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May 6 (Reuters) - Equinor missed quarterly cash-flow forecasts on Wednesday, hitting its shares even as the Norwegian oil major posted its strongest profit in three years on record output and Iran war-driven price gains. Shares in the majority state-owned group were down 7.6% at 0911 GMT, underperforming a 2% drop in European energy stocks, though... Continue Reading →
April 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday that it had reached a deal to end two more U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 million in pledged investments in domestic fossil fuels. The projects, one in the Atlantic and one in the Pacific, are managed by Ocean Winds, a joint... Continue Reading →
April 27 (Reuters) - Camuzzi Gas Inversora and Vitol signed a memorandum of understanding for Argentina's LNG del Plata project, the Argentine firm said on Monday, with Vitol potentially acquiring up to 100% of production and evaluating an equity investment. The project, currently wholly owned by Camuzzi, is located at the Port of La Plata... Continue Reading →
April 23 (Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit, as strong demand in its industrial and energy technology unit offset drilling weakness caused by disruptions in the Middle East. A surge in electricity demand from data centers, along with investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG), gas infrastructure and grid... Continue Reading →
April 9 (Reuters) - Energy producer Shell plans to begin natural gas output in 2027 from the Loran-Manatee offshore field, which crosses the border of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago the chairman of Trinidad's National Gas Company, Gerald Ramdeen, told Reuters on Thursday. Shell is moving to accelerate gas projects in Venezuela under interim President Delcy... Continue Reading →
April 1 (Reuters) - Shell is in advanced talks with Venezuela's government to develop four large areas near Trinidad and Tobago, in two of the South American country's largest offshore natural gas fields, two people familiar with the discussions said. The London-based energy major has been trying for years to advance the 4.2-trillion-cubic-feet Dragon gas field... Continue Reading →
March 24 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US Department of the Interior (DOI) and TotalEnergies have signed settlement agreements to terminate the company’s two offshore wind leases in the United States, confirming recent reports that a deal was being drafted under which TotalEnergies would be reimbursed USD 928 million (around EUR 806 million) paid in lease fees. Under... Continue Reading →
Feb. 20 (Reuters) General licenses for oil and gas exploration in Venezuela issued by the U.S. this month will allow Shell to progress with its Dragon gas project, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday. The project, envisioned to produce gas from a field in Venezuelan waters with 4.5 trillion cubic feet of reserves, has... Continue Reading →
Feb 11 (Reuters) - TotalEnergies will halve share buybacks in the first quarter, it said on Wednesday, as low oil and gas prices negated soaring fourth-quarter profit from refining fuels and proceeds from renewable assets stake sales. The French oil major's fourth-quarter adjusted net income fell to $3.8 billion (3.2 billion euros) from $4.4 billion a... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Petrobras' total oil and natural gas production exceeded the upper limit of its target by 2.8 percentage points (+4%), reaching 2.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), representing an 11% increase compared to 2024 production. In 2025, Petrobras achieved its best result in the last ten years by adding 1.7... Continue Reading →
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