GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador reports its consolidated financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 (“Second Quarter” or “2Q2020”). A conference call to discuss... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Half Year 2020 Earnings
On target despite global disruption August 6, 2020 Highlights Effective response to COVID-19 and oil price crises Successfully maintaining focus on health and safety of staff and business continuity Adapting the organization to ensure flexibility, performance and competitiveness Financial results in line with expectation 2020 Directional1 EBITDA guidance increased from “around” to “above” US$900 million... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on monthly production record in Búzios
August 5, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that the platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new monthly production records in July, of 615,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 765,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The Búzios field, discovered... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on onshore field sale in Sergipe
August 5, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/03/2020, informs that it signed today with Centro Oeste Óleo e Gás Ltda. an agreement for the sale of its entire stake in the Dó-Ré-Mi onshore field, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, in the state of Sergipe. The sale value... Continue Reading →
Subsea Energy Solutions Eyes Business in Brazil
UK-based offshore energy equipment maker Subsea Energy Solutions is expanding into Brazil following signing a sales agreement with Marine and Offshore Partners. Subsea Energy Solutions said Wednesday that Rio-based M&O Partners would help it develop new relationships and business development with multinational operators such as Petrobras. Continue reading
BP to cut fossil fuels output by 40 per cent by 2030
Following record losses in the second quarter of 2020 and the first dividend cut in a decade, BP revealed parts of its new strategy that would reshape the company from an international oil company to an integrated energy company. BP said on Tuesday that it aims to increase its annual low carbon investment ten-fold to... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Proven Oil Reserves Rise to More than 8 bln Barrels
Mexico's oil regulator said on Tuesday the country's total proven oil reserves as of Jan. 1 stood at 8.062 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), up 2.1% from a year earlier. Oil reserves as of the beginning of 2019 totaled 7.897 billion boe. Proven oil reserves are certified discoveries containing a combination of liquid and... Continue Reading →
TGS Resumes Seismic Survey Offshore Argentina
Norwegian seismic data provider TGS on Friday announced a return to Argentina to complete the previously announced 17,800 square kilometer Malvinas 3D Multi-Client survey. The acquisition is set to restart in Q4 2020 on what TGS said was a "highly- funded survey." TGS further said the survey would continue to grow the 3D library in... Continue Reading →
Ocyan Aims for Bigger Offshore Platforms to Cement Comeback
Offshore oil industry supplier Ocyan plans to participate in bids for much bigger platforms than it currently has in Brazilian waters, the world’s largest market for floating platforms, Chief Executive Roberto Bischoff told Reuters. He said Ocyan is eyeing contracts potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars for deepwater platforms serving state-run oil company Petroleo... Continue Reading →
U.S. offshore energy industry releases economic impact study of offshore wind auctions
The United States has an opportunity to accelerate offshore wind energy growth, and benefit from 28 new gigawatts of clean energy and $1.7 billion in U.S. Treasury revenue by 2022, a new study released today from research group Wood Mackenzie finds. Findings from this study confirm additional lease areas are needed to meet demand, reduce... Continue Reading →