(Hess, 20.May.2024) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced that independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co. has recommended that Hess shareholders vote FOR the proposed merger with Chevron. In its report, Glass Lewis notes “the strategic and financial merits of the proposed merger are sound and reasonable” and that […]
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Aris Mining on General Meeting Results
(Aris Mining, 18.May.2024) — Aris Mining Corporation (TSX: ARIS) (NYSE-A: ARMN) reports voting results from its Annual General Meeting of shareholders (the Meeting) held earlier today. AGM Voting Results Shareholders holding 46,147,782 shares, being 32.54% of the outstanding shares of the company were represented by proxy at the meeting. The voting […]
California Ports Gear up to Build Offshore Wind Ports
(American Journal of Transportation, 17.May.2024) — Two California ports, Long Beach and Humboldt Bay, are gearing up to build offshore wind ports but still need financing. The two ports plan to build facilities that will assemble and launch floating offshore wind turbines to be deployed off the coasts of Central and […]
Aris Mining on Results of Annual Meeting
(Aris Mining, 16.May.2024) — Aris Mining Corporation (TSX: ARIS) (NYSE-A: ARMN) reports voting results from its Annual General Meeting of shareholders held earlier today. AGM Voting Results Shareholders holding 46,147,782 shares, being 32.54% of the outstanding shares of the company were represented by proxy at the meeting. The voting results from […]
SSR Mining Comments on Proxy Statement
(SSR, 16.May.2024) — On15 May 2024, SSR Mining Inc. (Nasdaq/TSX: SSRM; ASX: SSR) filed an amendment to the company’s Proxy Statement dated 12 Apr. for its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 23 May. The purpose of the amendment is to supplement and amend Proposal No. 3 of the Proxy […]
US Election Could Decelerate Energy Transition
(Wood Mackenzie, 16.May.2024) — The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 catapulted the US to global leadership in decarbonisation. But a victory for former President Donald Trump in the November 2024 election, combined with long-standing issues around the US relationship with […]
Aris Mining Results Boosted by Segovia Project
(Aris Mining, 14.May.2024) — Aris Mining Corporation (TSX: ARIS) (NYSE-A: ARMN) announces its full financial and operating results for the three months ended 31 Mar. 2024 (Q1 2024). Aris Mining previously released Q1 2024 production results and announced that it is on track to deliver full-year 2024 guidance while its expansion projects advance […]
Citgo Petroleum Reports 1Q:24 Results
(Citgo, 9.May.2024) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation reported its 2024 first quarter financial and operational results. Historically favorable refining margins and strong asset reliability led to first quarter net income of $410mn, EBITDA of $709mn and Adjusted EBITDA of $677mn, compared with net income of $937mn and EBITDA of approximately $1.4bn(2) for the first quarter of 2023. (1) EBITDA […]
Oil Companies Expand Offshore Drilling, Pointing to Energy Needs
(The New York Times, 9.May.2024) — Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land. About 80 miles southeast of Louisiana’s coast, 100,000 metric tons of steel floats in […]
PetroTal Announces Q1 2024 Financial and Operating Results
(PetroTal, 9.May.2024) — PetroTal Corp. (TSX: TAL, AIM: PTAL and OTCQX: PTALF) reported its operating and financial results for the three months ended 31 Mar. 2024 (“Q1”). All amounts herein are in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. Selected Q1 2024 Highlights — Average Q1 2024 sales and production of […]
Dragonfly Energy Announces Breakthrough in Lithium Battery Production
(Dragonfly Energy, 9.May.2024) — Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) has made a significant breakthrough in battery manufacturing with the successful production of PFAS-free electrodes in lithium battery cells. As concerns mount over PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as ‘forever chemicals,’ Europe is poised to enact restrictions on its […]
OTC Discusses the Future of the Global Energy Evolution
(OTC, 9.May.2024) — The 55th annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) concluded today at NRG Park, uniting the world’s elite energy experts and professionals, to discuss the future of offshore energy. OTC 2024 showcased breakthrough innovations in the industry, and a multi-disciplinary technical program exploring the technologies needed to address the […]
NextDecade Provides 1Q:24 Business Update
(NextDecade, 9.May.2024) — NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ: NEXT) provided an update on developmental and strategic activities for the first quarter 2024 and early second quarter 2024. CEO Commentary “Construction of Phase 1 at the Rio Grande LNG Facility continues to progress according to plan, as we work alongside Bechtel to construct […]
Canada Nickel Updates on Results at Reid Project
(Canadian Nickel, 6.May.2024) — Canada Nickel Company Inc. (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) provided an update on its 2024 exploration program with assay results from four new holes at its Reid property, which included the best drill result to date from the property. Six drill rigs are currently operating across the company’s […]
US to Lose Canadian Gas when LNG Canada Starts Up
(Reuters, 3.May.2024) — The start-up of LNG Canada, the country’s first such export terminal, is likely to strain its natural gas supplies for multiple years and force producers to reduce exports to the U.S., where demand for the fuel is record high, companies said. Shell-led LNG Canada has begun testing its […]
Summit Reports 1Q:24 Results
(Summit Midstream, 2.May.2024) — Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (SMLP or the “Partnership”) announced its financial and operating results for the three months ended 31 Mar. 2024. Highlights Reduced net leverage ratio to approximately 3.9x, a dramatic reduction from 5.4x in the fourth quarter of 2023, furthering progress toward achieving 3.5x net […]
Sandstorm Gold Royalties Reports 1Q:24 Results
(Sandstone Gold, 2.May.2024) — Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (NYSE: SAND) (TSX: SSL) has released its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 Mar. 2024 (all figures in U.S. dollars). First Quarter Highlights Revenue of $42.8 million (Q1 2023 — $44mn); Attributable gold equivalent ounces1 of 20,316 ounces (Q1 2023 — 28,368 ounces); Cash flows from operating activities, excluding changes […]
Marathon Oil Reports 1Q:24 Results
(Marathon, 1.May.2024) — Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) reported first quarter 2024 net income of $297mn or $0.52 per diluted share, which includes the impact of certain items not typically represented in analysts’ earnings estimates and that would otherwise affect comparability of results. Adjusted net income was $317mn or $0.55 per diluted share. Net operating cash flow was $757mn or $861mn before changes […]
Touchstone on Acquisition of Trinity Exploration and Production Plc
(Touchstone, 1.May.2024) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. (TSX, LSE: TXP) has reached an agreement with Trinity Exploration and Production Plc on the terms of an all-share acquisition by which Touchstone will acquire all of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Trinity. Trinity is a crude oil exploration, […]
Uranium Energy on Bill to Ban Russian Uranium Imports
(Uranium Energy, 1.May.2024) — Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) applauds last night’s vote by the United States Senate for passing H.R. 1042, a bill to ban Russian uranium imports into the United States, by unanimous consent. The House of Representatives passed the bill in December 2023. Senator Barrasso of Wyoming stated: […]
Southern Power expands Millers Branch Solar Facility in Texas
(Southern Power, 1.May.2024) — Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, announced the expansion of its 29th solar project — Millers Branch Solar Facility. The Phase II expansion represents an additional 180-megawatts (MW) from the current Phase I 200 MW facility that is nearing the start of construction. The project […]
APA Corp. Announces 1Q:24 Financial and Operational Results
(APA Corp., 1.May.2024) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced its financial and operational results for the first quarter of 2024. Key Takeaways Reported production of 389,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day; adjusted production, which excludes Egypt noncontrolling interest and tax barrels, was 320,000 BOE per day; Generated net […]
LNG Energy Group on Results, Venezuela
(LNG Group, 30.Apr.2024) — LNG Energy Group Corp. (TSXV: LNGE) (TSXV: LNGE.WT) (OTCQB: LNGNF) (FRA: E26) announced its financial and operating results for the year ended on 31 Dec. 2023. On 15 Aug. (the “Closing Date”), LNG Energy Group completed the acquisition of Lewis Energy Colombia, Inc. and the financial and […]
Frontera on 1Q:24 Conference Call
(Frontera, 30.Apr.2024) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) will release its financial and operational results for the first quarter ended 31 Mar. 2024, after markets close on 8 May 2024. A conference call for investors and analysts will be held on 9 May 2024, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Participants will include Gabriel de Alba, Chairman […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: April 2024
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Apr.2024) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during April 2024 including ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC announcing a $12.7bn FID for their sixth project offshore Guyana dubbed Whiptail; YPF SA launching the “Andes” project to divest 55 mature conventional fields and focus […]
Chevron Reveals 1Q:24 Results
(Chevron, 26.Apr.2024) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported earnings of $5.5bn ($2.97/share – diluted) for first quarter 2024, compared with $6.6bn ($3.46/share – diluted) in first quarter 2023. Foreign currency effects increased earnings by $85mn. Adjusted earnings of $5.4bn ($2.93/share – diluted) in first quarter 2024 compared to adjusted earnings of […]
Phillips 66 Reports 1Q24 Results, Highlights Strategic Priorities
(Phillips 66, 26.Apr.2024) — Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) announced first-quarter earnings of $748mn, compared with earnings of $1.3bn in the fourth quarter. Excluding special items of $74mn, the company had adjusted earnings of $822mn in the first quarter, compared with fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.4bn. “In the first quarter, we […]
CNOOC Limited Achieves Strong Growth
(CNOOC, 25.Apr.2024) — CNOOC Limited (SEHK: 00883 (HKD Counter) and 80883 (RMB Counter), SSE: 600938) announced its operating results for the first quarter of 2024. In the first quarter, the company pressed ahead with oil and gas exploration and development, advanced the enhancement of quality and efficiency, and consolidated its advantage […]
Talos Reveals Organizational Changes
(Talos Energy, 25.Apr.2024) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) announced updates to its organization that support Talos’s growth and strategic priorities and the recently closed QuarterNorth Energy Inc. acquisition. Sergio Maiworm, who joined Talos in 2018, was promoted to Executive Vice President and will continue to serve as Chief Financial […]
LNG Energy Inks Productive Participation Contracts in Venezuela
(LNG Energy Group, 24.Apr.2024) — LNG Energy Group Corp. (TSXV: LNGE) (TSXV: LNGE.WT) (OTCQB: LNGNF) (FRA: E26) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, LNGEG Growth I Corp. (LNG Venezuela), entered into a binding agreement with PDVSA Petroleo S.A. (PPSA), a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), the Venezuelan national oil […]
Weatherford Releases 1Q:24 Financial, Operational Results
(Weatherford, 24.Apr.2024) — Weatherford International plc (NASDAQ: WFRD) announced its results for the first quarter of 2024 and operational updates from Oman, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Canada, Thailand and beyond. ____________________
Billionaire Texas Oilman Inks Deal with PDVSA as US Sanctions Loom
(AP, 24.Apr.2024) — A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman announced a deal Wednesday with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to rehabilitate five aging oil fields, days after the Biden administration put a brake on sanctions relief over concerns about the fairness of the country’s upcoming presidential election. LNG Energy […]
Potential Sour Crude Deficit Looming in the Gulf
(BTU Analytics, 23.Apr.2024) — Historically, more than half of Mexico’s heavy sour crude oil exports, mostly Maya blend, end up in the U.S., which is key for refining along the Gulf Coast, also known as PADD 3. However, recent reports suggest Mexico’s national oil company, PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex), could cut […]
FERC to Allow Venture Global to Introduce Hazardous Flies to Gas Gate
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Apr.2024) — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave permission to Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC to introduce hazardous fluids to the gas gate as described in the LNG company’s 16 Apr. 16, 2024 filing. “Your request is consistent with Conditions 11, 113, 114, 115, 117, and […]
Power Nickel Clarifies Press ReleaseÂ
(Power Nickel, 22.Apr.2024) — Power Nickel Inc. (TSXV: PNPN) (OTCBB: CMETF) (Frankfurt: IVV) announces that as a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission, we are issuing the following news release to clarify our disclosure. The company is clarifying its 15 Apr. 2024 news release (the “Release”). The Release […]
Port of Corpus Christi Announces 1Q:24 Volumes
(Port of Corpus Christi, 19.Apr.2024) — The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 48.9 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the first quarter of 2024, a slight decrease from the first quarter of 2023 of just over one percent. The Port’s customers saw a slight […]
Deals Show Enduring Appeal of US Gas
(Rystad Energy, 19.Apr.2024) — European companies have been cautiously adding to their upstream positions. More deals could follow. Ed Crooks examines the forces shaping the energy industry globally The great investor Warren Buffett says one of his rules is “never bet against America”. There are many who share that view, […]
US Reimposes Venezuela Oil Sanctions
(Argus, 17.Apr.2024) — The US administration today reimposed sanctions targeting Venezuela’s oil exports and energy sector investments and set a deadline of 31 May for most foreign companies to wind down business with state-owned PdV. The US decision rescinds a sanctions waiver issued last October, which allowed Venezuela to sell […]
Expiration of US Oil License to Venezuela to Impose a Ceiling on Output Growth
(Reuters, 17.Apr.2024) — The expiration of the widest U.S. license so far granted to Venezuela’s oil and gas industry will put a ceiling on the South American country’s slow crude production growth unless Washington grants enough individual authorizations to compensate, according to analysts and experts. Washington officials said on Wednesday the license […]
June Deadline set for Citgo Auction Bids
(Argus, 17.Apr.2024) — Bidders for Citgo‘s US refining assets have until 11 June to submit offers for the company’s 805,000 b/d of refining capacity and associated assets, with a tentative sale hearing set for 15 July. Documents filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware set […]
OFAC Issues GL44A to Replace GL44 in Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Apr.2024) — The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 44A, which supersedes and replaces General License 44, and authorizes the wind down of transactions related to oil or gas sector operations in Venezuela. ____________________ By Piero Stewart. © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All […]
Negotiations Fail to Renew Venezuela Sanctions Relief License
(S&P Global, 17.Apr.2024) — A few hours before the expiration of a temporary oil and gas sanctions relief license, the governments of Venezuela and the United States continue to negotiate without success its renewal under the requirement of holding competitive presidential elections on July 28, Venezuelan officials said. “Today at […]
Infinium and Kinetik Reach Innovative CO2 Utilization Deal
(Infinium, 16.Apr.2024) — Infinium, has reached an agreement with a subsidiary of midstream energy company  Kinetik Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNTK) to purchase carbon dioxide (“CO2”) captured from Kinetik’s gas gathering and processing system in the Permian Basin for use as a feedstock in the production of ultra-low carbon electrofuels (“eFuels”). Infinium […]
KBR and GeoLith to Offer Zero-Emission Lithium Technology Globally
(KBR, 15.Apr.2024) — KBR (NYSE: KBR) has signed an alliance agreement with GeoLith SAS to offer its advanced Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology, Li-Capt®. This technology enables zero-emission lithium extraction from untapped sources like geothermal and oil well brines. Under the terms of the agreement, KBR will serve as the exclusive global licensor […]
US Not to Renew Easing of Venezuela Oil Sanctions Unless Progress Made on Elections
(Reuters, 15.Apr.2024) — The U.S. will not renew a temporary license set to expire on Thursday that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, a State Department spokesperson said, unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year. The U.S. […]
EQT Inks Non-Operated Asset Transaction with Equinor
(EQT, 15.Apr.2024) — EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) entered into an agreement with Equinor USA Onshore Properties Inc. and their affiliates to sell an undivided 40% interest in its non-operated natural gas assets in Northeast Pennsylvania, representing approximately 225 MMcf/d of forecasted 2025 net production. Consideration for the transaction is comprised […]
Equinor Swaps Onshore US Assets with EQT
(Equinor, 15.Apr.2024) — Equinor and EQT Corporation agreed to swap Equinor’s operated position in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Ohio for a stake in EQT’s non-operated interest in the Northern Marcellus formation. Under the transaction agreement, Equinor will sell 100% interest in and operatorship of its onshore asset […]
SLB Awarded Three Completion Contracts for Petrobras’ Buzios Field
(SLB, 15.Apr.2024) — SLB (NYSE: SLB) has been awarded three contracts by Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the development of Petrobras’ offshore Buzios Wave II oilfield. The scope of the contract includes SLB’s full bore electric interval control valves and […]
Power Nickel Closes Oversubscribed Private Placement
(Power Nickel, 12.Apr.2024) — Power Nickel Inc.(TSXV: PNPN) (OTCBB: CMETF) (Frankfurt: IVV) closed its previously announced private placement of common shares at $0.20 per common share. The company has issued 11,889,875 common shares for gross proceeds of $2,377,975. The private placement is subject to final approval of the TSX Venture […]
Repsol Completes Construction of Frye Solar, its Largest Solar Plant in the US
(Repsol, 11.Apr.2024) — Repsol completed construction of its Frye Solar project, its largest photovoltaic plant to date, with a total installed capacity of 637 MW and 570 MW currently in operation. Located in the United States, the Frye Solar project was built near the city of Kress, Swisher County, Texas. […]