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(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 →
(Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that well-known foreign companies had engaged in what he described as fuel smuggling and he named global energy trader Trafigura (TRAFGF.UL) as an example of the practice. The comments marked a new development in a web of corruption probes of some of the world's... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem (BRKM5.SA) said on Tuesday its Mexican subsidiary Braskem Idesa has reached a new gas supply agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) (PEMX.UL) to settle pendencies between the companies and build a new ethane terminal. According to a securities filing, the new terminal for ethane imports would fulfill Idesa's needs for the raw... Continue Reading →
Harbour Energy will exit its exploration license interests in the Ceará basin off northeast Brazil and in the Burgos basin offshore Mexico. The company, formed last year from the merger between Chrysaor and Premier Oil, said its exploration strategy was to focus mainly on infrastructure-led, lower risk opportunities in areas where the company already has a producing... Continue Reading →
Harbour Energy, a London-listed oil firm created through a merger between Chrysaor and Premier Oil, has decided to exit the Sea Lion oil field development in the Falkland Islands. The company has a 60 percent stake in the oil field, with Rockhopper Exploration holding the remaining 40 percent stake. The field was discovered in 2010 by Rockhopper,... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) --Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is raising Pemex’s spending plan for next year to about $32 billion in a bid to boost flagging oil production. The funds allocated for the state producer in a 2022 budget proposal, including operational spending, represent a 17% increase from this year. Of the total, about $18 billion... Continue Reading →
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