tubarão Martelo Field (“Field”). The Revitalization Campaign consists of a workover (replacement of submersible pump) in... Continue Reading →
Aug 18, 2020 This week Petrobras launched a tender to choose a supplier to acquire up to 15.1 km of flowline flexible pipelines for gas injection. The International competition will be in closed dispute mode, with the deadline for submitting proposals on August 24th. The opening of the envelopes with the competitors' proposals is scheduled... Continue Reading →
French oil major Total has resumed oil drilling offshore Angola with the Skyros rig while two more are expected to start operations in the week to follow. Olivier Jouny, managing director of Total Exploration & Production Angola, revealed short and mid-term plans for Total’s Angola operations in an interview with Africa Oil & Power on Monday. Continue... Continue Reading →
Guyana's new administration has put a hold on reviewing bids for a contract to lift the government's portion of crude produced offshore and plans to relaunch the tender, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday. The South American country began producing crude offshore in December and in June approved a group of 19 companies to move to... Continue Reading →
August 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces the commencement of an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) to exchange up to U.S.$4,115,281,000 aggregate principal amount of PGF’s newly issued 5.093% Global Notes due 2030 (CUSIP/ISIN: 71647N BE8 / US71647NBE85) (the “New Notes”) registered... Continue Reading →
Aug 17, 2020 The combined production of oil and gas in the Brazilian pre-salt reached 2.7 million barrels of oil equivalent in July, a positive variation of 6% compared to June . With this number, the pre-salt corresponded for 70.8% of national production - this was the first time in history that the wells in... Continue Reading →
Aug 17, 2020 Enauta (ENAT3) signed a contract with Gas Bridge to sell its entire 45% stake in the Manati field in Bahia, the company said in a statement released on Sunday. The transaction involves R $ 560 million, the company said, noting that the amount is subject to the overcoming of contractual conditions and... Continue Reading →
Aug 17, 2020 SBM Offshore nominates new head for Brazil. Executive Bruno Freitas will assume the role of regional director of the company in the country. He assumes the post that was in the hands of Eduardo Chamusca since April 2018. Chamusca, in turn, will assume a global role at SBM. He was appointed as... Continue Reading →
