(Reuters) Guyana's government plans to issue two licenses this year for oil and gas projects, one for Exxon Mobil's seventh development in the country, Hammerhead, and one for the nation's first natural gas development, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat told Parliament on Friday. The gas license is conditional on a green light to Exxon and Fulcrum... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes Hooks Chemicals Supply Deal for ExxonMobil’s Guyana FPSOs
(OE) Energy technology company Baker Hughes has secured a contract from ExxonMobil Guyana to provide specialty chemicals and related services for its Uaru and Whiptail offshore greenfield developments in Guyana’s Stabroek Block The multi-year contract includes all topsides, subsea, water injection and utility chemicals for the Errea Wittu and Jaguar floating production storage and offloading... Continue Reading →
Petrobras receives contingent payment installment for the sale of its stake in the Albacora Leste field
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, further the notices disclosed on April 27, 2022, and January 26, 2023, hereby informs that today it has received from Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo S.A. (“PRIO”), a subsidiary of PRIO S.A., R$1.025 billion referring to the contingent payment (earnout) related to the oil barrel price for the 2024 fiscal year. ... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Mexico’s Pemex, billionaire Slim renegotiate deepwater gas project
(Reuters) - Mexican billionaire investor Carlos Slim's team and state energy company Pemex are discussing substantial changes to a deal to develop the country's first deepwater natural gas field, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Slim's Mexican holding company Grupo Carso signed a deal last year to partner with Pemex to develop the Lakach field... Continue Reading →
Chevron misses earnings estimate as refining posts first loss in four years
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp reported fourth-quarter earnings below Wall Street estimates on Friday as weak margins pushed its refining business into a loss for the first time since 2020, sending its shares down more than 2%. Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told Reuters the downtrend in refining margins is set to continue this year. The second-largest U.S.... Continue Reading →
Exxon beats Q4 estimates with higher Permian, Guyana output
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil on Friday beat Wall Street's estimate for fourth-quarter profit as higher oil and gas production offset lower oil prices and weaker refining margins. Fourth quarter profit was $7.39 billion. Profit per share was $1.67, beating analyst estimates of $1.56, according to LSEG data. The No. 1 U.S. oil producer reported total earnings of... Continue Reading →
COOEC Completes Delivery of 13 Topside Modules for FPSO P-79 for the Buzios Field
Chinese EPCI company COOEC has completed the construction of 13 topside modules for FPSO P-79, which will be installed in the Buzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The Asian company was responsible for the design, acquisition, construction and onboard installation of the equipment. The modules, which weigh almost 30,000 tons and... Continue Reading →
Approval Granted for Modec/Toyo Blue Ammonia FPSO
MODEC and Toyo Engineering have jointly obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ABS for a Blue Ammonia FPSO that will produce ammonia from the gas supplied by a traditional FPSO located nearby. Blue ammonia is produced from hydrocarbons where the CO2 emitted during production is sequestrated. The Blue Ammonia FPSO will use gas which... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about Proved Reserves in 2024
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 11.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of December 31, 2024. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 85% and 15% of this total, respectively. In 2024,... Continue Reading →
Shale producer Hess beats profit estimates on higher output in US, Guyana
(Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Hess Corp's fourth-quarter profit surpassed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, buoyed by higher production volumes in the United States and Guyana. Its total production rose over 18% to 495,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the quarter, boosted by a 7% increase in volumes in the Bakken shale... Continue Reading →