(Reuters) - Argentina's government, facing domestic gas shortages and targeted service cuts, said on Wednesday that it had unblocked the unloading of a key Petrobras gas shipment, which it added should stabilize local supply. Recent cold weather had already hit gas supplies in the South American country, but that worsened when the unloading of the gas shipment... Continue Reading →
BP, EOG Resources in Talks to Jointly Develop Trinidad Gas Field
(Reuters) Oil major BP and U.S. shale producer EOG Resources are in discussions to jointly develop a natural gas field off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, the British company said. The field holds just under 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas, but will eventually be tied back to another BP discovery, bringing... Continue Reading →
BP Pauses Gas-Field Talks with Venezuela as License Expires
(Reuters) Oil major BP has paused discussions with Venezuela on the development of a gas project on the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago following the expiration of a U.S. license to Venezuela in April, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. BP this year conducted negotiations with Venezuela and Trinidad to develop the 1 trillion... Continue Reading →
Black & Veatch Completes Feasibility Study for Colombia’s New LNG Terminal
(OE) Black & Veatch has completed a feasibility study for the planned Andes Energy Terminal, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal and power plant. The study assessed site suitability, project design requirements, capital and operating costs, financial viability, financing options, climate resilience, and implementation and construction plans. Beginning with a site assessment that focused... Continue Reading →
Into the Deep: Offshore Production Increasingly Finds Deeper Waters
Barry Parker, Contributor (OE) Offshore energy is on a growth trajectory. Rystad Energy wrote in February 2024 that upstream oil majors were diving in to deeper waters. “Despite tightened budgets, frontier drilling is fueling optimism for a productive year, particularly deepwater projects in the Atlantic Margin, Eastern Mediterranean and Asia,” Rystad wrote, noting that “the trend... Continue Reading →
Shell smashes forecasts with $7.7 billion quarterly profit
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab reported first-quarter profit of $7.7 billion on Thursday, exceeding expectations as disruption to Red Sea shipping and Russian refining boosted oil trading and liquefied natural gas production rose. The company said it will buy back a further $3.5 billion of its shares over the next three months, at a similar... Continue Reading →
Equinor first-quarter profit down 37% on lower gas prices
(Reuters) - Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab posted a sharp fall in first-quarter profit on Thursday, hit by tumbling natural gas prices in Europe, though strong energy trading and rising output limited the decline. The Norwegian oil and gas producer's adjusted earnings before tax for January-March fell almost 37% to $7.53 billion but beat the $7.2 billion... Continue Reading →
BP in Talks to Sell Some Trinidad Upstream Assets to Perenco
(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 →
CERAWEEK Petrobras exec says offshore Colombia project could find enough gas for exports
(Reuters) - A promising area off Colombia's coast where Brazil state-run Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab is drilling this year could justify a large project to supply natural gas to the Andean country and for exports, Petrobras' head of exploration and production said on Wednesday. As oil production in Brazil's prolific presalt region is set to plateau... Continue Reading →
Suriname presses Exxon, TotalEnergies to combine gas developments
(Reuters) - Suriname's state-owned oil company Staatsolie has begun talks with oil majors Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab to encourage joint development of natural gas fields that straddle its and Guyana's maritime borders, the head of its state oil firm told Reuters late Tuesday. The early-stage discussions are part of Suriname's efforts... Continue Reading →