Oil and gas companies are set to spend $58 billion on well intervention – a way to extract additional resources from an existing well instead of drilling a new one – in 2023, the Norwegian energy intelligence group Rystad Energy said. Rystad Energy said its modeling showed this is just the start of a surge... Continue Reading →
Pemex Estimates Deadly Platform Fire Shut in 700,000 barrels of Oil
(Reuters) Mexican oil company Pemex estimates that a deadly fire on a major offshore platform off the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico has led to the loss of 700,000 barrels of crude oil production so far, while one person remains missing, the CEO of the state company, Octavio Romero, said on Saturday. The... Continue Reading →
South Korean Shipbuilder to Build Floating Production Platform for Mexican Offshore Project
(OE) South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. said Monday in a stock exchange announcement that it had received a contract to build a floating production unit for a client in Mexico. The contract, awarded by an oil developer in Mexico, is worth 1,566,300,000,000 KRW (around $1.18 billion). The FPU delivery is scheduled for April 1,... Continue Reading →
Global oil & gas investments on track to reach $528 billion – IEA
As the spending on clean energy seems to be growing by leaps and bounds while investments in fossil fuels are not keeping up with this pace, the International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that this pivot to green and low-carbon sources is paving the way for peak oil demand to come into view. Is black gold... Continue Reading →
Stamp of approval for huge Mexican Zama oil field development plan lays the foundation for $4.5 billion investment
Mexico’s hydrocarbon regulator, the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), has greenlighted a unit development plan (UDP), which Pemex submitted on behalf of its partners – Wintershall Dea, Talos Energy, and Harbour Energy – for a giant oil field located in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico. The Zama unit development plan (UDP) was submitted in March 2023 to Mexico’s... Continue Reading →
DeepOcean Bags Post-Lay Trenching Works Offshore Mexico
Offshore services companz DeepOcean has won a contract to provide post-lay trenching works on 30 kilometers of pipeline offshore Mexico. DeepOcean will execute the post-lay trenching works from the M/S Volantis subsea construction vessel, which is equipped DeepOcean’s high powered jet trencher UT-1. According to DeepOcean, the jet trencher UT-1 has so far completed over... Continue Reading →
Mexican Tycoon Slim Buys Stake in Zama Offshore Oil Field from Talos
(Reuters) A unit of Mexico's Grupo Carso, controlled by the family of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said on Thursday it has purchased a minority stake in Talos Energy Mexico for $124.75 million to obtain a portion of the offshore Zama oil project. The acquisition needs approval of Mexican regulators, Carso said in its statement. The... Continue Reading →
Noble drillship cleared to operate offshore Mexico
(OM) Noble Corp drillship Noble Globetrotter I should start a contract offshore Mexico shortly following an extended permitting delay, the company said in its latest results statement. As for other vessels in the company’s 16-strong fleet, the Noble Gerry de Souza has sailed from the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) to Nigeria. Noble Discoverer is due to begin a one-well contract... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Pemex posts narrower first quarter profit of $3.15 billion
(Reuters) - Mexican national oil company Pemex posted a narrower first quarter net profit of 56.75 billion pesos ($3.15 billion), the state-owned company reported in a filing with Mexico's main stock exchange on Wednesday. During the year-ago period, the Mexican oil giant's profits totaled about $6.2 billion. Revenues during the first three months of the... Continue Reading →
Wintershall Dea Makes Important Discovery Offshore Mexico
Operator Wintershall Dea and its partners Harbour Energy and Sapura OMV have made a significant oil discovery on the Kan exploration prospect in Block 30, located in the shallow waters of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. Based on preliminary estimates, the discovery may contain 200 to 300 million barrels oil equivalent... Continue Reading →