Following the acquisition of the Baúna field in Brazil, Australia’s Karoon Energy has created a Brazil Business Unit and is working to restructure its executive team with immediate effect. Karoon said on Monday it has created the Brazil Business Unit, which will be reporting directly to the CEO and Managing Director, supported by the appropriate... Continue Reading →
Polarcus liquidators file report to Grand Court of the Cayman Islands
The FTI Consulting liquidators, appointed as joint provisional liquidators for seismic contractor Polarcus, have filed a mandatory report to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. The joint provisional liquidators’ (JPLs’) first report, that was required to be submitted to the court before the end of March, summarises the work undertaken since the JPLs’ appointment on 8... Continue Reading →
Sinopec aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, plans pivot to hydrogen
(Reuters) - China’s Sinopec Corp, Asia’s largest oil refiner aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, with its near-term strategy focused on natural gas development and a long-term pivot to hydrogen, top executives said on Monday. As China’s largest hydrogen producer, Sinopec will focus on fossil fuel-based hydrogen production over the next five years and... Continue Reading →
Report: Talos, Pemex Yet to Reach Deal on Giant Offshore Oil Discovery
No deal has yet been reached on the future of a lucrative shared oil deposit as a deadline expired on Thursday, but Mexican state-run Pemex and Talos Energy will keep talking, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. How to develop the nearly 700 million barrel offshore Zama discovery, which was made by... Continue Reading →
CNOOC hits record oil and gas production in 2020
Annual oil and gas reserves and production by Chinese oil and gas player CNOOC Limited have hit a new record high while costs decreased to a ten-year low. In 2020, CNOOC focused on large and medium-sized oil and gas discoveries and strived to improve the success ratio of exploration. During the year, 16 commercial discoveries... Continue Reading →
Offshore galore! Wind farms go on the block as valuations spike
(Reuters) - European utilities are offering a slew of offshore wind farms, eager to cash in on high valuations as investors hungry for stable returns increasingly flock to the sector, people close to the matter said.FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines are seen near Port Saint Louis du Rhone, near Marseille, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier... Continue Reading →
Noble Corp. to combine with Pacific Drilling
Offshore drilling contractors Noble Corporation and Pacific Drilling have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Noble will acquire Pacific Drilling in an all-stock transaction. It is worth mentioning that both of these companies have recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Pacific Drilling completed its balance-sheet restructuring and emerged from the Chapter 11 process in... Continue Reading →
Offshore Accommodation Firm Floatel Completes Debt Restructuring
Floatel International, a company providing offshore accommodation rigs for the oil and gas industry, said Wednesday it had successfully completed its comprehensive balance sheet restructuring. The company said it had secured a fully consensual deal among all key stakeholders, including its shareholders, 1L Bondholders, 2L Bondholders, and its Bank Vessel Facility lenders. In connection with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Chief Governance and Compliance Officer
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, elected Mr. Salvador Dahan to the position of Chief Governance and Compliance Officer, as of May 1, 2021. Mr. Salvador Dahan has a Bachelor of Law from Mackenzie University, with an MBA in Business Security Management from FECAP and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs agreement for the sale of the RLAM refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed today, informs that it has signed a contract with MC Brazil Downstream Participações, a company of the Mubadala Capital group, for the sale of the company's shares that will hold the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its associated logistics assets, in the state of... Continue Reading →