(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Friday beat Wall Street's third quarter profit estimate, boosted by strong oil output in its first full quarter that includes volumes from U.S. shale producer Pioneer Natural Resources. Oil industry earnings have been squeezed this year by slowing demand and weak margins on gasoline and diesel. But Exxon's year-over-year profit fell 5%,... Continue Reading →
DOF Group Completes Acquisition of Maersk Supply Service
(OE) Norwegian offshore supply vessel company DOF Group has concluded the acquisition of Denmark-based Maersk Supply Service, which will be renamed to DOF Denmark. The combined company is expected to become one of the leading offshore service provider with comprehensive scale and a wide range of services across all continents in the offshore energy industries.... Continue Reading →
Wilson Sons will start building, in 2025, three powerful tugboats with sustainable technology at its shipyard in Guarujá, São Paulo
Wilson Sons, a leader in port and maritime logistics in Brazil, will start building, next year, a new range of three super powerful tugboats with sustainable technology at its shipyard in Guarujá, São Paulo. It plans on renewing and modernizing its fleet of more than 80 tugboats, which operate along the Brazilian coast. The three... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Q3 income hits three-year low as refining margins plunge
(Reuters) - French oil major TotalEnergies third-quarter profit hit a three-year low of $4.1 billion on Thursday, slightly missing expectations as refining margins and upstream outages dragged down earnings. Adjusted net income was down 37% from a year earlier and 12.7% lower from the previous quarter's $4.7 billion. The result just missed analyst expectations of $4.2 billion. Adjusted... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about collective action judgement in the Netherlands
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, further to the Announcements to the Market of January 29th 2020, May 27th 2021 and July 26th 2023, hereby informs that the District Court of Rotterdam ("Court") today handed down a favorable judgment on its main arguments in the collective action filed by the Stichting Petrobras Compensation Foundation ("Foundation") against... Continue Reading →
RWE Cleared to Begin Construction on Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm in Spring 2025
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has granted RWE the offshore construction permit for its Thor offshore wind farm, enabling RWE to begin construction at sea in spring 2025. RWE said that good progress is already being made on land, with the laying of cables and the construction of an onshore substation in the municipality... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind and the Taming of Subsea Spaghetti
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (oedigital.com) Preparing for industrialization, the floating offshore wind industry is tackling its unique mooring and cabling challenges. The idea of keeping floating offshore wind platforms in place using dynamic positioning has been considered. The trouble is: it could take up to 80% of the electricity generated by the turbine to do it.... Continue Reading →
Shell’s $6 billion profit smashes forecasts as LNG offsets weak refining
(Reuters) - Shell reported on Thursday third-quarter profits of $6 billion that exceeded forecasts by 12% as higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales offset a sharp drop in oil refining and trading results. The results, together with a drop in debt and strong cash flow, could lift investor confidence in CEO Wael Sawan's efforts to boost... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil to sell its Vaca Muerta assets in Argentina to Pluspetrol
(Reuters) - U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab agreed on the terms and conditions to sell its oil and gas assets in Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation to Pluspetrol, a source at Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday. Exxon will sell five blocks in Argentina's western Neuquen province, home to Vaca Muerta, and its stake in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras drills well in the Buzios Field in a water depth of 1,939 meters
(PN) Recently, Petrobras began drilling a new well in the Buzios Field, in a water depth of 1,939 meters, using the Carolina drillship. The information was made available by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The new well was given the technical name 9-BUZ-99D-RJS. The nomenclature beginning with the number 9 indicates that this is a... Continue Reading →