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(OET) As rig activity stood out in multiple regions during 2022, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, believes that there is no reason to expect anything different in 2023 while forecasting global marketed offshore rig utilisation to average 95 per cent this year with day rates getting a further increase. Westwood outlined... Continue Reading →
Over the past three years, the majority of U.S. energy companies have avoided spending big to expand production in the aftermath of the 2020 oil crisis, prioritizing returning more cash to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. Most oil and gas companies have only announced small increases in their capital spending for... Continue Reading →
High-impact well numbers in 2023 are expected to be in line with 2020-2022, with 75-85 high-impact wells currently anticipated to complete this year, energy market research and consultancy firm Westwood reports, explaining that this is due to higher oil prices not having fed through into more exploration. South America is set to continue to be a... Continue Reading →
(OE) Welligence expects global offshore exploration drilling activity in 2023 to remain relatively steady year-on-year. The majors will drive much of the activity in their core regions, along with Petrobras, the world’s leading deepwater operator. And while there are far fewer independents active in the offshore today compared to 10 years ago, Welligence still anticipates... Continue Reading →
Figure 1: Courtesy Rystad Energy About the Author: Matt Hale is a Lead Analyst at Rystad Energy, based in Houston, Texas. He covers oilfield services including seismic, drilling, intervention, and abandonment markets. Offshore exploration and production (E&P) capital expenditures (capex) will shake off the pandemic-induced declines of the past two years and rebound by 20%... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian energy industry services company Saipem has secured offshore oil and gas field construction contracts in Guyana and Egypt worth about $1.2 billion in total. In Guyana, the U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has hired Saipem to support its Uaru offshore oil field development project, in the Stabroek block, at a water depth of around 2,000... Continue Reading →
(OM) Seadrill has issued an update on is global offshore rig fleet. The benign environment semisub has started a program for Talos Production in the US Gulf of Mexico. West Tellus and the reactivated West Jupiter are both preparing to start contracts for Petrobras offshore Brazil. In the Norwegian sector, the harsh environment semisubs West Elara and West Phoenix are working respectively for... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp will wind down oil production in Equatorial Guinea and leave the West African country after its license expires in 2026, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. The departure reflects a wider move by major oil producers to reduce crude production in West Africa and shift investments to lower-carbon natural... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Geneva-based energy trader Gunvor Group has widened its executive committee to 14 people including its chief executive, reflecting the growing importance of gas trading for the firm, the company’s website showed on Thursday. The new members are Benoit Roulon, the new global head of crude oil trading; Richard Brockmeyer, head of North American... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has reported a revenue of $1.4 billion for the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of $47 million or 3% compared to Q3 2021, mainly due to a drop in revenue in the Subsea and Conventional business unit. Revenue for the third quarter of the Subsea and Conventional unit was $990 million, a... Continue Reading →
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