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Europe's Offshore Wind Investments to Keep Growing After Record Year

Feb 10, 2021

Offshore wind investments in the European Union and Britain in 2020 were more than double the level projected at the start of the year and should continue to grow in 2021, an industry group said on Wednesday.The record 26.3 billion euros ($31…

Inpex Slumps to First Annual Loss in 12 years

Feb 10, 2021

Japan's biggest oil and gas explorer Inpex Corp posted a net loss of 111.7 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered oil prices, cutting its sales and forcing it to book hefty impairment losses.The result marks Inpex's…

Tullow Oil CEO: "We will be able to repay the debt"

Feb 10, 2021

Tullow Oil CEO Rahul Dhir said on Wednesday he expected talks with creditors, including bondholders, to end in the second quarter with a focus on matching maturities with expected cashflows.Tullow had a market capitalization of around $596 million on Wednesday and net debt of $2…

Risky Bet: NOCs Risk Wasting $400B as Energy Transition Accelerates

Feb 09, 2021

State-owned oil companies could squander about $400 billion on investments in the next decade on new oil projects that will struggle to turn a profit as the world shifts away from fossil fuels, a non-governmental organization said on Tuesday…

Kosmos Energy Raises CFO's Salary

Feb 04, 2021

Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy said Thursday it had raised its CFO's salary to align it with similarly situated executives in peer firms.Effective February 1, 2021, Neal D. Shah’s base salary was increased to $550,000 and the annual target…

Shell's 2020 Profit Slumps 71%

Feb 04, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell's profit last year dropped to its lowest in at least two decades as the coronavirus pandemic hit energy demand worldwide though the company's retail network and trading business helped cushion the blow.The Anglo-Dutch oil major's annual profit slumped 71% to $4…

Vallourec Reaches Financial Restructuring Deal with Creditors

Feb 03, 2021

French steel pipemaker Vallourec said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement in principle on financial restructuring with its main creditors.It has filed a request with the commercial court of Nanterre, in greater Paris, for the opening of safeguard proceedings…

ExxonMobil Reports First Annual Loss as a Public Company

Feb 02, 2021

Top U.S. oil producer ExxonMobil on Tuesday posted its first annual loss as a public company as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered energy prices and it reduced the value of its shale gas properties by more than $20 billion in the fourth quarter…

Chevron Posts 4Q Loss

Jan 29, 2021

U.S. oil major Chevron Corp swung to an $11 million fourth-quarter loss as low margins on fuel, acquisition costs and foreign currency effects overwhelmed improved drilling results.Oil companies are expected to benefit from a bounce-back in oil and…

Lenders Take Control of Polarcus' Ships After Default on Debt

Jan 27, 2021

Lenders took control of Polarcus' ships on Tuesday after the seismic surveyor defaulted on its bank loans and bonds, hit by a drop in spending by energy companies struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic and volatile oil prices.The company's Oslo…

Hess Allocates 41% of Budget for Offshore Guyana Developments

Jan 25, 2021

Oil and gas producer Hess Corp on Monday forecast a small drop in output and set a $1.9 billion budget for 2021, most of which will go to Guyana, touted as one of the most important new oil and gas discoveries in the last decade.The company has been relying on its investment in offshore Guyana…

Report: Sumitomo to Stop Investing in New Oil Projects

Jan 25, 2021

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp will stop investing in new oil development projects as it shifts away from fossil fuels businesses amid a global push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.The move…

US Energy Execs See Capital Spending Rising in 2021

Dec 31, 2020

About half of U.S. energy company executives polled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas expect their firms to increase capital spending in 2021, and another quarter of respondents see those expenditures remaining flat next year, according to a survey released on Wednesday…

Battered Energy Sector Could get Reprieve from 'Golden cross' Chart Signal

Dec 31, 2020

Energy, Wall Street's worst-performing industry in 2020, could see its fortunes improve in the new year after its price action surfaced a technical buy signal on the charts on Wednesday.The bullish development in S&P 500 energy sector is called a 'golden cross…

Exxon: Up to $20B Writedown to Overshadow 4Q Gains

Dec 31, 2020

Exxon Mobil Corp signaled in a regulatory filing that higher oil and gas prices and improved chemicals margins would aid fourth-quarter results, but the gains would be overshadowed by an up to $20 billion asset write down.The largest U.S. oil…

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