Foss & Company Partners with Tokyo Gas on Energy Storage System

(Foss & Company, 12.Feb.2024) — Foss & Company, an institutional fund sponsor, is proud to announce its role as the exclusive provider of tax equity for the Longbow BESS project, a battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Brazoria County, TX, near Houston. This landmark project represents a significant $118.5 […]

Diamondback, Endeavor to Create $50bn Company

(Reuters, 11.Feb.2024) — U.S. shale oil rivals Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources are close to finalizing a roughly $25 billion cash-and-stock deal that would create an oil and gas company valued at more than $50 billion, sources said on Sunday. Diamondback could announce a transaction as soon as Monday […]

IsoEnergy Completes C$23mn Bought Deal Private Placement

(IsoEnergy, 9.Feb.2024) — IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSXV: ISO) (OTCQX: ISENF) closed its previously announced “bought deal” brokered private placement announced on 18 Jan. 2024, pursuant to which the company sold 3,680,000 federal flow-through common shares of the company (the “Premium FT Shares“) at an offer price of C$6.25 per Premium FT […]

Enbridge Reports Record 2023 Financial Results

(Enbridge, 9.Feb.2024) — Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) reported fourth quarter 2023 financial results, reaffirmed its 2024 financial guidance and provided a quarterly business update. Highlights Full year GAAP earnings of $5.8bn or $2.84 per common share, compared with GAAP earnings of $2.6bn or $1.28 per common share in 2022 Adjusted […]

Diamond Offshore Reveals New Floater Commitments

(Diamond Offshore, 8.Feb.2024) — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) executed a two-year contract extension with a subsidiary of bp in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for the Ocean BlackLion, commencing in Sep. 2024 in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract. This contract extension represents approximately $350mn of additional backlog. […]

ConocoPhillips Reports 4Q:23 and 2023 Results [PDF Downloads]

(ConocoPhillips, 8.Feb.2024) — ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) reported fourth-quarter 2023 earnings of $3bn, or $2.52 per share, compared with fourth-quarter 2022 earnings of $3.2bn, or $2.61 per share. Excluding special items, fourth-quarter 2023 adjusted earnings were $2.9bn, or $2.40 per share, compared with fourth-quarter 2022 adjusted earnings of $3.4bn, or $2.71 […]

New SIF-Prevention Training Gives Field Leaders Ownership in Safety Culture

(Chesapeake, 7.Feb.2024) — Chesapeake is continuing to enhance safety across the organization by recently holding a week-long train-the-trainer workshop for field leaders. The workshop is one part of a comprehensive training program focused on reducing Serious Incidents and Fatalities (SIFs). Ten leaders who oversee field personnel attended the workshop, which […]

Tellurian Explores Sale of Haynesville Upstream Assets

(Tellurian, 6.Feb.2024) — Tellurian Inc. (NYSE American: TELL) has asked its financial advisor, Lazard, to explore opportunities for the sale of Tellurian’s upstream business. Chief Executive Officer Octávio Simões said, “As we commercialize Driftwood LNG, Tellurian has been reviewing its strategy, including the dynamics of the U.S. natural gas market […]

Cryopeak and Ferus Jointly-announce a Strategic Merger

(Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corporation, 5.Feb.2024) — Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corporation and Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. have merged forming a new LNG production and distribution technology-focused entity which is now named Cryopeak Energy Solutions Corporation. Cryopeak announced the acquisition of all LNG assets from Campus Energy Partners Infrastructure LP, including […]

Venture Global and Grain LNG Ink New Deal

(Venture Global LNG, 5.Feb.2024) — Grain LNG and Venture Global announced the execution of a binding long-term terminal use agreement (TUA) enabling the regasification and sale of LNG from all of Venture Global’s terminals in Louisiana, including CP2 LNG, subject to obtaining necessary federal permits. Under the agreement, Venture Global […]

ExxonMobil Announces 2023 Results, Updates on Guyana [PDF Downloads]

(Exxon, 2.Feb.2024) — Exxon Mobil Corporation announced fourth-quarter 2023 earnings of $7.6bn, or $1.91 per share assuming dilution. Fourth-quarter results included unfavorable identified items of $2.3bn including a $2bn impairment as a result of regulatory obstacles in California that have prevented production and distribution assets from coming back online. Impairments […]

Cheniere Announces Uplisting to the NYSE

(Cheniere, 31.Jan.2024) — Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE American: LNG) and Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE American: CQP) announced that each company has been approved for uplisting to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from the NYSE American. “Cheniere has been listed on the NYSE American or its predecessors for over […]

EAI’s NRGBriefs: January 2024

(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2024) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Jan. 2024 including Washington reviewing its sanctions policy on Venezuela; QatarEnergy confirming that Qatar’s LNG production continues uninterrupted; Evercore ISI continuing on Biden’s moves to pause on LNG export terminal approvals; an S&P […]

Core Laboratories Reports 4Q:23 Results

(Core Laboratories, 31.Jan.2024) — Core Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: “CLB”) reported fourth quarter 2023 revenue of $128,200,000. Core’s operating income was $14,600,000, with diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $0.14, all in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  Operating income, ex-items, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $15,000,000, yielding operating […]

SLB Reaffirms 2024 Financial Guidance

(SLB, 30.Jan.2024) — SLB (NYSE: SLB) is reaffirming its full-year 2024 financial guidance. “We acknowledge the decision by Saudi Aramco to maintain its Maximum Sustainable Capacity (MSC) at 12 million barrels per day (MMBD), and not to continue increasing MSC to 13 MMBD,” said SLB Chief Executive Officer Olivier Le […]

Texas Hydrocarbon Industry at a Glance

(Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jan.2024) — Texas is a major crude oil and natural gas producing state. Such that in calendar year 2023 its oil production represented 43% of the total US oil production, while its gas production represented 28% of the total US gas production, according to data […]

Port of Corpus Christi Names Cindy Bertolami CFO

(Port of Corpus Christi, 30.Jan.2024) — The Port of Corpus Christi has appointed Cindy Bertolami as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bertolami succeeds Kent Britton, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer in Sep. Previously, Bertolami served four years as Director of Finance for the Port of Corpus Christi. She […]

Biden’s Gas Export Review has Uncertain Consequences

(The Hill, 30.Jan.2024) — President Biden’s pause on gas export projects may not have significant impacts by itself, energy analysts say. But the changes he’s making to underlying gas project reviews could have implications for global gas supply and climate change, depending on whether gas projects face higher risks of being rejected. The Biden […]

Biden-Harris List Top Climate Accomplishments

(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2024) — US President Joe Biden said 28 Jan 2024 on X, formerly Twitter, that “climate action offers an opportunity for the nation to come together and do some really big things.” Some of the top climate accomplishments to date of the Biden-Kamla Harris term follow, according […]

Leaders on Biden-⁠Harris Pause on Pending Decisions of LNG Exports

(The White House, 27.Jan.2024) — This week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a temporary pause on pending decisions for exports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). During this period, the Department of Energy will evaluate the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America’s energy security, and climate change – the existential threat of […]

Petrobras Proved Reserves Reach 10.9 Billion Boe in 2023

(Petrobras, 26.Jan.2024) — Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate, and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 10.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of 31 Dec. 2023. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 84% and 16% of this […]

Democratic Leaders Response to Biden’s US LNG Export Decision

(The Natural Allies Leadership Council, 26.Jan.2024) — The Natural Allies Leadership Council, including former Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), former Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), former Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL) and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s decision to delay the approval of new U.S. […]

DOE Halting LNG Export Projects

(DOE, 26.Jan.2024) — The United States Department of Energy (DOE) today provided notice that it will initiate a process to update the assessments used to inform whether additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorization requests to non-Free Trade Agreement countries are in the public interest. The United States is the […]

Norfolk Reports 4Q:23 and FY: 23 Results

(Norfolk, 26.Jan.2024) — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 financial results. For the quarter, income from railway operations was $808mn and diluted earnings per share were $2.32. These fourth quarter results include a $150mn charge associated with the incident in Eastern Ohio inclusive of […]

RPC Reports 4Q:23, FY:23 Financial Results 

(RPC, 25.Jan.2024) — RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES) announced its unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 Dec. 2023. * Non-GAAP and adjusted measures, including adjusted operating income, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share (diluted), EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, and free cash flow […]

Talos Announces Pricing of Two Upsized Offerings 

(Talos, 25.Jan.2024) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO)  announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Talos Production Inc. priced an upsized offering of $625mn in aggregate principal amount of new 9.000% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and $625mn in aggregate principal amount of new 9.375% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due […]

Biden-Harris Earmark $254mn to Decarbonization

(DOE, 25.Jan.2024) — In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $171mn for 49 projects across 21 states to reduce industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and accelerate the development of innovative decarbonization technologies. DOE also announced that applications are open for an $83mn […]

Earnings Look Forward, Highlighting Deltas: Evercore ISI

(Evercore ISI, 24.Jan.2024) — It became clear a number of weeks ago that this was not the quarter for all the gory detail on current quarter prints or outlooks particularly for most E&Ps. There is little reason to believe earnings season will stop being the key volatility event of the […]

Origis Energy Secures $317mn in Project Tax Equity with J.P. Morgan

(Origis Energy, 24.Jan.2024) — Origis Energy, one of America’s leading renewable energy and decarbonization solution platforms, today announced it has secured $317mn in project tax equity funding from J.P. Morgan for two utility-scale solar and solar plus battery storage projects located in New Mexico and Mississippi respectively. Escalante Solar is […]

SLB Joins LOT Network to Safeguard Innovation from Patent Litigation

(SLB, 24.Jan.2024) — SLB has joined other technology leaders such as Tesla, Microsoft, and Cisco to become part of the world’s largest patent licensing platform, the License on Transfer (LOT) Network. LOT is an international, non-profit community of more than 3,300 leading global companies across all sectors that are committed […]

TD Cowen Downgrades Chevron Stock

(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2024) — TD Cowen downgraded Chevron Corporation’s stock to Market Perform based on its view that Permian and TCO could continue to weigh on the stock due to execution concerns. TD Cowen listed the following key points related to the downgrade: — Analysts note that CVX has […]

W&T Offshore Closes Acquisition of Six GOM Fields

(W&T Offshore, 22.Jan.2024) — W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) has completed the accretive acquisition of six fields in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. W&T was the successful bidder for certain synergistic assets in the Gulf of Mexico offered by MLCJR LLC, Cox Oil Offshore, L.L.C., Cox Operating, L.L.C., […]

Sunoco to Buy NuStar in Deal Valued at $7.3bn

(Reuters, 22.Jan.2024) — Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) and NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS) announced that the parties have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Sunoco will acquire NuStar in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $7.3bn, including assumed debt. Transaction Details Under the terms of the agreement, NuStar common unitholders will receive 0.400 Sunoco common units for each NuStar common […]

Exxon Activists Banished Best with Vote, Not Court

(Reuters, 22.Jan.2024) — Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab is trying to banish a climate activist proposal in a Texas court. The $385 billion oil giant would be better off leaving its own shareholders to do so. After all, similar measures have resoundingly failed before. Choosing to instead fight against a vote is […]

DeepOcean Completes Trenching Project in US GOM

(DeepOcean, 22.Jan.2024) — The US operation of ocean services provider DeepOcean has successfully completed the burial of a fuel support pipeline in the US Gulf of Mexico on behalf of Genesis Energy after introducing its jet trenching system to the US market. DeepOcean’s cutting-edge trenching system, UT-1, was utilised for […]

Port of Corpus Christi Moved Record Tonnage in 2023

(Port of Corpus Christi, 18.Jan.2024) — Port of Corpus Christi customers set a new high mark in annual tonnage during 2023, moving more than 200 million tons of goods through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel for the first time in its history. The 203 million tons moved in 2023 was […]