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February 7, 2020 Brazil will receive 10% of the Norwegian oil company's investments in the next two years Equinor plans to drill five high-impact exploratory wells in Brazil over the next two years, the company's vice president and chief financial officer, Lars Christian Bacher, said on Thursday during a conference call with analysts. High-impact wells... Continue Reading →
National Oilwell Varco beat estimates for its fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as the oilfield services provider cut costs to counter an ongoing decline in North American drilling activity. Lower crude prices and investor demand for higher returns have forced U.S. oil and gas companies to hold off on drilling, hurting earnings of companies that provide... Continue Reading →
Offshore wind will constitute 25% of total wind demand in 2028, up from 10% in 2019 and will narrow the gap with offshore upstream oil and gas in terms of capital expenditure deployment, said the analyst firm Wood Mackenzie. The possibility of offshore wind becoming cheaper than coal, gas and nuclear in most major countries... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions will likely see a 14% drop in revenue in 2020, reversing the gains made last year, the company said while reporting a decline in fourth-quarter earnings on Friday. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), excluding one-offs, fell to 434 million Norwegian crowns ($47.04 million) in the final quarter of 2019 from... Continue Reading →
Feb 6, 2020 Oil company will quote for the campaign in the Baúna field, in the Santos Basin Karoon will launch, in the coming weeks, a bid for the charter of a rig anchored in Brazil. The drilling unit will be used in the Baúna project, in the Santos Basin, for a period of six... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe has forecast a tougher year ahead, compared to 2019, expecting a drop in flotel rig fleet utilization and day rates falling. The company on Thursday reported a quarterly net loss of $13.3 million (compared to a loss of 35.7 million in Q4 2018). The flotel provider said it would work on... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s real slumped on Thursday to within sight of its all-time low against the dollar, despite the central bank’s signal a day earlier that its latest interest rate cut could be its last, and a broad rise in market-based interest rates. The real’s decoupling from rates suggested speculative flows were behind the currency’s slide, given... Continue Reading →
Brazilian drilling contractor Sete Brasil and Singapore’s offshore rig builder Sembcorp Marine have fulfilled all conditions precedent for a settlement regarding contracts for the construction of seven drillships to become effective and Sembcorp Marine is now in talks with a buyer for the completion of two drillships. Sembcorp Marine said on Thursday that all conditions... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil major Equinor has launched a new climate roadmap for the upcoming period of energy transition, in line with the Paris Agreement. Equinor said on Thursday that it would reduce the net carbon intensity, from initial production to final consumption, of energy produced by at least 50 percent by 2050. Also, it would grow... Continue Reading →
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has returned to profit as revenues hiked close to 180 percent for the period ended December 31, 2019. The Oslo-listed company reported profit for Q4 2019 of $18 million or 14 cents per share, versus loss of $7 million in Q4 2018. Revenues for the quarter rose at $37.2 million... Continue Reading →
