(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp joined its rivals in reporting a 56% slump in second-quarter profit from a year ago, hurt by a drop in energy prices, in line with the midpoint of the company's earnings preview released earlier this month. Oil majors' profits fell sharply in the quarter from record levels a year earlier as oil and gas... Continue Reading →
Guyana Extends Offshore Oil Block Bids Deadline to Attract New Explorers
(Reuters) Guyana extended to Sept. 12 a deadline for companies to submit bids for its first competitive auction of oil blocks, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. The South American nation has delayed the offer of 14 offshore blocks four times before. The round is intended to recruit new explorers and lessen the... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC breaks subsea order records, expects to reach $9 billion in 2023
(OET) TechnipFMC has received $4.1 billion in subsea inbound orders in the second quarter of 2023, a 62.2% increase compared to Q1 2023 and a 113.4% increase compared to the same period in 2022. Records were set for the company’s iEPCI full-field subsea development and integrated project execution and Subsea 2.0 subsea production system. TechnipFMC’s total... Continue Reading →
BREAKING: Sweden Nixes Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Project
(OW) The government of Sweden has rejected Vattenfall’s application to build an offshore wind farm at Stora Middelgrund off Sweden’s west coast, citing ”negative effects on the environment” and ”national interests” as the reasons for the decision. The Swedish government will not grant Vattenfall permission to build and operate the wind farm located offshore Halmstad, saying that ”the applicant has... Continue Reading →
Keppel Profit Soars on One-off Gain from O&M Unit Sale
(Reuters) Singapore's Keppel Corp KPLM.SI on Thursday reported a more than seven-fold jump in its first-half profit boosted by a one-off gain from the sale of its offshore and marine (O&M) unit and strong performance from the infrastructure business. Keppel sold its offshore and marine business in February for S$4.50 billion ($3.40 billion) to Sembcorp... Continue Reading →
Colombia accelerates offshore wind, but without assessing impacts
(epbr) “The wind and the strength of our seas place us in a privileged position for the installation of wind energy projects, which will allow us to be the first country in Latin America to produce this energy offshore”, said the Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, Irene Vélez, at the end of May,... Continue Reading →
Fugro delivers on mid-term targets with offshore wind activities leading the way
(OET) Fugro has reported a revenue of over €1 billion for the first half of 2023, representing a 24.1% growth from €833 million in the first half of 2022, said to be due to continued high client demand in energy markets, in particular for offshore wind site characterization solutions and related nearshore activities. In 1H... Continue Reading →
Repsol’s Q2 adjusted profit beats expectations
(Reuters) - Spanish oil company Repsol (REP.MC) said on Thursday that its adjusted profit fell sharply in the second quarter, dragged by lower energy prices, but came in above analysts' expectations. The adjusted profit for the period was 827 million euros ($917.4 million), down from 2.16 billion euros a year earlier, when oil and gas prices, as... Continue Reading →
Shell and TotalEnergies profits slump as oil and gas prices cool
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) reported sharp falls in second-quarter profit from bumper 2022 earnings as oil and gas prices, refining margins and trading results all weakened. Oil and gas prices soared last year in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine but energy prices have dropped sharply this year as fears of shortages eased amid global... Continue Reading →
Pemex Downplays Impact of Offshore Oil Spill
(Reuters) The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy oil Pemex on Wednesday sought to downplay an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico this month, saying it was quickly fixed and less serious than academics had calculated. Pemex has been under intense pressure from non-governmental organizations and researchers from the country's top university to... Continue Reading →