Contango Oil & Gas Co (MCF): * CONTANGO ANNOUNCES PRIVATE EQUITY CAPITAL RAISE. * Contango Oil & Gas Co (MCF) - EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH SELECT GROUP OF INSTITUTIONAL AND ACCREDITED INVESTORS TO SELL 26.5 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. * Contango Oil & Gas Co (MCF) - EXPECTS TO RECEIVE GROSS PROCEEDS FROM EQUITY CAPITAL RAISE OF ABOUT $39.7 MILLION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
Mid-Con Energy Partners LP (MCEP): * CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY AND MID-CON ENERGY PARTNERS, LP ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC MERGER CONTINUING CONTANGOS CONSOLIDATION STRATEGY; CONTANGO ANNOUNCES RELATED INCREASE IN BORROWING BASE. * CONTANGO OIL & GAS (MCF) - MID-CON UNITHOLDERS WILL RECEIVE 1.75 SHARES OF CONTANGO STOCK FOR EACH MID-CON COMMON UNIT OWNED.
Oil prices fell more than 3% on Monday, extending last week's losses as coronavirus cases continued to surge in the United States and Europe, while Libya's rebound in crude production raised fears of oversupply. The United States reported its highest number yet of new coronavirus infections in two days through Saturday, while in France new cases hit a record of more than 50,000 on Sunday.
U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a sixth week in a row for the first time since June 2018, with the industry expecting more momentum in drillers' return to the wellpad as crude prices steady around $40 a barrel.
A Venezuelan floating oil facility that had been listing in recent weeks is upright and shows no sign of sinking, but plans to transfer crude off the vessel posed the risk of a spill, the energy minister of neighboring Trinidad and Tobago said.
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes
Co (BKR) reported a third straight quarterly loss on Wednesday and warned that activity may be lower next year, as a coronavirus-induced slump in commodity prices continued to hurt demand for equipment and services. Producers have been drilling fewer wells following a collapse in crude oil prices this year as demand for oil products has sunk.
Fujairah Oil Industry Zone on
Wednesday published the following weekly inventory data for oil
products for the week ended Oct. 19, according to industry
information service S&P Global Platts.
Oil edged lower on Monday, weighed by concerns over surging coronavirus cases globally and by Libya's plan to boost output, but hopes for a U.S. fiscal package lent some support. Analysts also focused on an OPEC+ ministerial monitoring committee meeting on Monday. Brent crude futures fell 31 cents to settle at $42.62 a barrel.
Oil prices edged lower on Friday, dragged down by concerns that a spike in COVID-19 cases in the United States and Europe will continue to drag on demand in two of the world's biggest fuel-consuming regions.
U.S. energy firms this week added the most oil and natural gas rigs since January as producers return to the wellpad with crude prices holding around $40 a barrel over the past several months.
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