Rio de Janeiro, April 30, 2019 - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras will release 2019 first quarter results (1Q19) on May 7, after the closing of the market in Brazil (B3). On May 8 will be held two teleconferences/webcasts (Portuguese and English) to present its results to the company’s analysts and investors. The first, in... Continue Reading →
GE’s Baker Hughes reports surprise negative free cash flow, shares fall
Baker Hughes reported negative free cash flow for the first quarter at a time energy investors have been pushing companies to aggressively shore up capital for dividends and buybacks, sending its shares down as much as 8.5 percent. Oilfield service companies, including bellweather Schlumberger NV and Halliburton Co, are planning to spend less in 2019,... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions under new command in Brazil
4/30/2019 Volmir Korzeniewski will be, as of July 1, 2019, the new country manager and senior vice president for Products for Brazil at Aker Solutions. He replaces Maria Peralta, who takes the position of executive vice president for Aker Solutions Products in Norway. "Brazil continues to be an important market for Aker Solutions, as well... Continue Reading →
Record Russian gas sales to Europe help Gazprom profits double
Russian gas producer Gazprom doubled its annual net profit last year, led by record sales to Europe despite pressure on EU states to diversify away from Russian energy imports. Gazprom is also working on contingency plans in case the undersea Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline to Germany is delayed and talks on a new gas transit... Continue Reading →
BP’s profit fall cushioned by higher output, trading
BP’s first quarter profits fell by nearly a third but beat forecasts as lower oil and gas prices and weaker refining margins were partly offset by higher production and stronger trading. The slump in profits marks the first significant dent in BP’s steady recovery over the past 18 months following the sector’s 2014 downturn. Continue... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Bolsonaro backs Venezuela uprising, says country ‘enslaved by dictator’
Brazil’s right-wing government threw its support behind Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s push to oust the “Maduro dictatorship” with street demonstrations on Tuesday, and called on other nations to do the same. President Jair Bolsonaro wrote on his official Twitter account that the people of Venezuela are “enslaved by a dictator” and that he supports... Continue Reading →
Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway to invest $10B in Oxy subject to Anadarko takeover
Billionaire Warren Buffet’s company Berkshire Hathaway has committed to invest $10 billion in Occidental Petroleum, subject to Oxy’s entering into and completing its proposed acquisition of rival Anadarko. According to Oxy’s statement on Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway will receive 100,000 shares of Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with a liquidation value of $100,000 per share, together with... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering to digitally transform Pacific Drilling’s rig fleet
Subsea engineering firm Oceaneering and offshore driller Pacific Drilling have entered into an industry-first, five-year digital services package agreement to digitally transform Pacific’s drilling fleet. Pacific Drilling said on Monday that this would allow the provision of emerging services such as remote ROV piloting, surveying, and automation aboard Pacific Drilling’s high-specification drillship fleet. Continue reading
McDermott Sinks on Restructuring Costs
Houston-based McDermott has reported quarterly loss of $70 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, compared to profit of $35 million, or 37 cents per diluted share in the first quarter of 2018. Excluding $73 million of restructuring, integration and transaction costs, the adjusted profit for the first quarter of 2019 was $3 million, or... Continue Reading →
Teekay selling remaining stake in Teekay Offshore to Brookfield
Oil and gas shipping firm Teekay has agreed to sell all of its remaining interest in Teekay Offshore, a provider of marine services and solutions to the offshore oil industry, to Brookfield for $100 million. To remind, Canada’s Brookfield had in 2017 completed the acquisition a 60 percent stake in Teekay Offshore Partners with the... Continue Reading →