(WO) --The U.S. became the world’s No. 1 exporter of liquefied natural gas for the first time ever last month, as deliveries surged to energy-starved Europe. Output from American facilities edged above Qatar in December after a jump in exports from the Sabine Pass and Freeport facilities, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. Cheniere... Continue Reading →
Oil slips below $80 after OPEC+ hike decision
(Reuters) - Oil prices slipped below $80 a barrel on Wednesday after OPEC+ producers stuck to an agreed output target rise for February and investors assessed the impact of a spike in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant. Brent crude futures were down 18 cents, or 0.23%, to $79.82 a barrel by 0945 GMT,... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol, Jera, ADEME Pen Investment Deal for Floating Wind Projects
BW Ideol, a company specializing in floating offshore wind solutions has signed an investment agreement with Japan's JERA, and France's ADEME Investissement to create an investment company for financing the co-development of offshore wind projects using BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology over the next 5 years. JERA is Japan’s largest utility company, and ADEME... Continue Reading →
AET Takes Delivery of New Shuttle Tanker for Shell Charter in Brazil
Tanker operator AET has taken delivers of Eagle Campos, the first of another three Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Shuttle Tankers purpose built for long-term charter to Brazil Shipping I Limited, a subsidiary of Shell. Shuttle tankers are used for the offloading and transporting oil from offshore oil installations. AET struck a deal with Shell in... Continue Reading →
Constellation Signs Two New Drilling Rig Contracts With Petrobras
(PetroNoticias) Constellation Oil Services announced this week that it has signed new contracts with Petrobras for the charter of two semi-submersible rigs. The contracts involve the Gold Star and Lone Star rigs and will last for three years. The rigs will operate in water depths of up to 2,400 meters and exploration campaigns are scheduled... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Launches RES20 Program Enabling to Recover 20 Billion boe by 2030
Petrobras created the RES20 program, enabling to recover up to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in its operational fields by 2030. The program was created with a focus on the incorporation of new reserves and targets the main oil fields of the company. To date, in nearly seven decades of the company's operations... Continue Reading →
Oil bulls return as the threat from Omicron recedes: Kemp
(Reuters) - Portfolio investors have started to rebuild bullish positions in the oil market, reassessing earlier fears about the likely impact of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on major economies and passenger aviation in 2022. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 54 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures... Continue Reading →
Brazil Oil Production Grows 2.7% in November at 2.8 MM/bpd
Domestic oil production in November was 2.852 million bpd, up 2.7% from the previous month; and 3.5% compared to November 2020. In natural gas, with production of 137 million cubic meters per day, there was an increase of 3.7% compared to October and 8.1% compared to November 2020 Total Brazilian oil and gas production during... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Initiated Drilling the Marolo Well, 3,000 mts Water Depth in the Campos Basin
French oil company TotalEnergies began drilling the Marolo-1 well in block C-M-541 on the 31st. The activity is being carried out by the Valaris DS-15 drillship, in a water depth of 3,000 meters. Valid for 5 years, the license issued by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) authorized the drilling of two exploratory wells... Continue Reading →
Venezuela Surprises Oil Markets With Large Production Increase
(Oil Price) Despite decades of mismanagement, malfeasance and corruption, strict U.S. sanctions and crumbling energy infrastructure, Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA has stunned observers by reporting a significant increase in crude oil output for November 2021. OPEC’s December 2021 Monthly Oil Market Report shows based on primary sources Venezuela pumped an average of 824,000 barrels daily for November... Continue Reading →