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Collapsing oil prices have left African producers facing not only lost revenue when they most need it to tackle coronavirus, but also a fall in hard-won market share they may never regain. The continent's producers such as Nigeria, Angola and Algeria cannot compete with the lower costs of erstwhile allies Saudi Arabia and Russia, who... Continue Reading →
U.S. offshore engineering and construction company McDermott has been awarded a sizeable contract by BHP to provide pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) services for a floating production unit (FPU) that will be installed at the Trion field offshore Mexico. The FPU will be installed in a water depth of approximately 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) at the... Continue Reading →
Mar 26, 2020 Shell released the definitive bid for chartering the FPSO for the project to develop the production of Gato do Mato. Continuing the RFI (Request for Information) started in May 2019, with several technical alternatives for the unit, the oil company finally resolved on the production capacity of the unit it will produce... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy expects that majority of Africa’s top planned oil and gas projects that were expecting final investment decisions under an oil price assumption of between $55 and $60 per barrel will be hit hard by the current oil prices and coronavirus impact. "Now, with oil prices falling to below their... Continue Reading →
Italian oil and gas company Eni has decided to reduce its capex and opex for this year and the next as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the oil price war. The reductions are mainly related to Eni’s Upstream activities. Last week, Eni said that, due to the recent market developments, the spread of the... Continue Reading →
China's national offshore energy producer CNOOC Ltd reported a 15.9% rise in 2019 profit on Wednesday, its best performance in five years thanks to higher oil and gas output and persistent cost control. CNOOC, one of the industry's lowest-cost explorers and producers, had planned to lift capital spending this year to its highest level since... Continue Reading →
Mar 24, 2020 A price war between global oil giants is leaving many producers in Latin America struggling to cover production costs, increasing the chances of investment cuts and delays in the coming months. Global oil price benchmarks are experiencing their sharpest declines in decades, in a perfect storm, with declining demand in the face... Continue Reading →
Mar 25, 2020 Brazil's oil production totaled 2.97 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, down 6.2% from a record in January, but still up 19% from the same month in 2019. , pointed out data published by the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) on its website. The contraction compared to the... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has revealed an action plan to battle the impacts of the coronavirus and low commodity prices under which it will reduce its spending for 2020 by $3 billion. Equinor said on Wednesday that it could be organic cash flow neutral before capital distribution in 2020 with an average oil... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas major Chevron has made a decision to reduce its 2020 capital spending plan by $4 billion thereby joining many of its peers in drastic measures to mitigate the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the recent plunge in oil prices. Apache, Murphy Oil, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Noble Energy, Shell, Aker BP, Husky Energy, Total, and Lundin are only some of the operators... Continue Reading →
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