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(Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Monday as supply disruptions in Kazakhstan and Libya offset worries stemming from the rapid global rise in Omicron infections. Brent crude rose 19 cents, or 0.2%, to $81.94 a barrel at 1006 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 20 cents, or 0.3%, at $79.10... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The regulatory National Mining Agency (ANM) suspended operations of French steel pipe maker Vallourec at its Pau Branco iron ore mine in Brazil on Sunday, a day after a dike at the mine overflowed and cut off a federal highway, the company said. The overflow of the dike cut off traffic on Saturday... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A debt refinancing operation for Mexican national oil company Pemex that swapped the highly-indebted firm's short-term bonds for a new 10-year bond has been completed, the finance ministry announced on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said the near-term debt management scheme lowers Pemex's overall debt load by $3.2 billion, while reducing "financial... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Europe's Big Oil companies are planning to spend their windfall from high energy prices on becoming Small Oil.Surging oil and gas prices in 2021 delivered billions of dollars in profits to top oil companies, in stark contrast to the previous year when energy prices collapsed as the coronavirus pandemic hit travel and economic activity.Typically,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Ecuador's oil output has almost fully recovered after pipeline maintenance to repair erosion in the Andean country's Amazon region caused production to dwindle to less than 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), the energy ministry said. The erosion, a naturally occurring phenomenon along the Coca River, forced a halt to pumping in the SOTE... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil prices rose and were heading for their biggest weekly gains since mid-December on Friday as unrest in Kazakhstan and outages in Libya spurred concerns over supply. Brent crude climbed 70 cents, or 0.9%, to $82.69 a barrel at 1229 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 59 cents, or 0.7%, to... Continue Reading →
The market for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units almost brushed off the pandemic’s effect in 2021 and is likely to continue apace in 2022, with 10 new awards expected, according to a Rystad Energy report. Two lease contracts were awarded in the fourth quarter of 2021, bringing the total for the year to... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of December. Obs.: (1) Frade figures account for a 70% interest in the Frade Field until February 4 and 100% interest as of February 5, when the Company announced... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media, clarifies that, as disclosed on December 16, 2021, it maintains its position of seeking the sale of up to 100% of the preferred shares it holds in Braskem S.A. (Braskem), to be conducted through secondary public offering(s) of shares (follow-on), together with NSP... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian oil company Eni has extended its contract for BW Offshore's Abo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for another year. The FPSO's owner BW Offshore said Thursday it has signed the extension with Eni's subsidiary Nigerian Agip Exploration. Under the extension, the FPSO, used for production from the Abo field offshore Nigeria,... Continue Reading →
