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Amid ever-increasing calls to phase out fossil fuels and pivot toward clean energy sources, oil and gas exploration activities remained resilient in 2021 undeterred by the accelerating energy transition, reveals Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, in its latest report. Westwood informed on Thursday within its latest analysis that high-impact oil... Continue Reading →
African investment platform for the energy sector Energy Capital & Power has listed six key capital expenditure LNG project developments to watch in West Africa. The theme for this year’s MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power Conference & Exhibition is ‘The Future of Natural Gas: Growth Using Strategic Investment and Policymaking.’ This is a response to growing investor interest in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Shareholders of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Wednesday voted in favor of the energy transition strategies proposed by the two largest U.S. oil producers, following similar support of European oil firms' climate plans. Major oil producers this year flipped the script and won over investors with recent steps to minimize carbon emissions and... Continue Reading →
Challenger Energy, the company previously known as the Bahamas Petroleum Company, has formally signed a license agreement for the AREA OFF-1 petroleum license offshore Uruguay. The AREA OFF-1 license has a total area of approximately 15,000 km2 and is situated in water depths from 20 to 1000 meters, approximately 100 kms off the Uruguayan coast.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Offshore oil and gas producer Talos Energy on Tuesday said it was interested in scooping up new production, particularly as major oil companies shed assets in a bid to decarbonize. "We're a natural consolidator, particularly when you think about the Gulf of Mexico," Chief Executive Officer Tim Duncan said on Tuesday during an analyst... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy 50% of Clearway Energy Group, the fifth-largest renewables company in the United States, marking the French group's largest U.S renewables energy acquisition. TotalEnergies has been branching out into the fast-growing renewables energy sector and diversifying away from hydrocarbon-centred activities in recent years. The company said... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service said Wednesday it had won a long-term contract with ExxonMobil in Angola. The contract is for the provision of project management, engineering, and marine services in support of the development of offshore drilling and production operations offshore Angola in the Block 15. Maersk Supply Service subsea support vessel... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras clarifies the pieces of news in the media about the natural gas purchase agreement signed between Petrobras and Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). In 1996, Petrobras entered into a long-term natural gas purchase and sale contract with YPFB, with a contracted volume of 30 MM m³/day. In 2019, the National... Continue Reading →
The company announced this morning that it has restarted production at well 7-ATL-2HP-RJS in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. As reported, the company had stopped extracting oil from the well to carry out a repair on a production line on the surface. After the adjustments, the Atlanta field returned to producing around 11,500... Continue Reading →
The UAE-headquartered marine and offshore services provider Drydocks World Dubai, a part of DP World, has inked a deal with Malaysia’s FPSO operator Yinson to upgrade a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will operate for Enauta offshore Brazil. Drydocks World revealed on Tuesday that it has signed a contract with Yinson to upgrade, refurbish, and convert an FPSO... Continue Reading →
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