(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said it will pursue "at pace" a $7 billion share buyback largely funded from the sale of its U.S. shale business as it faces liquefied natural gas (LNG) outages and slower fuel sales due to the economic hit from Omicron. Shares in Shell (RDSa.L), the world's largest trader of LNG, were... Continue Reading →
Saipem Hires ‘Edda Fides’ Flotel for Senegal/Mauritania Gig
(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has chartered Edda Accommodation's Edda Fides offshore accommodation vessel. The contract, starting in the second half of 2022 is for the Edda Fides' deployment in the Mauritania/Senegal joint maritime zone where it will support work on the Tortue field development. The contract is firm for a period of... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Shell’s Nigerian oil assets attract interest from local firms
(Reuters) - At least five Nigerian oil and gas companies are preparing to submit bids this month for Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L) onshore oilfields in a sale that could fetch up to $3 billion, three sources involved in the process told Reuters. Shell started talks with the Nigerian government last year about selling its stake in the West African... Continue Reading →
CADE Approved Sale of Prumo Stake of GNA II Thermoelectric Plant
Changes in the organization of the future second largest thermoelectric plant in Brazil. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) approved the sale of Prumo Logística's stake in the Gás Natural Açu II (GNA II) plant, which is currently under construction at Porto do Açu, in São João da Barra (RJ). With the transaction, Prumo... Continue Reading →
Brazil Authorizes the Bidding of 11 Pre-salt Blocks in The Permanent Offer
(PN) The Permanent Offer is once and for all consolidated as the main form of bidding for oil and gas areas in Brazil. The Brazilian government authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to sell 11 pre-salt exploratory blocks within this auction model. The decision was published in an order in the Official Gazette of the... Continue Reading →
PGS begins major data reprocessing project offshore Nigeria
PGS has added 10,700 square kilometers of 3D MultiClient data to its data library coverage of the Niger Delta, kick-starting a major reprocessing project. According to PGS, this will be the cornerstone of a new regional-scale MegaSurveyPlus dataset for Nigeria, with the final data set to be ready in Q4 2022. The Nigeria MegaSurveyPlus covers... Continue Reading →
Oil extends rally
(Reuters) - Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session, on escalating unrest in OPEC+ oil producer Kazakhstanand supply outages in Libya. The global benchmark Brent crude futures rose $1.09, or 1.4%, to $81.89 a barrel, by 1054 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.17, or 1.5%,... Continue Reading →
Mexico: Attorney General Seeks Up To 39 years Prison for ex-Pemex Boss
Mexico's attorney general has requested a prison sentence of up to 39 years for the former chief executive of state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for his role in a corruption scandal, two judicial sources said on Wednesday. Emilio Lozoya is accused of having requested money from scandal-plagued Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht to partially finance... Continue Reading →
Repsol Sinopec Brasil starts sales of gas from Sapinhoá Norte
Initiative reinforces the company's commitment to the gas market in Brazil (TN) Repsol Sinopec Brasil signed a sales contract for the Sapinhoá Norte gas with Petrogal Brasil, reinforcing its participation in the natural gas value chain in Brazil. With this contract, which is the first in this modality, the company began marketing this gas as... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil unveils two more oil discoveries off Guyana
U.S. oil and gas giant ExxonMobil has made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 wells located in the prolific Stabroek block offshore Guyana. In a statement on Wednesday, ExxonMobil confirmed that the Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The well was drilled in 6,030 feet (1,838... Continue Reading →
