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(oilprice.com) TotalEnergies will start drilling for oil and gas in Block 64 offshore Suriname in May, a company executive told Reuters this week, saying the company was currently tallying the final tab for the project and organizing the future well operations. TotalEnergies has a 40% stake in Block 64, which it shares with QatarEnergy and Malaysia’s Petronas, both with... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Shell Plc said its natural gas divisions saw lower sales volumes and trading earnings, the latest sign that 2024 ended on a weak note for major energy companies. The warning on Shell’s crucial natural gas division, in a fourth-quarter trading update published on Wednesday, was accompanied by figures showing a slight rise in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil signaled on Tuesday that sharply lower oil refining profits and weakness across all its businesses would reduce its fourth-quarter earnings by about $1.75 billion from the prior quarter. The oil major also said in an SEC filing that upstream asset sales would benefit results by about $400 million, but overall impairments would... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Staatsolie said Suriname’s first oil development in the shared basin could cost US$13.2 billion. This would represent the highest development expense for such a project, costing more than any of the six projects already sanctioned for nearby Guyana in the same basin. TotalEnergies, the operator for the Gran Morgu project, had said the project’s estimated cost is... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, have completed the transaction related to the purchase of FPSO Liza Destiny, ahead of the maximum lease term, which would have expired in December 2029. The purchase allows ExxonMobil Guyana to assume ownership of the unit while SBM Offshore will continue to operate... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) BG International, a unit of oil major Shell operating in Suriname, plans to submit a plan to the South American country's environmental agency for drilling up to four exploration wells at offshore Block 65, according to a company document seen on Tuesday. Suriname is progressing toward its first oil and gas production offshore. A... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil wants to preserve its right of first refusal in Hess Corp's sale of its Guyana oil production assets because of the work it has put into developing the country's offshore fields, two of its top executives said on Wednesday. A three-person panel in May is to decide whether Hess's deal to sell itself... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has put the first equipment part of a subsea production system in place for an oil development at the Stabroek block, which ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, operates off the coast of Guyana. ExxonMobil hired TechnipFMC in May 2023 to provide a subsea production... Continue Reading →
Shell is stepping back from new offshore wind investments and is splitting its power division following an extensive review of the business that was once seen as a key driver of the company's energy transition strategy. (Reuters) The changes are part of a company-wide review launched in 2023 aimed at reducing costs as CEO Wael Sawan focuses... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) French oil major TotalEnergies is close to acquiring vertically-integrated renewable developer VSB Group from private equity firm Partners Group for about 2 billion euros ($2.10 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. TotalEnergies and Partners Group declined to comment. VSB Group did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Germany-based VSB has a renewables... Continue Reading →
