Category: Companies

Saudi Aramco sees ‘sound’ oil outlook for H2 on China, India demand

Saudi Aramco believes market fundamentals remain “sound” for the second half as demand from emerging markets led by China and India will offset recession risk in developed markets, CEO Amin Nasser told an industry gathering

Indian Oil exec expects Russia to make up 30% of company’s imports this year

Russia may account for almost a third of Indian Oil’s crude oil imports in the current financial year, an executive at the company said

BHP in talks to sell petroleum business to Australia’s Woodside

BHP Group Ltd BHP.AX is in talks to sell its petroleum business to Australia’s top independent gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd WPL.AX in exchange for shares, the companies confirmed

BP boosts payouts after profit jump, transition on track

BP boosted its dividend and share buybacks after beating expectations with a $2.8 billion second-quarter profit powered by higher oil prices and recovering demand

Chevron tops profit estimates and joins share buyback stampede

Chevron reported its highest profit in six quarters and joined an oil industry stampede to reward investors with share buybacks, as rebounding crude oil prices carried earnings and cash flow to pre-pandemic levels

Equinor Q2 profit jumps, volatile oil eyes, gas markets

Norway’s Equinor posted a sharp rise in revenue in the second quarter as oil and gas prices rose, but its revenue fell slightly. expected while the Norwegian unit did not get the forecasts

CGC buys local unit of China’s Sinopec

Argentine energy firm Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC) said it had acquired the local operation of China’s Sinopec Group, helping it increase its production to over 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day

Shell raises its dividend as profits surge

Royal Dutch Shell’s profits leapt to $3.23 billion in the first three months of the year and the energy company raised its dividend as planned but warned that the outlook remained uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic

Iberdrola to invest $88 billion in ‘energy revolution’ by 2025

Spanish wind energy group Iberdrola plans to invest 75 billion euros ($88 billion) in its renewable energy production, grids and retail operations by 2025 to capitalise on growing global demand for clean power

Demand issues to overshadow OPEC+ supply next year

The OPEC and its allies will have to contend with a “lot of demand issues” before raising supply in January 2021, given throughput cuts by oil refiners, the head of Saudi Aramco’s trading arm said