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(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) has begun removing U.S. employees working in Russia, according to a person familiar with the matter. The departures include staff from its large oil and gas production operations on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Exxon last year employed more than 1,000 people across Russia with offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg... Continue Reading →
(OM) Three companies have commented on their awards under last week’s auctions for wind farm lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey. TotalEnergies was awarded maritime lease area OCS-A 0538 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the New York Bight auction, having bid $795 million. The 132-sq mi (341-sq km) lease... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) condemned what it called Moscow's military aggression in Ukraine but stopped short on Tuesday of joining rivals Shell (SHEL.L) and BP in planning to exit positions in resource-rich Russia. The French oil major, which holds a 19.4% stake in Novatek (NVTK.MM), Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas, said it "will no longer provide capital for... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The Swiss-based company which built the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is considering filing for insolvency, two sources familiar with the situation said, as it attempts to settle claims ahead of a U.S. sanction deadline for other entities to stop dealings with it. The United States sanctioned Nord Stream... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil prices surged on Tuesday as concerns over supply disruptions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions outweighed talks of a coordinated global crude stocks release. May Brent crude futures were up $3.63, or 3.71%, to $101.60 a barrel by 1116 GMT, after early hitting $102.32 a barrel. The benchmark touched a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican state oil company Pemex reported a $6.05 billion fourth-quarter net loss on Monday, driven by highertaxes and currency exchange losses despite more oil output, with the firm set to require further big cash infusions from the government. Pemex (PEMX.UL), which has long struggled to stay in the black, managed to turn a... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) will exit all its Russian operations, including a major liquefied natural gas plant, it said on Monday, becoming the latest major Western energy company to quit the oil-rich country following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The decision comes a day after rival BP abandoned its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM) in a move that... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Germany aims to speed up wind and solar energy projects, a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday, as the war in Ukraine underscores the need to reduce reliance on Russian gas. Cutting back on Russian gas has been tricky for Europe's largest economy as it is already set to exit nuclear power this... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Kosmos expects to spend approximately $700 million in capital expenditures in 2022. The company will spend around $400 million of the budget in relation to its base business in Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and Gulf of Mexico. Around $300 million is set to be spent in relation to its assets in Mauritania... Continue Reading →
(ON) The extent of the development projects offshore Guyana within such a short space of time since the first oil discovery in 2015 is being viewed as ‘unbelievable’ by Norway-based energy research and business intelligence company, Rystad Energy. Now, the South American country, unknown on the oil map just seven years ago, is on track... Continue Reading →
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