(OM) FPSOs have revolutionized deepwater E&P, enabling oil companies to produce oil in areas that were not previously economically viable. Following a challenging 2020, the FPSO market rebounded dramatically last year, with more contracts awarded in the second quarter of 2021 alone than during the entire 2020. Some estimates suggest the market could reach a... Continue Reading →
Fugro reports positive year despite ongoing pandemic impacts
Fugro has reported a revenue increase of 5.8% for the financial year 2021 compared to 2020, accompanied by a 21% revenue increase from renewables, led by buoyant offshore wind activity levels. EBITDA for the full year increased to €175.6 million, said to be driven by improvements in Europe-Africa and Americas, resulting in an EBIT margin... Continue Reading →
Eni posts best results since 2012 to drive green shift
(Reuters) - Italy's Eni became the latest energy group to benefit from the oil and gas boom as it posted its best result since 2012 to provide cash to cover returns to investors and also fund its green drive. The group swung to an adjusted net profit of 4.74 billion euros ($5.4 billion) last year... Continue Reading →
Guyana Talking to Middle East Firms about Offshore Oil Auction
(OE) Guyana is in talks with state-run oil firms from the Middle East to discover new offshore fields, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters, hoping to recruit a new and substantial explorer to its nascent energy industry. Results of the talks with Middle East firms could lead Guyana to bar a consortium led by U.S.... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum – Notice to the market
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, comes to clarify the veracity of the article entitled “3R Petroleum devolve bloco na Bacia Potiguar” published on this date by a private platform for capital market investors (“News”). Regarding the News, the Company... Continue Reading →
PetroRio prepares drilling campaign for Campo de Frade
In a conference with investors, the company's CEO, Roberto Monteiro, detailed some of the future steps of the oil company. On the exploratory side, the executive said that in March the company will start a new drilling campaign in the Campo de Frade field, in the Campos Basin. Also according to Monteiro, the campaign will... Continue Reading →
Steel Pipe Giant Tenaris Sees Further Sales and Margins Boost in H1, Shares Rise
Steel pipe giant Tenaris TENR.MI expects a further increase in sales in the first half of the year after posting strong results in the latest three months of 2021, driving a 2.4% rise in its Milan-listed shares on Thursday. The company, which makes seamless and welded steel pipes for oil and gas exploration activities, said... Continue Reading →
Oil slides 2% as Iran talks offset Ukraine crisis
(Reuters) - Oil prices fell about 2% on Thursday as talks to resurrect a nuclear deal with Iran entered their final stages and could unlock more crude supplies, but losses were limited by tension between top energy exporter Russia and the West over Ukraine. "(The) oil market is locked in a tug of war between... Continue Reading →
EBR to manufacture modules for the P-79
(PetroleoHoje) EBR (Estaleiros do Brasil) will be responsible for the manufacture and assembly of seven process modules of the P-79, FPSO that will be installed in the Buzios field, in the Santos cluster, in 2025. The group was hired by the Daewoo / Saipem consortium building the production unit for Petrobras, being responsible for the... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil granted license to drill in Sergipe-Alagoas
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted ExxonMobil the environmental license authorizing the activity of offshore drilling in six blocks of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin (SEAL-M-351, SEAL-M-428, SEAL-M-430, SEALM-501, SEAL-M-503, SEAL-M-573). Ibama authorized the drilling of up to 11 exploratory wells. So far, ExxonMobil has guaranteed the drilling of two firm wells, with the others... Continue Reading →