Category: Companies

BP enters offshore wind with $1.1 billion Equinor deal

BP entered the offshore wind market on Thursday with a $1.1 billion deal to buy 50% stakes in two U.S. developments from Norway’s Equinor, a significant step by the oil firm towards its energy transition goals

YPF posts record Q2 loss on pandemic hit

Argentine state oil company YPF stated it posted a net loss of 1.165 billion dollars in the second quarter of the year, its worst quarterly loss on record, due to the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Saudi Aramco’s profit plunges

State oil giant Saudi Aramco’s profit plunged 73% in the second quarter of the year, as a slump in energy demand and prices due to the coronavirus crisis hit sales at the world’s biggest oil exporter

BP poised to sell assets even if oil prices rally

BP is preparing to sell a large chunk of its oil and gas assets even if crude prices bounce back from the COVID-19 crash because it wants to invest more in renewable energy

Exxon posts second straight quarterly loss on demand, price plunge

Exxon Mobil Corp reported a $1.1 billion second-quarter loss on sharply lower energy demand and prices from the COVID-19 pandemic, and confirmed plans to make deeper spending cuts

Shell dives to USD18.1B loss on virus-hit oil market

Royal Dutch Shell posted a colossal net loss of USD18.1 billion for the second quarter, blaming massive asset writedowns on the coronavirus-hit oil market, and flagged that job cuts are on the way

Mexico’s Pemex narrows losses in second quarter, but debt rises

Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reduced losses during the second quarter even as crude prices fell during the coronavirus pandemic, the national oil company said

Repsol posts loss as COVID-19 sours oil outlook

Spanish oil and gas firm Repsol posted a quarterly net loss and wrote down $1.5 billion in assets as it revised down unusually high expectations for oil and gas prices over the next 30 years

Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy

Chesapeake filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest US oil and gas producer to seek bankruptcy protection in recent years as it bowed to heavy debts and the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on energy markets

BP wipes up to $17.5 billion from assets with bleaker oil outlook

BP will write off up to $17.5 billion from the value of its assets after cutting its long-term oil and gas price forecasts, betting the COVID-19 crisis will cast a lasting chill on energy demand and accelerate a shift away from fossil fuels