(BW Energy, 24.Jun.2022) — BW Energy signed an agreement to acquire the FPSO Cidade de Vitoria, currently producing on the Golfinho field, from Saipem for […]
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Petrobras to Divest E&P assets in the Espírito Santo Basin
(Petrobras, 24.Jun.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 23 June 2022, informs that it signed today with BW Energy Maromba do Brasil […]
Vice News Zeroes in on Oil-rich Guyana
(Vice News, 23.Jun.2022) — Allegations of widespread and organized state corruption have always dogged the Indo-dominated People’s Progressive Party (PPP) whenever it is in government […]
NRGBriefs: BW Energy Inks $75mn Deal with Petrobras for Offshore Clusters
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including Oslo-based BW Energy signing an agreement to acquire an 100% operated working interest in the Golfinho and […]
NRGBriefs: Eni Plenitude S.p.A. Società Benefit Postpones IPO
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including Eni Plenitude S.p.A. Società Benefit informing that shareholder Eni S.p.A. have postponed an IPO of ordinary shares […]
Petrobras’s Best Solution for Markets May Be Worst for Politicians
(Dow Jones, 23.Jun.2022) — Privatizing Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, is likely the best solution to rid Brazil’s state-owned oil giant of political interference. It […]
Noble Corporation to Divest Five Rigs
(Noble Corporation, 23.Jun.2022) — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to sell five jackup rigs for $375mn […]
Maersk to Divest Remedy Rigs for $375mn
(Maersk, 23.Jun.2022) — With reference to the announcement made on 9 May 2022, Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) and The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (CSE: […]
BW Energy’s Offer for Golfinho and Camarupim Clusters Approved by Petrobras
(BW Energy, 23.Jun.2022) — BW Energy has been notified that the company’s offer to acquire the Golfinho and Camarupim Clusters offshore Brazil has been approved […]
NRGBriefs: Uranium Energy Completes C$5mn Private Placement
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE: UEC) completing its C$5mn private placement in UEX Corporation. NORTH AMERICA US — […]
Suriname’s Natural Resources Minister Comments before SEOGS 2022
(SEOGS, 22.Jun.2022) — Suriname’s Minister of Natural Resources H.E. David Abiamofo spoke about the South American country’s energy sector and potential during an interview prior […]
TSC Subsea Masters the Art of Deepwater Hydrate Detection
(TSC Subsea, 22.Jun.2022) — TSC Subsea is once again leading the field in the development of subsea technology with its latest piece of equipment, an […]
Liza Unity Receives ABS’ SUSTAIN-1 Notation
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jun.2022) — The Liza Unity floating production storage and offloading vessel, where oil can be processed, stored and transferred to […]
Petrobras on Gaspetro Sale
(Petrobras, 22.Jun.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/28/2021, informs that the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), in a court session […]
Cheniere and Chevron Ink LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements
(Cheniere Energy, 22.Jun.2022) — Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE American: LNG) announced that two of its subsidiaries, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (“SPL”) and Cheniere Marketing, LLC, […]
Cheniere Reveals FID for Corpus Christi Stage 3 Export Project
(Cheniere Energy, 22.Jun.2022) — Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE American: LNG) announced today that its Board of Directors has made a positive Financial Investment Decision (FID) […]
Diverse Companies See Opportunities in “Oil and Gas” Summit
(SEOGS, 21.Jun.2022) — With more than 500 participants, the exhibition that is linked to the second edition of the Suriname, Energy, Oil and Gas Summit […]
QatarEnergy Selects ExxonMobil for NFE Expansion Project
(QatarEnergy, 21.Jun.2022) — QatarEnergy announced that it has selected ExxonMobil as a partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project, the single largest project […]
ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy to Expand LNG Production
(Exxon, 21.Jun.2022) — ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy signed an agreement to further develop Qatar’s North Field East project, which will expand Qatar’s annual LNG capacity from […]
Ecopetrol Updates on Partial Distribution of Occasional Reserve
(Ecopetrol, 21.Jun.2022) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) announces that, at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held on 17 June 2022, the company’s Shareholders […]
NRGBriefs: APA, Total Drill Dikkop Off Suriname; Pemex Output Goals
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including APA Corporation and TotalEnergies drilling the Dikkop exploration well in the central portion of Suriname’s Block 58 […]
Pathways to Sustainable Smelting
(WoodMac, 21.Jun.2022) — Traditional metal production is inherently polluting. According to data from Wood Mackenzie’s Emissions Benchmarking Tool, it is currently responsible for 9% of […]
APA Corp., TotalEnergies Announce Test Results at Krabdagu Discovery Well
(APA Corp., 21.Jun.2022) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced flow test results from the Krabdagu exploration well (KBD-1) on Block 58 offshore Suriname. APA Suriname […]
222 Million Crisis-Impacted Children in Urgent Need of Educational Support
(Education Cannot Wait, 21.Jun.2022) — The United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), released a shocking new report today […]
Canacol Energy Announces Dividend
(Canacol Energy, 20.Jun.2022) — Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX:CNE) (OTCQX:CNNEF) (BVC:CNEC) announced that it has declared a dividend of CAD$.052 per share, payable on 15 July […]
QatarEnergy Selects ConocoPhillips for NFE Expansion Project
(QatarEnergy, 20.Jun.2022) — QatarEnergy announced that it has selected ConocoPhillips as a partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project, the single largest project […]
Fernando Borges Named as Petrobras Interim CEO
(Petrobras, 20.Jun.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the material facts disclosed today, informs that due to the vacancy in the CEO position, the Chairman of […]
The President Who Did Everything Right and Got No Thanks
(The Atlantic, 20.Jun.2022) — The perplexing part of Colombia’s electoral choice of a former leftist guerrilla over a right-wing populist is how unheralded the success […]
Social Unrest Impacts Ecuador’s Oil Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jun.2022) — Social unrest in Ecuador is again impacting the operations of state owned EP PetroEcuador in the Amazon region of the […]
Gustavo Petro, Former Guerrilla, will be Colombia’s First Leftist President
(Washington Post, 19.Jun.2022) — Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rallied young and poor voters with promises to transform an unequal society, was elected Colombia’s […]
QatarEnergy Selects Eni for NFE Expansion Project
(QatarEnergy, 19.Jun.2022) — QatarEnergy announced that it has selected Eni as a partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project, the single largest project […]
Eni Enters the World’s Largest LNG Project in Qatar
(Eni, 19.Jun.2022) — Eni has been selected by QatarEnergy as a new international partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project. The Minister of […]
NRGBriefs: Colombia Elects Gustavo Petro; Ecuador’s Force Majeure
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Jun.2022) — Political and energy briefs including Colombians electing Gustavo Petro as the South American country’s next president from 2022-2026; Ecuador declaring […]
EnCap and Double Eagle Form Double Eagle IV with over $1.7bn in Equity Committed
(Double Eagle, 17.Jun.2022) — EnCap Investments L.P. and the team behind the Double Eagle family of companies have entered into a strategic partnership to form […]
Coral South Introduces Hydrocarbons to FLNG Offshore Mozambique
(Eni, 18.Jun.2022) — Eni, as Upstream Delegated Operator of Area 4 on behalf of its partners ExxonMobil, CNPC, GALP, KOGAS and ENH, announces that the […]
Ecuador Declares Force Majeure for Oil, State of Exception over Protests
(Reuters, 18.Jun.2022) — Ecuador’s state-owned oil company Petroecuador declared force majeure late on Saturday over the impact of protests against the government’s social and economic […]
Ecuador Seeks Partner to Stop Gas Flaring as Anger Rises in the Amazon
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2022) — Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed deadline, […]
Argentina Signs Deal with Tenaris to Move Gas from Vaca Muerta
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2022) — Argentine state company Energia Argentina signed a contract June 16 with pipeline producer Tenaris, a critical step toward completing a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Argentina’s giant Vaca Muerta shale formation. […]
Equinor, Partners Ponder 1 GW Wind Farm Off Western Norway
(Equinor, 17.Jun.2022) — Equinor and its partners Petoro, TotalEnergies, Shell and ConocoPhillips in the Troll and Oseberg fields, have initiated a study and are looking […]
NRGBriefs: OFAC Takes Former PDVSA VP off SDN List; Bristow to Ring Opening Bell
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including the US Department of Treasury announcing the removal of former PDVSA Vice President Carlos Erik Malpica Flores […]
Maersk Drilling Secures One-Well Extension for Maersk Valiant
(Maersk, 16.Jun.2022) — TotalEnergies E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname […]
Study: Humans Responsible for Over 90% of World’s Oil Slicks
(FSU, 16.Jun.2022) — A team of U.S. and Chinese scientists mapping oil pollution across the Earth’s oceans has found that more than 90% of chronic […]
SSR Mining Reveals Normal Course Issuer Bid
(SSR Mining, 16.Jun.2022) — SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ/TSX: SSRM, ASX: SSR) has filed with and received acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) for a […]
Frontera Provides Update on Exploration Block Offshore Guyana
(Frontera, 16.Jun.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC), joint venture partner with CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne […]
Nucor Expects Record 2Q:22 Quarterly Earnings
(Nucor, 15.Jun.2022) — Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced guidance for its second quarter ending 2 July 2022. Nucor expects second quarter earnings to be in the […]
JinkoSolar Reveals its First Overseas “RE100 Factory” Completely Powered by Renewables
(JinkoSolar, 15.Jun.2022) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that its Malaysia factory […]
BHP to Retain New South Wales Energy Coal
(BHP, 15.Jun.2022) — BHP will retain New South Wales Energy Coal (NSWEC) in its portfolio, seek the relevant approvals to continue mining beyond its current […]
Petrobras Maintains Commitment to Competitive Fuel Prices, Balanced Market
(Petrobras, 14.Jun.2022) — Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media about expectations of new readjustments in fuel prices, maintains its commitment to the practice […]
Petrobras Inks Agreement for Feasibility of Biomethane Production
(Petrobras, 14.Jun.2022) — Petrobras and Raízen signed an agreement to jointly evaluate potential businesses involving the production, purchase and sale of biomethane, a 100% renewable […]
GoldMining Options The Almaden Property to NevGold for $16.5mn
(GoldMining, 14.Jun.2022) — GoldMining Inc. (TSX: GOLD) (NYSE American: GLDG) entered into an option agreement (the “Option Agreement“) with NevGold Corp. and its subsidiary (“NevGold“; (TSXV: NAU) […]