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(Reuters) - BP (BP.L), opens new tab said on Tuesday it expects first-quarter upstream production of both oil and gas as well as low-carbon energy to be higher than the previous three months. The London-listed oil major also expects strong results in oil and gas trading, along with a $100 million-$200 million boost from improved oil refining... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) BP is close to an agreement to sell some of its Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas assets to Anglo-French oil company Perenco, according to three people familiar with the talks. BP is Trinidad and Tobago's largest natural gas producer with an output of just over 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), most... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana’s efforts to use its natural gas resources to fuel a power plant that would slash the South American nation's energy costs have snagged on construction delays and threaten to curtail the rising oil hotspot's revenue this year by about $1 billion. The $1.9 billion gas-to-power project, Guyana's biggest effort to capitalize on its... Continue Reading →
(PN) Enauta recorded total production of 745 thousand barrels of oil equivalent in March 2024 and more than 2.3 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarter of this year. The company's average production between January and March was 25,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day, an increase of approximately 70% compared to the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab on Wednesday signaled first-quarter operating results would drop over the prior quarter on weaker oil, gas prices and a big loss in fuel derivatives, a securities filing showed. The drop follows two years of strong oil and fuel prices that turned the largest U.S. oil company into one of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab is seeking a long-term license from the U.S. before making a final investment decision on the Dragon natural gas project in Venezuela, four people familiar with the matter said. The Dragon field lies in Venezuelan waters near the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago, and holds up to... Continue Reading →
ANP released the Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin for February 2024, which provides consolidated data on national production. Total production (oil + natural gas) was 4.383 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). Regarding oil, 3.448 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, a reduction of 2.0% compared to the previous month... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Energy companies from Argentina and Brazil have begun talks on reversing the southerly flow of a Bolivian natural gas pipeline network that connects the three countries as a regional gas deficit could force Brazil to pay up for alternative supplies of the fuel. A preliminary proposal on the pipeline shift has failed to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - PetroChina's (601857.SS), opens new tab, net profit rose 8.3% last year off record levels in 2022, as strong growth in natural gas sales and its marketing segment offset lower realised oil prices. PetroChina's net profit amounted to 161.1 billion yuan($22.34 billion) in 2023, versus 148.7 billion in 2022, while revenue fell 7.0% to 3,239... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Pemex reportedly put off urgent repairs and maintenance at an important offshore platform for months, resulting in methane spewing into the atmosphere, according to internal documents and three sources familiar with the infrastructure. New data from the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) International Methane Emissions Observatory showed that the problematic Pemex platform in the... Continue Reading →
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