TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have encountered oil in the Sapakara South-1 well on Block 58 off the coast of Suriname. This announcement follows previous discoveries at Maka Central, Sapakara West, Kwaskwasi, and Keskesi, making it TotalEnergies’ fifth discovery off Suriname. Located four kilometres southeast of the Sapakara West-1 discovery, Sapakara South-1 was drilled in a water depth of about... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ stand-alone credit profile upgraded by S&P
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the rating agency S&P Global Ratings (S&P) raised its stand-alone credit profile (intrinsic risk) by one notch, from "bb" to "bb+". The agency affirmed the global scale rating of the company's corporate debt at "BB-", two levels below the stand-alone credit profile, due to Brazil’s sovereign rating cap.... Continue Reading →
Shell’s 2Q Profit Jumps to Two-year High
Royal Dutch Shell boosted its dividend and launched a $2 billion share buyback program on Thursday after a sharp rise in oil and gas prices drove second-quarter profits to their highest in more than two years. As profits across the industry recovered from last year's pandemic-led collapse in energy demand, peers TotalEnergies and Norway's Equinor... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on favorable decision related to labor lawsuit
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, on this date, it became aware of a favorable decision handed down by the Minister Reporter of the Federal Supreme Court, in appeals filed against the decision of the Superior Labor Court on the review of the methodology for calculating the Minimum Compensation Per Level and Working Regime... Continue Reading →
Hess expects U.S. output to take over 4 years to return to pre-COVID levels
(Reuters) - U.S. oil output could take more than four years to reach pre-pandemic levels, oil producer Hess Corp (HES.N) said on Wednesday, sticking to its spending plan despite rising demand to focus on shareholders returns over growth. U.S. crude prices have jumped over 50% this year but in a departure from previous boom cycles, shale producers... Continue Reading →
Higher oil prices secured Mexico’s Pemex a quarterly profit; debt swelled
(Reuters) - Mexico's state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on Wednesday reported net profit of $722.5 million in the second quarter, swinging from a loss in the same period last year thanks to higher crude prices and production. The company said the 14.4-billion-pesos profit was due to higher income from international sales, which doubled from... Continue Reading →
Brazil oil and gas production totaled 3.757 MMboe/d in June and the highlight was the Atapu field with 100,000 boe/d
One year after the start of production, the Atapu field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, is already among the 10 largest producers in Brazil, having produced in June 111.763 Mboe/d (one thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day ), being 91,881 Mbbl/d (thousand barrels per day) of oil and 3,161 MMm3/d (million cubic meters per... Continue Reading →
Oilfield Services Sector Ripe for Consolidation, MSI Says
The offshore drilling sector – challenged by managing an oversupplied, highly competitive market combined with over-leveraged balance sheets, weak liquidity, and stressed financials – is ripe for consolidation, Maritime Strategies International said in a recent report. The latest MODU [Mobile Offshore Drilling Units] Market Report from MSI analyses the sector’s current malaise and concludes that... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS TO OPEN BIDDING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WELLS IN BÚZIOS ON AUG 9
(PetroNoticias) Petrobras is advancing again in yet another stage in the development of the Búzios field. On the 9th of August, the company will open the envelopes with proposals for the tender for contracting well construction services for the field. The tender will have national coverage and will consist of two excluding lots. The tender... Continue Reading →
ICR Targets Guyanese Offshore Market. Partners with Panthera
ICR Integrity (ICR), an industrial maintenance and integrity company, has partnered up with Guyana-based Panthera Solutions (Panthera) to deliver its Technowrap and Quickflange technologies and other solutions and the booming oil and gas market in the region. Panthera provides fabric maintenance and deck services to offshore energy companies and their suppliers and employs a local... Continue Reading →
