(Reuters) - Petrobras shares traded in New York plunged nearly 17% in premarket trading on Monday as analysts cut ratings on the stock after far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro moved to replace the state-controlled oil company’s market friendly CEO with a retired army general. Credit Suisse, Scotiabank, Bank of America, Bradesco and XP analysts were... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it received a letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, requesting measures to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting in order to promote the election and replacement of a Board of Directors member, and to appoint Joaquim Silva e Luna to replace Roberto da Cunha Castello Branco. Additionally,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras CEO fights pressure from Brazil’s Bolsonaro to resign, sources say
(Reuters) - State-led oil company Petrobras’ board is set to meet on Tuesday as its chief executive faces pressure from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to resign amid a disagreement over fuel price policies, sources told Reuters on Friday. The company’s board will discuss Bolsonaro’s efforts to force out Roberto Castello Branco over his insistence on... Continue Reading →
Average production at 3R Petroleum grows 3.8% in January at the Macau cluster
(Reuters) 3R Petroleum (RRRP3) will present to its shareholders, investors and the market in general the preliminary and unaudited operational data referring to the monthly production of the assets in which the oil company holds interest. Regarding the Macau Cluster, total production in January grew by 3.8%, compared to December, and totaled 4,683 barrels of... Continue Reading →
MME launches on March 11, the Offshore Fields Revitalization Program – Promar
Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) launches, in an online event promoted by the Energy Research Company (EPE), on March 11, the Program to Revitalize and Encourage the Production of Offshore Fields (Promar). The program seeks to create conditions for the revitalization of mature offshore fields and to improve the economic use of accumulations of... Continue Reading →
Not an Aspiration, But a Target: Eni Says Will Become Carbon Neutral by 2050
Italian energy group Eni on Friday raised its ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions, vowing to become net carbon neutral by 2050, as it seeks to keep up pace in an industry under pressure from investors to go green. Like its peers, Eni is stepping up plans to transition to cleaner fuels as governments around... Continue Reading →
Hiring Spree Ahead: Offshore Wind Staff Count to Triple by Decade End
Employment in the oil and gas sector, despite some expected uptick, will never return to its heydays of a few years ago, but offshore wind, however, will be "the new hiring haven for energy jobs," especially in the turbine making segment, Norwegian energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy said Friday. The firm sees hundreds of thousands... Continue Reading →
Big oil output to peak lower and earlier than expected, Rystad says
The downturn brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and the accelerating energy transition has created a new reality for the world’s oil and gas industry, whose production will peak lower and earlier than expected before the 2020 market crisis, a Rystad Energy analysis shows. The five integrated supermajors – ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Chevron, and Total –... Continue Reading →
Eni Posts Annual Loss, 4Q Result Beats Expectations
Italian energy group Eni beat expectations by swinging into a profit in the fourth quarter thanks to firmer oil prices, after posting a loss for the full-year 2020 when demand plunged because of the coronavirus crisis. Eni said it recorded an adjusted net profit in the fourth quarter of 0.66 billion euros ($798 million), beating... Continue Reading →
Petrobras CEO resisting pressure from Bolsonaro to resign: sources
(Reuters) - The chief executive of Brazil’s state-led oil company Petrobras is resisting pressure from President Jair Bolsonaro to resign following tensions over rising fuel prices, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Roberto Castello Branco was appointed CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the state-controlled firm is known, when Bolsonaro took... Continue Reading →