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The Brazilian offshore drilling company Ocyan has engaged DNV as an independent third party in the qualification process of a system injecting hydrogen as an additive in the internal combustion engines of drilling rigs, in order to reduce diesel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from drilling. DNV’s technology qualification process will ensure that the... Continue Reading →
(OED) Oil and gas company BW Energy has started drilling the first production well on the Hibiscus / Ruche Phase 1 development in the Dussafu Block offshore Gabon. The company said Monday that drilling operations had started in the first week of January. First oil is expected in March 2023. BW Energy is using the... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (“PRIO” or “Company”) (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact disclosed on the 1st of September, 3rd and 24th of October, December 8 and 16 of 2022, announces that the payment, by Petro Rio OPCO Exploração Petrolífera S.A. (“OpCo”), a subsidiary of the Company, of the redemption value of the PNB Shares assigned... Continue Reading →
Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of December. Key: (1) The MUP3A well, in the Frade Field, had its production temporarily interrupted due to a failure in the completion equipment, with expected resumption in 1Q23.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday named Pedro Rafael Tellechea as the new head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) (PDVSA.UL) and said Yvan Gil Pinto would become the new foreign minister. Venezuela's oil exports last year declined due to infrastructure outages, U.S. sanctions and rising competition in its Asia market despite assistance... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Earnings from Shell's (SHEL.L) liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading operations are likely to have been significantly higher in the fourth quarter of last year despite a sharp output drop owing to plant outages, it said on Friday. Europe's largest oil and gas company's update ahead of its full-year results on Feb. 2 also said it... 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 →
(Reuters) - The Fangtooth oil discovery in Guyana's waters is big enough to potentially require a platform for itself, which would be the seventh in the country, Hess Corp (HES.N) Chief Executive Office John Hess said in a conference on Thursday. Hess Corp is part of the Exxon Mobil Corp-led (XOM.N) consortium that has confirmed so far plans for... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The United States is on track to become the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year - ahead of current market leader Australia - once a fire-idled Texas plant is restarted, according to Reuters data. A June fire sidelined Freeport LNG, the second biggest U.S. export facility, and cut U.S.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Wednesday signaled another strong operational profit of about $15.4 billion in its fourth quarter, pushing it toward a record take for all of 2022. The largest U.S. oil producer indicated in a securities filing a cooling from its massive profits from the prior quarters. But preliminary operational results confirmed 2022... Continue Reading →
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