(Bloomberg) -- After one of the most difficult years in the oil industry’s history, crude prices have recovered and major producers are finally generating spare cash. Investors really want to get their hands on it, but most are likely to be disappointed. That’s because the pandemic has created a legacy of debt for the world’s... Continue Reading →
Total Declares Force Majeure on $20B Mozambique LNG Projectd After Attacks
(Reuters) Total declared force majeure on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique and confirmed it had withdrawn all staff from the construction site following insurgent attacks last month. Dozens of civilians were killed in the Islamic State-linked attacks in the coastal Mozambique town of Palma, near gas projects that are worth... Continue Reading →
India in talks with Guyana for long-term crude supply -minister
(Reuters) India, the world's third-largest crude consumer and importer, has approached Guyana's government about a possible long-term deal to buy the South American country's oil, a Guyanese official said. India has expressed interest in buying one of the 1 million-barrel cargoes Guyana's government is entitled to in order to test the crude in its refineries,... Continue Reading →
GeoPark Announces Successful First Phase of Its Strategic Deleveraging Process
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, today announced successful first phase of its strategic deleveraging process that is expected to result in a significant debt reduction and an... Continue Reading →
CGX picks Maersk rig for Guyana well
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by CGX Resources, operator and joint venture partner with Frontera Energy, for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer for exploration drilling in the Corentyne Block off Guyana. Frontera Energy and CGX Energy, joint venture partners in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block, separately announced on Thursday that... Continue Reading →
CNOOC’s 1Q Revenue Up 21% on Recovering Oil Prices
China's national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd reported on Thursday its first-quarter revenue surged 21% on year on recovering oil and gas prices and higher sales. Revenue was 48.34 billion yuan ($7.45 billion) over the January-March period. Realized oil prices rose 20.5% to $59.07 per barrel, while gas prices were up 5% on... Continue Reading →
Former Enron Trader Sees Change in Houston Oil Patch
(Bloomberg) -- For John Arnold, the billionaire philanthropist who made his fortune betting on natural gas prices, Houston’s fossil-fuel industry seems finally ready to move on. A year ago, talk in the Texas energy hub was mostly about defending oil and gas and denouncing renewables, Arnold, 47, said Monday on his Twitter account. Now, much of the... Continue Reading →
EIG COMPLETES SALE OF TBG’S PARTICIPATION TO BELGIAN GROUP FLUXYS
(PetroNoticias) EIG Global Energy Partners concluded the sale of its 27.5% stake in Transportadora Gasoduto Bolivia-Brasil (TBG). The stake was negotiated with the Belgian group Fluxys, active in the natural gas infrastructure sector. The deal was announced by the two companies in January this year, but the transaction figures have not been revealed. With the... Continue Reading →
PPSA -February production under Sharing regime contracts
(TNPetroleo) The accumulated production since 2017, in the three contracts under a sharing regime, reached 50.4 million barrels of oil in February. The Mero Development Area was responsible for 68% of the production in the period. The total accumulated share of the Union's oil surplus has stood at 8.3 million barrels of oil since 2017.... Continue Reading →
Fugro Assisting Jumbo with Mero 1 Offshore Work in Brazil
Dutch offshore services provider Fugro has won a deal with offshore transportation and installation firm Jumbo Maritime to provide providing positioning and construction support services on the Mero 1 deepwater field development, offshore Brazil. Using its navigation suite and augmented reality camera system Fugro is supporting Jumbo in the installation of 35 subsea torpedo piles and... Continue Reading →
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