TotalEnergies' offshore oilfield Dalia in Angola will undergo planned maintenance for about 35 days starting Feb. 20, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. The company added that the maintenance will include inspections of equipment, subsea lines and works relating to flare tips. The field produces more than 200,000 barrels per day. Traders said there may... Continue Reading →
Hess Expects Higher 2023 Spending with Focus on Guyana, Bakken
(Reuters) U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp on Tuesday forecast higher Exploration & Production (E&P) capital and exploratory budget of $3.7 billion for 2023, of which more than 80% would be allocated to Guyana and North Dakota's Bakken shale field. The company forecast 2022 E&P capital and exploratory expenditures of about $2.7 billion. The... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil & gas M&A hit 17-year low; big firms dominate deals-report
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas deal-making declined by 13% last year to $58 billion compared to 2021, according to energy technology firm Enverus, with the volume of activity hitting its lowest level since 2005 as buyers became more choosy about asset purchases. The decline comes as large companies with strong balance sheets are targeting... Continue Reading →
Petroleum Workers Union (FUP) asks government to suspend Petrobras contracts for the sale of assets worth US$ 4.2 billion
(epbr) The Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) is pressing for the immediate suspension of the sale of Petrobras assets and asked the Ministers of the Civil House, Rui Costa (PT), and Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira (PSD), to negotiate with the current administration to stop the ongoing negotiations. They also ask that any preparatory acts... Continue Reading →
Trinidad Weighs Direct Negotiations to Allocate Oil, Gas Areas
(Reuters) Trinidad and Tobago will consider direct negotiations with energy companies for oil and gas exploration, possibly moving away from a competitive bidding round system, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said on Monday. The talks follow difficulties attracting new companies to its recent shallow and deepwater bidding rounds, which have led the government to renegotiate terms... Continue Reading →
Guyana in Talks with Qatar, UK, UAE and India on Offshore Oil Blocks
(Reuters) Guyana is in talks with Qatar, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, and India on the possibility of directly allocating offshore blocks for oil and gas exploration in parallel with a bidding round this year, President Irfaan Ali said on Monday. South America's newest crude producer has emerged as the world's fast-growing oil region with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on receiving earnout from Atapu
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts disclosed on April 9, 2021, April 13 and 27, 2022, informs that it received today, up front, from TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda (TotalEnergies), the amount of R$ 313 million, regarding the complement of the firm compensation (earnout) for fiscal year 2022, related to the... Continue Reading →
Upstream Spending To Rise To $485 Billion In 2023
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 →
Eni CEO Descalzi Set for Record for Fourth Term
(Reuters) The chief executive of Italy's Eni Claudio Descalzi is on course to secure Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's backing for an unprecedented fourth term at the top energy group, sources told Reuters. Another three years in office would make Descalzi, who has held the job since 2014, the longest-serving company head at the state-controlled group... Continue Reading →
Suriname’s Oil Boom Hits A $10 Billion Snag
(OP) A series of high-quality oil discoveries in Block 58 offshore Suriname combined with investment bank Morgan Stanley estimating that the block contains 6.5 billion barrels of oil sparked optimism that Suriname will replicate Guyana’s immense oil boom. This is bolstered by evidence that the U.S. Geological Survey grossly underestimated the Guyana-Suriname Basin’s oil resources. Disappointingly, after... Continue Reading →