(Reuters) An arbitration panel that will decide a high-profile clash between Exxon Mobil and Chevron will delve into the secret value of Hess' oil riches in Guyana, people familiar with the matter said. Chevron last October offered to pay $53 billion for Hess, one of the two biggest deals in the largest wave of consolidation... Continue Reading →
Ørsted Delays US Offshore Wind Project as Impairment Losses Hit
(Reuters) Renewable energy group Orsted booked 3.2 billion Danish crowns ($472 million) in impairment losses in the second quarter, due partly to a delay in construction of a major U.S. offshore wind project, sending its shares down almost 8% on Thursday. The world's biggest offshore wind developer pushed back the start of commercial operations at... Continue Reading →
Equinor, Dominion Energy Secure Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Areas
(offshoreWIND.biz) Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have provisionally won lease areas in the Central Atlantic offshore wind auction in the US, each securing one site. The auction, which yielded almost USD 93 million (around EUR 84 million), saw a total of six companies participating. Equinor is provisionally awarded... Continue Reading →
BOEM’s Environmental Analysis Sees No Significant Impacts of Wind Leases Off Oregon
(OE) The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has concluded that leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the Oregon coast would have no significant impacts to people or environment. BOEM has made available its final Environmental Assessment (EA) of the possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the... Continue Reading →
Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, Eni, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips ride oil & gas demand wave, cashing in close to $32 billion in total profit
(offshore-energy.biz) With oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) still running the global energy show as the crown jewels within the ebbs and flows in the worldwide energy demand, the European and U.S. oil majors – the UK’s duo Shell and BP, France’s TotalEnergies, and Italy’s Eni alongside U.S.-based trio: ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips –... Continue Reading →
Equinor Exits Suriname
(Reuters) Equinor and ExxonMobil Corp said on Wednesday they have transferred their stakes in a deepwater oil and gas exploration block off Suriname to Hess Corp, with the Norwegian oil producer exiting the South American country. The exit aligns with Equinor's strategy to focus on producing oil and gas in a few core areas, such... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind: Inside the Financial Web
Barry Parker, Contributor of bdp1 Consulting Ltd (OE) Early 2024 saw a group of financial deals that have implications, in a broad sense, for how offshore wind projects may be financed. While offshore wind projects might be thought of as being in the ‘utility finance’ basket, they are ultimately high-risk deals that might better suit the... Continue Reading →
Fugro Concludes Four-Year US Offshore Wind Survey
(OE) Fugro has completed four years of continuous survey operations in New Jersey and New York for US-based offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind. Supporting the site assessment of five projects across three lease areas totaling 1,000 km², Fugro worked with Atlantic Shores to pioneer a new data collection and management approach. According to... Continue Reading →
Chevron Departing California for Texas
(Reuters) U.S. oil company Chevron Corp said on Friday it was replacing several long-standing managers in a reshuffle of senior jobs and that it was moving its headquarters to Houston from San Ramon, Calif. The changes come as the company works to cut costs and renew leadership after a series of setbacks, including operational challenges... Continue Reading →
Chevron reports Q2 earnings miss on weak refining margins
(Reuters) - Chevron reported second-quarter earnings on Friday that missed Wall Street estimates due to industry-wide pressure from lower refining margins and natural gas prices, sending its shares down 1.5% in premarket trading. The company earlier had warned oil output this quarter would slip and refining would suffer from turnarounds at two refineries in California. Refining... Continue Reading →