(Reuters) - Bidding for federal wind energy leases for two areas off the coast of North Carolina and South Carolina kicked off on Wednesday, with each attracting over $2.7 million. The sale - the second such offering this year - is part of the Biden administration's broad push to put wind turbines in federal waters... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) said it will activate a contingency financing plan to avoid investment being affected while it waits for the government to pay 14.1 trillion pesos ($3.45 billion) it owes to the company. The debt the government owes to Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) corresponds to The Fund for Stabilization of Fuel Prices (FEPC), which... Continue Reading →
Oslo-listed offshore accommodation firm Prosafe said Wednesday it had been declared the winner of a bidding process for a four-year contract by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible vessel. The contract, subject to a formal process during which other bidders may appeal within the next week, is for safety and maintenance support... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Angola's crude oil production is forecast at an average of 1.14 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, down from 2021 production of 1.2 million bpd, but the country aims to fulfil its commitments to OPEC+, the oil minister said on Wednesday. "OPEC is still for us a very important forum and we... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro removed Bento Albuquerque from his role as mines and energy minister early on Wednesday, according to an announcement in an official gazette, and Economy Ministry official Adolfo Sachsida will replace him. Albuquerque, an admiral in the Brazilian navy, had been Bolsonaro's mines and energy minister since the first day of... Continue Reading →
Japan's biggest oil and gas explorer Inpex Corp raised its net profit forecast for 2022 by 20% to a record 300 billion yen ($2.3 billion) thanks to higher-than-expected oil prices and a lower yen against the U.S. dollar. Its annual net profit prediction was raised from its February estimate of 250 billion yen as the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth on oil and gas into an exporter of renewable electricity. The centre-left government, which has come under fire from environmentalists for continuing to support the oil and gas... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY.N) beat Wall Street's earnings estimates and swung to a profit from a year-ago loss, buoyed by soaring oil prices. The Houston-based company is the latest oil producer to benefit from high commodity prices, despite lower production volumes. Fuel prices have jumped following sanctions on Russia over... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) warned on Wednesday sales and margins this year would be at the low end of its forecast range due to worsening problems at wind turbine division Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC), which has been hit hard by supply chain disruptions. Shares in the company, which was spun off from Siemens (SIEGn.DE) in 2020, fell as much as... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has revealed that its shareholders have endorsed its plan to merge with Maersk Drilling in an all-stock transaction almost unanimously, despite concerns, which were voiced by certain shareholders over this plan in the past. A short time after the two rig owners announced their business combination on 10 November 2021, Cyprus-based S.D.... Continue Reading →
