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Europe Invests $30bln in Wind in 2018

Apr 19, 2019

Europe invested a total of EUR27bn (USD 30.34bln) in new wind farms in 2018, allowing it finance a record amount of new wind energy capacity, according to European trade body WindEurope.Europe invested EUR 10.3 billion in new offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 4…

Woodside Q1 Revenue Rises 4%

Apr 18, 2019

Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd on Thursday posted a 4 percent rise in first-quarter revenue on higher realized prices for its oil and gas.Revenue rose to $1.22 billion for the three-months ended March 31, compared to $1.17 billion a year ago…

Schlumberger Quarterly Profit Slides

Apr 18, 2019

Top oilfield services provider Schlumberger NV reported a 19.8 percent fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, hit by weak demand for its equipment and services from oil producers under pressure to rein in spending.Schlumberger said net income fell to $421 million…

Mexico to Offer Pemex One Year Lifeline

Apr 14, 2019

Mexico will offer its ailing state oil company Pemex a lifeline for only one year by dipping into its budget stabilization fund, Finance Minister Carlos Urzua said on Friday, ruling out that the government will absorb the debt.With $106 billion in financial debt…

Chevron to Buy Anadarko for $33 Bln

Apr 12, 2019

Chevron Corp on Friday said it will buy oil and gas producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $33 billion in cash and stock in a deal that doubles down on its bet on U.S. shale and LNG as U.S. energy production is shattering records.The deal makes Chevron the second-largest major by crude production…

Okea Plans IPO This Year

Apr 11, 2019

Norwegian oil company Okea, partly owned by Thailand's Bangchak Corporation and private equity firm Seacrest Capital, announced plans on Thursday for an initial public offering on the Oslo stock exchange this year.Okea said it had hired investment banks Pareto Securities…

Swiss, Brazil Try to Unravel Petrobras Affair

Apr 09, 2019

Crimefighters in Switzerland and Brazil pledged to intensify cooperation to resolve the sprawling corruption case linked to state oil firm Petrobras in which around 700 million Swiss francs ($701 million) remain frozen in Switzerland.Switzerland…

Oil Hits Five-month High

Apr 08, 2019

Oil prices rose to a five-month high on Monday, driven by expectations that global supplies would tighten due to fighting in Libya, OPEC-led cuts and U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela.International benchmark Brent futures rose 74 cents…

Maersk's Drilling Unit Lists in Copenhagen

Apr 04, 2019

A.P. Moller-Maersk spun off its oil and gas drilling unit and listed it separately on the Copenhagen stock exchange on Thursday, where it was traded slightly below the book value it had in Maersk's own accounts.The demerger is a part of the…

Trump, Saudi Arabia at Odds Over Oil Price

Apr 01, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and the Saudi government have closely aligned views on most issues but they disagree significantly on the desirable level for oil prices, which could become a source of volatility in 2019/2020.In keeping with his iconoclastic approach to governing…

SBM Offshore to Challenge $2.2 Mln Fine

Mar 29, 2019

SBM Offshore, a Dutch provider of floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO), said on Friday it opposes financial regulators's claims that it withheld certain price-sensitive information between 2012 and 2014 related to an internal…

Trump Calls for OPEC to Boost Production

Mar 28, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to boost oil production to lower the price of the commodity.'Very important that OPEC increase the flow of Oil. World Markets are fragile…

Fred. Olsen Ocean Buys Stake in UWL

Mar 28, 2019

Fred. Olsen Ocean (FOO) has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% ownership in United Wind Logistics GmbH (UWL) through the contribution of new equity in the amount of EUR 12 million.The ownership split in UWL will be FOO 50.0 %, United Shipping Group GmbH 37…

Seacrest in Talks to Sell Azinor

Mar 27, 2019

Private equity fund Seacrest Capital is in talks to sell part or all of its British North Sea-focused oil exploration firm Azinor Catalyst, which could fetch between $60-$100 million, having received unsolicited offers for it, banking and industry sources said…

Oil Rises 2 Percent

Mar 26, 2019

Oil rose nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as attention centered on geopolitical factors tightening supplies that are leading to falling exports from Venezuela and declining U.S. inventories.Despite concerns about weaker demand due to an economic slowdown…

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