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(Reuters) - Spain's Enagas (ENAG.MC) and Canadian pension fund Omers agreed to sell their holdings in Chile's GNL Quintero, which represent an 80% stake, to Belgian gas utility Fluxys (FLUX.BR) and investment fund EIG, Enagas said on Monday. The Spanish gas pipeline operator which owns 45.4% in GNL Quintero, said it sold its stake for $661 million and said... Continue Reading →
(PN) The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) extended the first exploratory period in five blocks of the oil company in the Sergipe-Alagoas and Santos basins. The extra period was given within the context of ANP resolution 815/2020, which allows for the extension of certain contractual terms for the Exploration Phase for a period of nine months.... Continue Reading →
The U.S. will hold a wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore the Carolinas on May 11, the U.S. Department of the Interior said Friday, as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review. The lease areas cover 110,091 acres in the Carolina Long Bay area that, if developed, could result in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Commodities traders such as Trafigura and Vitol have helped keep Russia's oil flowing through its Baltic and Black Sea ports in March, when some Western firms started to snub the market, according to ship tracking, traders and shipping sources. Both Swiss-based trading houses have long-term deals with state-run Russian oil giant Rosneft to... Continue Reading →
Tanker operator AET named its new shuttle tanker Eagle Colatina earlier this week in South Korea. The vessel is the first of three purpose-built Suezmax dynamic positioning (DP2) shuttle tankers for a long-term charter to the Brazilian oil company Petrobras based on the agreement signed in February 2020. Shuttle tankers are used for the offloading... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has received approval to relist its unrestricted common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DO." "The company expects the common stock to commence trading on or about Wednesday, March 30, 2022," Diamond Offshore said. Bernie Wolford, Jr., President, and Chief Executive Officer, stated,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has appointed Simon Johnson, former CEO of Borr Drilling, as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Johnson will replace Stuart Jackson as President and Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Jackson has been the CEO since October 2020, having taken over from Anton Dibowitz. Commenting on the latest CEO... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Saipem (SPMI.MI) will launch a 2 billion euro ($2.2 billion) capital increase this year and sell assets to help fund a turnaround plan to bring the troubled Italian energy services group back into the black. The company stunned investors in January when it downgraded earnings by a billion euros due to a significant deterioration of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Swiss trading arm of Russian energy giant Lukoil (LKOH.MM) has scaled back operations after the oil company cut its supply of capital to guarantee nearly $1 billion in margin calls in the wake of Western sanctions, according to three people familiar with the matter. Litasco, which was handling more than 3.6 million barrels per day,... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Shell intends to carry out a new exploratory campaign in Brazil in 2023, with the drilling of at least two wells in the Campos and Santos basins. The oil company launched a bid to charter a rig. Some companies, however, have already informed that they are not available to attend the campaign. Shell does... Continue Reading →
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