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Collapsing Demand Sets Terms In OPEC+ Battle
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil […]
The 9th OPEC, Non-OPEC Meeting Concludes
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — The 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting was held via webinar, on Thursday, 09 April 2020, under the Chairmanship of HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Salman, […]
Brief Intro Remarks By OPEC Secretary General
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, 9 April 2020, via webinar. Excellencies, Over the course […]
Which Supply Is Most At Risk Of Shut-in?
(WoodMac, 27.Mar.2020) — The coronavirus pandemic is reducing oil demand. The OPEC+ production restraint agreement fell apart on 6 March and Saudi Arabia is rapidly increasing supply. The result: Brent […]
Oceaneering Awarded Well Intervention Contract By BP
(Oceaneering, 10.Feb.2020) — Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the award by units of BP p.l.c., of a contract to provide comprehensive riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services offshore Angola in Blocks […]
Tullow Announces Update And Guidance
(Tullow, 15.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil plc issued this update and guidance in advance of the Group’s 2019 Full Year Results. “Tullow has ended 2019 with average production of 86,700 bopd […]
S&P Releases 2020 Energy Outlook
(S&P Global Platts, 11.Dec.2019) — Analysts at S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information, analysis and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, today released their 2020 […]
Brazil Targets Greek Tanker For Spill
(Argus, 1.Nov.2019) — Brazil is targeting a Greek-flagged tanker as the source of a catastrophic oil spill that has spread across the northeastern coast. Federal police say the Suezmax Bouboulina […]
Bolsonaro Wants Brazil In OPEC
(AAWSAT, Mosaed al-Zayani, 31.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday he was keen for his country to join OPEC, a move that would add the most significant new producer […]
Orca-1 Well Makes Major Gas Find Offshore Mauritania
(Kosmos, 18.Oct.2019) — Kosmos Energy announced that the Orca-1 exploration well has made a major gas discovery offshore Mauritania in the BirAllah area. The results continue the 100 percent success […]
Venezuelan Oil Output Could Be Halved Without Chevron Waiver
(S&P Global Platts, Brian Scheid, 14.Oct.2019) — Venezuelan oil production, already averaging a historic low near 600,000 b/d, could quickly plummet below 300,000 b/d if the Trump administration allows a […]
Qatar Petroleum Wins Three Blocks Offshore Brazil
(QP, 10.Oct.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in three offshore blocks in Brazil, as part of two bidding consortia. The winning bids were announced by Brazil’s National Agency […]
ANP 16th Round Attracts Record R$8.9bn Signings
(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. The round will generate investments […]
Yakaar-2 Well Confirms Resource Offshore Senegal
(Kosmos, 23.Sep.2019) — Kosmos Energy announced that the Yakaar-2 appraisal well has encountered approximately 30 meters of net gas pay in similar high-quality Cenomanian reservoir to the Yakaar-1 exploration well, […]
Petrobras Informs On Petrol Prices Due To Saudi Arabia Attacks
(Petrobras, 16.Sep.2019) — Petrobras informs that, due to the latest events in Saudi Arabia, it will carry on with its international market monitoring process. The company points out that, according […]
Total Restates Commitment To Nigeria
(Total, 9.Sep.2019) — The top management of Total in Nigeria led by the Country Chair and Managing Director of Total E&P Mr. Mike Sangster, the Managing Director of Total Nigeria […]
Venezuelan Oil Exports At Lowest Level In 2019
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Mircely Guanipa, 3.Sep.2019) — Venezuela’s oil exports fell in August to their lowest level in 2019, internal reports and Refinitiv Eikon data showed, hurt by a halt […]
Michelin Announces Theme For 20th Design Program
(Michelin, 30.Aug.2019) — Michelin North America will celebrate its 20th global design competition, Michelin Challenge Design, in 2020 by linking the past to the future of sustainable mobility. The 2020 […]
OPEC Sees Bearish Oil Outlook For Rest Of 2019
(Reuters, Alex Lawler, 16.Aug.2019) — OPEC delivered a downbeat oil market outlook for the rest of 2019 on Friday as economic growth slows and highlighted challenges in 2020 as rivals […]
U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Venezuela
(WSJ, Vivian Salama, 6.Aug.2019) — The Trump administration imposed a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela, a significant escalation of pressure against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro […]
From Energy To Movies, TT Bids To expand Investment
(T&T Newsday, Clint Chan Tack, 1.Aug.2019) — Space may be the final frontier. But for TT, Africa is “the new frontier,” as this country seeks to diversify its economy and […]
Core Laboratories Sets Earnings Call Schedule
(Core Laboratories, 24.Jul.2019) — Core Laboratories N.V. scheduled a conference call to discuss Core’s second quarter 2019 earnings announcement. The call will begin at 7:30 a.m. CDT / 2:30 p.m. […]
Fallout From Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela’s Neighbors
(NPR, 20.Jul.2019) — It sounded like such a good idea at the time. The year was 2005. Global oil prices were climbing dramatically. Countries in the Caribbean were facing major […]
Eni Awarded New E&P License Offshore Ghana
(Eni, 3.Jul.2019) — Eni (70%) and its partner Vitol (30%) have been awarded rights to Block WB03, located in the medium deep waters of the prolific Tano Basin, offshore Ghana. […]
Ahmeyim-1 Well Expands Resource Potential Offshore
(Kosmos, 1.Jul.2019) — Kosmos Energy announced the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim-1 well (GTA-1), drilled on the eastern anticline within the unit development area of Greater Tortue, has encountered approximately 30 meters […]
Tullow Eyes Two Guyana Exploration Wells In 2H:19
(Tullow, 26.Jun.2019) — In Guyana, Tullow plans to drill two consecutive exploration wells in the second half of 2019 on the Orinduik licence with the Stena Forth drillship which is […]
BPs’s Statistical Review Of World Energy, Edition 2019
(BP, 21.Jun.2019) — BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy, edition 2019, which provides a timely and objective insight into those developments and how that change can begin to […]
Mozambique LNG Under Starter’s Orders
(WoodMac, 18.Jun.2019) — US independent Anadarko Petroleum today formally sanctioned its Mozambican liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Mozambique LNG. Anadarko is developing Mozambique’s first onshore LNG facility, initially consisting of two […]
Oceaneering Awarded Contract In Mozambique
(Oceaneering, 18.Jun.2019) — Oceaneering International, Inc announced that it has been awarded a contract by Anadarko Moçambique Área 1, Lda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, to supply […]
Anadarko Announces Mozambique LNG FID
(Anadarko, 18.Jun.2019) — Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and the co-venturers in Mozambique’s Offshore Area 1, today announced a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Anadarko-led Area 1 Mozambique LNG project. This […]
Ghana To Help Guyana’s Energy Sector
(Demerara Waves, 11.Jun.2019) — Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo has agreed that his country would help Guyana’s energy sector, Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon said. Briefing the […]
Eco Reports Mobilization Of Stena Forth Drillship To Orinduik Block, Guyana
(Eco Atlantic, 10.Jun.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announced mobilisation of the Stena Forth drillship which is now en route to Guyana from West Africa where it has […]
McDermott Reveals Contract Deal For Mozambique LNG Development
(McDermott, 5.Jun.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. announced that CCS JV, a joint venture between McDermott, Saipem and Chiyoda, has reached full agreement for a contract with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for […]
OPEC Founder Venezuela Pumps Less Oil Than Three Of Its Neighbors
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 20.May.2019) —Venezuela, which sits atop more oil than Saudi Arabia, has fallen behind three other Latin American countries as years of mismanagement and lack of investments take […]
Argentina Awards 18 Exploration Areas Offshore For $724 Million
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 17.May.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat awarded 18 areas corresponding to the first International Offshore Public Competition, the country’s Finance Ministry announced May 17 in an […]
Total CEO Says Planned Buy Of Anadarko’s Africa Assets ‘Perfectly Fitting’
(Reuters, Humeyra Pamuk, 16.May.2019) — French energy giant Total SA’s planned acquisition of U.S. firm Anadarko’s African assets is “perfectly fitting” with the company’s overall strategy and helps play to […]
JinkoSolar Prices Follow-on Offering Of 4,062,500 ADSs And Private Placement
(JinkoSolar, 15.May.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced priced the follow-on offering of 4,062,500 American depositary shares (the “ADSs”), each representing four ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00002 […]
LatAmNRG Briefs: OPEC MOMR, EP PetroEcuador Import Awards
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report, EP PetroEcuador awards Trafigura deal to import 2,750,000 barrels […]
Eni Reports New Light Oil Find In Block 15/06 Offshore Angola
(Eni, 14.May.2019) — Eni has made a new light oil discovery in Block 15/06, in Angola’s deep offshore. The well was drilled on the Ndungu exploration prospect. The new discovery […]
Rovuma LNG Development Plan Approved By Mozambique Government
(Eni, 14.May.2019) — Mozambique Rovuma Venture said today that the government of Mozambique had approved its development plan for the Rovuma LNG project, which will produce, liquefy and market natural […]
Ensign Energy Expands Into Mexico, Bahrain And Kuwait With Trinidad Acquisition
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 13.May.2019) — Ensign Energy Services acquired an 89.3% interest in Trinidad Drilling Ltd., which marks the largest such purchase in the company’s history, and adds […]
What Does IMO 2020 Mean For Downstream, Upstream, LNG and Bulks Sector
(Woodmac, 7.May.2019) — Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific experts weigh in […]
Oxy’s $8.8bn Total Deal ‘May Soothe Anadarko Shareholder Jitters’
(WoodMac, 6.May.2019) — In another bold move in its takeover battle with Chevron for Anadarko Petroleum, on 5 May said Occidental Petroleum entered into a binding agreement to sell Anadarko’s […]
Calling Students Ages 13-18 Years Old To Participate In Science And Math Contest
(Breakthrough, 1.May.2019) — The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced today the launch of its fifth annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global student science and mathematics competition designed to inspire creative thinking […]
Reuters Corrects Story Saying Venezuela Is Avoiding U.S. Sanctions by Funneling Oil Sales Through Russia
(The Moscow Times, 24.Apr.2019) — Reuters has corrected a story it published on April 18 saying Venezuela is funneling cash flow from oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft […]
Venezuela Imports Crude For The First Time In Five Years
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 24.Apr.2019) — Oil production in Venezuela has dipped so low that the owner of the world’s largest reserves is importing crude for the first time in five […]
McDermott Awarded Petrochemicals Contract In Kuwait
(McDermott, 22.Apr.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), today announced that KIPIC has awarded McDermott a technology contract […]
Venezuela Seeks To Collect Some Oil Payments Via Rosneft
(Reuters, 19.Apr.2019) — The cash-strapped government is becoming increasingly reliant on the Kremlin. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has asked at least two of its clients to make payments for […]
Indian Refiners Turn To OPEC, Mexico, U.S. To Make Up Iran Oil Gap
(Reuters, 18.Apr.2019) — All four Indian state-owned refiners that buy Iranian oil are confident of securing additional barrels from other producers, officials from the companies told Reuters. Indian refiners are […]