(Reuters) - BP's chief executive will scrap a target to increase renewable generation 20-fold by 2030, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of a strategy shift announced on Wednesday to tackle investor concerns over earnings, two sources told Reuters. BP's shares have underperformed rivals in recent years and the oil major has already dropped... Continue Reading →
Guyana Set to Sign Oil Exploration Deal with TotalEnergies-Led Group
(Reuters) Guyana expects to soon sign an oil production-sharing agreement with a consortium led by France's TotalEnergies will allow it to explore an offshore area, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat told Reuters. Guyana is the world's fastest-growing oil-producing country and is on course to reach capacity of 940,000 barrels per day this year - nearly 1%... Continue Reading →
Shearwater Nets ExxonMobil’s Contract for 4D OBN Survey Off Guyana
(OE) Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured large deepwater 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) reservoir surveillance program by ExxonMobil Guyana. Under the contract, Shearwater will begin a six-month survey starting in the first half of 2025. The field unit will be comprised of a Shearwater seismic vessel as source vessel, and a dual... Continue Reading →
ONE Guyana FPSO En Route to ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Field
(Reuters) The fourth floating production facility to be operated by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana has departed from Singapore on its route to the South American country's waters, according to a company executive and LSEG vessel tracking data seen on Tuesday. Once the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is installed,... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Targets 180,000 bpd of Oil at Guyana’s Hammerhead Project
(Reuters) A consortium led by U.S. major Exxon Mobil plans to produce up to 180,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 95 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas at its seventh project in Guyana, Hammerhead, according to a document published by the country's environmental agency on Monday. The Exxon group, in which... Continue Reading →
Stabroek Block group could recover another US$13 billion in expenses this year
(oilnow.gy) With US$17.6 billion in crude exports projected for 2025, the Stabroek Block group could recover up to US$13.2 billion in expenses in 2025. The group—ExxonMobil, Hess, and CNOOC—has committed more than US$54 billion to explore and develop the Stabroek Block resources offshore Guyana. Their production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Guyana government lets them take... Continue Reading →
Noble rigs and Stena drillship get down to oil & gas drilling business offshore Guyana
(offshore-energy.biz) Four mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), made up of drillships owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of America’s oil major ExxonMobil, to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and... Continue Reading →
BP shares climb on prospect Elliott stake will drive change
(Reuters) - Shares in BP rose by 7% on Monday, and were on track for the biggest daily gain in two years, as investors anticipated that activist shareholder Elliott Management will press for board changes and strategy shifts to boost returns. BP CEO Murray Auchincloss, appointed in January last year, has struggled to reverse the company's underperformance. Expectations... Continue Reading →
Suriname NOC raising funds to cover its share of costs of the $12.2B Offshore oil project
(offshore-energy.biz) Suriname’s national oil company (NOC) Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie) is taking action to secure the money required to cover its part of the development costs for the first-ever offshore oil field in Suriname, which is operated by France’s energy giant TotalEnergies. Based on the production sharing contract for Block 58, Staatsolie has the right... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies’ Reports 4Q24 Profit Down 15%
(Reuters) French oil major TotalEnergies beat expectations for fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday as higher trading profits in the gas market helped it offset some of the impact of low oil prices and weak fuel demand. Adjusted net income for the final three months of 2024 was $4.4 billion, down 15% from $5.2 billion a year... Continue Reading →