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Global oil and gas discoveries in 2021 are on track to hit their lowest full-year level in 75 years should the remainder of December fail to yield any significant finds, Rystad Energy analysis shows. As of the end of November, total global discovered volumes this year are calculated at 4.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A sale of Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L) controlling interest in a Texas refinery to Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos has been delayed until next year, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A review of the deal by U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States had been expected to wrap... Continue Reading →
(OE) Swarm behavior of underwater vehicles has long been on the wish list. Couple that with collecting seismic data and you have an interesting challenge. The seismic industry has a track record for innovation – Blue Ocean Seismic Services is taking on the latest challenge. Seismic data acquisition isn’t perhaps at the top of... Continue Reading →
(Yahoo) Petroleos Mexicanos could end up spending about $1.6 billion to take over Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Deer Park refinery, more than twice the price announced in May, even as its finances are so dismal the government is injecting billions of dollars into the state oil producer. Pemex, as the company is known, has requested... Continue Reading →
(WO) Petroleos Mexicanos is replacing its finance chief as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tightens his grip on the struggling state oil giant. In Pemex’s first C-suite shift under the current administration, the Mexican producer named risk management chief Antonio Lopez Velarde its chief financial officer, replacing Alberto Velazquez Garcia, who will run a new... Continue Reading →
(OE) Russian oil company Lukoil has said it has discovered an oil field within the Yoti West structure at Block 12 offshore Mexico. The field was discovered after drilling the first exploration well. According to preliminary estimates, the initial oil in place reaches 250 million barrels, Lukoil said. Lukoil used the Valaris Valaris 8505 semi-submersible... Continue Reading →
Offshore installation and construction company McDermott has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd (Shell), a subsidiary of Shell, to collaborate on decarbonizing construction. "The agreement enables McDermott and Shell to explore opportunities for reducing, and eliminating, emissions from construction through pathways such as low carbon fuels, renewable power, digital solutions and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos on Thursday reported a 2021 third-quarter net loss of 62.8 billion pesos ($3 billion), following higher tax payments and "significant foreign exchange losses". The loss marked a reversal from the same period last year, when Pemex (PEMX.UL) posted a net profit of 1.4 billion pesos, helped by... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Schlumberger signed a contract with Petrobras to supply completion systems for 21 wells in pre-salt concessions. Installation of the systems is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2022. The deal is the result of a public tender for the supply of direct hydraulic intelligent completion systems and selective lower completion systems. Petrobras... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday. The U.N. Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual production gap report measures the difference... Continue Reading →
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