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(Offshore Energy) Just like its rival Transocean, offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation, which has recently marked its 100th anniversary, is optimistic about the market outlook for its rig fleet with a pipeline of tender opportunities developing on the horizon as well as higher day rates. Noble Corporation celebrated its one-hundred-year anniversary about a month ago, but that... Continue Reading →
Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol on Tuesday reported a soaring first-quarter net profit of 3.09 trillion pesos ($806.5 million) for this year, buoyed by improved oil prices and with the backdrop of a dismal comparative period in 2020. The oil company reported a net profit of 133 billion pesos in the first quarter of 2020, following a global slump in oil prices... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticia) The Libra block development project will move forward. Petrobras applied to the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) for the operating license for the second Early Production System (SPA) in the Mero field, located within the block. Like the first SPA in the area, this new project will also be carried out with the... Continue Reading →
Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine continues to face COVID-19 supply chain constraints and shortage of skilled workers, the company said announcing its Q1 results. The workforce shortage has been ascribed to the ongoing travel bans caused by the pandemic, as foreign workers, primarily those from India and Bangladesh, are unable to return to Singapore. Specifically, the Ministry... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas and renewable industry services giant Saipem has appointed Francesco Caio as its new CEO. Born in 1957, Caio has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD Fontainebleau, France. He takes over from Stefano Cao who served as CEO of... Continue Reading →
Following new contract awards to three of its ultra-deepwater drillships, two of which are idle, and one harsh environment rig, Transocean is optimistic that oil prices will remain constructive and drive an increase in contracting through the rest of the year. Transocean released its financial report for the first quarter of the year on Monday, revealing its... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s Subsea division has reported inbound orders of $1.5 billion in the first quarter of 2021, more than double compared to the fourth quarter of the prior year. Subsea reported first-quarter revenue of $1.3 billion, an increase of 10.6 per cent from the same period in 2020, said to be largely driven by higher project... Continue Reading →
ConocoPhillips reported first-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations on Tuesday as vaccines-led return of travel demand and a winter storm that swept parts of the United States in February boosted prices for oil and gas. Higher crude prices and deep cost cuts implemented last year at the peak of a downturn are helping U.S.... Continue Reading →
State-run oil producer Saudi Aramco beat analysts' forecasts on Tuesday with a 30% rise in first-quarter net profit and maintained its dividend payout, helped by strong oil prices. Earnings by global energy companies such as Exxon Mobil have climbed on the back of rising crude prices, which are up by about a third this year,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on August 14,2020, informs that today it signed a contract with São Francisco Energia S.A., a subsidiary of Global Participações em Energia S.A., for the sale of three fuel oil-powered thermoelectric plants, located in Camaçari, in the state of Bahia (Camaçari Cluster UTEs). The... Continue Reading →
