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(WO/Bloomberg) --Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy. Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be... Continue Reading →
(Valor) TotalEnergies (formerly Total) promises to intensify investments in renewables, but, at the same time, it is looking closely at the Brazilian oil and gas market. The French oil company, which changed its name to symbolize its migration towards the energy transition, sees Brazil as a strategic player in the search for projects with increasingly... Continue Reading →
(OM) Angola’s crude oil production has declined almost 30% in just six years, from 1.7 MMb/d in 2015 to just shy of 1.2 MMb/d in 2021, according to GlobalData. The company now expects further decline for the country through to 2025, which is forecast to see about 1.1 MMb/d – despite the multiple expansion projects that... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore, one of the world's largest suppliers of floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels for the offshore oil industry, is looking at ways to diversify its offering, with a more dominant role predicted for gas in the future. The company, which has the ambition to have 25% of revenues from Gas & Renewables... Continue Reading →
(Offshore) Wood Mackenzie estimates that the global upstream industry could net a windfall of over $1 trillion if oil prices remain above the $50/bbl planning price. According to research director Kavita Jadhav, there are various ways the industry could invest the extra revenue. These include returning cash to shareholders, maintain spending on oil and gas, and... Continue Reading →
Qatar changed the name of its state-owned oil and gas firm to Qatar Energy from Qatar Petroleum to reflect what it said was a broader strategy but said it had no plans to sell assets to raise funds as other Gulf state producers have. "We have plenty of cash," Chief Executive Saad al-Kaabi said on... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) --Major energy traders including Gunvor Group Ltd. and Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. have reduced the size of their trading positions and increased borrowing from lenders to cover large margin calls stemming from the unprecedented surge in European gas prices, according to people familiar with the matter. Commodity trading houses have been expanding their natural... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia on Friday signed exploration and production contracts for four off-shore blocks with energy company Anadarko, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp , with expected investment commitments of $1.4 billion. The four blocks, which will be wholly owned by Anadarko Colombia Company, are located off the Andean country's Caribbean coast and cover some... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) warned on Thursday of a $400 million hit to third-quarter earnings from the damage caused by August's Hurricane Ida. However, in an update ahead of quarterly results this month, the oil major also flagged a boost to cashflows from soaring natural gas and electricity prices. Gas and power prices have been... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Cade approved two 3R acquisitions in the Potiguar Basin: the purchase of shares issued by Duna Energia, which will make the oil company a full subsidiary of 3R, integrating the Ponta do Mel and Redonda fields in the portfolio; and the acquisition of a 50% stake in Galp in the Sanhaçu field. Both operations... Continue Reading →
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