Category: Companies

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

Oil major BP to cut 15% of workforce

BP announced it will cut about 15% of its workforce in response to the coronavirus crisis and as part of Chief Executive Bernard Looney’s plan to shift the oil and gas major to renewable energy

Petrobras books steep loss amid ‘worst crisis in 100 years’

Brazil’s state-run oil company reported a steep net loss for the first quarter of the year and warned more heavy losses were on the horizon because of the coronavirus pandemic

Saudi Aramco profit falls 25% in first quarter

Energy giant Saudi Aramco posted a 25% slump in first-quarter profits and said the coronavirus crisis which triggered a crash in oil prices would weigh heavily on demand in the year ahead

Saudi Arabia to slash June oil output by an extra 1M bpd

The Saudi Arabia energy ministry has directed Aramco to reduce its crude oil production for June by an extra voluntary amount of 1 million barrels per day, on top of the reduction already committed under the OPEC+ deal

Oil prices’ collapse wipes out profits at Total

Total announced its quarterly profit fell by 99% because of dropping oil prices and announced it would slash investments in response to ongoing turmoil in crude markets

YPF designates Sergio Affronti as CEO

YPF’s Board of Directors appointed Sergio Affronti as its new CEO, a businessman from the province of Mendoza that counts with a 27-yr career in the national and global industry of hydrocarbons

Shell cuts dividend for first time since World War II

Shell also suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme and said it was reducing oil and gas output by nearly a quarter after its net profit almost halved in the first three months of 2020