(OFAC, 2.Feb.2024) — Actions by Maduro and his representatives in Venezuela, including the arrest of members of the democratic opposition and the barring of candidates from competing in this year’s presidential election, are inconsistent with the agreements signed in Barbados in Oct. 2023 by representatives of Maduro and the opposition […]
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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 […]
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Hess Reports 4Q:23 Results, Updates on Payara [PDF Download]
(Hess, 31.Jan.2024) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) reported net income of $413mn, or $1.34 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with net income of $497mn, or $1.61 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2022. On an adjusted basis, the corporation reported net income of $501mn, or […]
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 […]
US Warns Maduro of Sanctions Snap Back
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jan.2024) — US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said there’s still time for the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela to change course but said that if they didn’t that Washington was prepared “to allow General License #44 expire and “our sanctions will snap back into place.” “There […]
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 […]
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US Refiner Marathon Petroleum Reports 4Q:23 Results [PDF Download]
(MPC, 30.Jan.2024) — Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) reported net income attributable to MPC of $1.5bn, or $3.84 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2023. This compares to net income attributable to MPC of $3.3bn, or $7.09 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2022. Adjusted net income […]
New Fortress Receives Customs Ruling for Its FLNG Facility
(New Fortress, 29.Jan.2024) — New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) (announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a ruling confirming that the transportation of LNG produced at the company’s FLNG facility located offshore Altamira, Mexico by non-U.S. qualified vessels would not violate the Jones Act. As a result of this ruling, NFE is now […]
OFAC on Wind Down of Transaction of CVG [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2024) — The US Department of the Treasury‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Venezuela-related General License 43A on 29 Jan. 2024, which relates to “Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving CVG Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA.” ____________________ By Ian Silverman. © Energy […]
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Petroleum sanctions in Venezuela [PDF download]
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2024) — If the US experiences the return of Donald Trump as president, or if in Venezuela Maria Corina Machado’s handpicked successor wins, or both, no one is sure what will happen. So international oil companies (IOCs) will likely sit tight and not invest but […]
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 […]
Venezuela Court Disqualifies Leading Opposition Candidate
(Al Jazeera, 27.Jan.2024) — Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal has upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, upending the opposition’s plans for elections planned for later this year. Machado, a former lawmaker, won the opposition’s independently run presidential primary last October with more than 90 […]
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 […]
Bristow Enters Into New Equipment Financing for up to £55mn
(Bristow Group, 24.Jan.2024) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) and its subsidiaries entered into a new twelve-year secured equipment financing for an aggregate amount up to £55mn with a syndicate of banks led by National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest). The proceeds from the financing will be used to support Bristow’s […]
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 […]
Recording-Setting Transactions in 4Q:23 Worth for Upstream M&A
(Enverus, 23.Jan.2024) — Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, is releasing its summary of Q4 and full-year 2023 upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. Q4 recorded a massive $144bn in upstream M&A, the largest quarter EIR has tracked. That pushed full-year 2023 value to more than $190bn, also […]
Venezuela: Arrests and Detentions of Opposition, Civil Society
(US State Department, 23.Jan.2024) — The United States is deeply concerned by the issuance of arrest orders and detentions against at least 33 Venezuelans, including members of the democratic opposition, civil society, former members of the military, and journalists. Arrests without due process run contrary to the spirit of the […]
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 […]
US Court Accepts $20.8bn in Claims Against Venezuela in Citgo Auction
(Reuters, 19.Jan.2024) — A U.S. court on Friday approved claims by 17 Venezuela-linked creditors, including ConocoPhillips, Rusoro Mining and Koch Industries, to get proceeds from a coming auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum to satisfy claims for expropriations and debt defaults. The list, which […]
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 […]
Port of Corpus Christi Surpassed 200Mt for First Time 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 […]
Talos Reveals Commencement of Underwritten Public Offering
(Talos, 17.Jan.2024) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) commenced an underwritten public offering of $300mn of shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase $45mn of additional shares of its common stock. The company intends to use the net proceeds from this […]
OFAC Updates on PDVSA Bond, Transactions [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2024) — The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) authorized certain transactions related to state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.‘s 2020 8.5% bond on or after 16 Apr. 2024, the agency revealed 16 Jan. 2024 in an official statement. ____________________ By Piero Stewart. © Energy Analytics Institute […]
Port of Corpus Christi Commission Names New Officers
(The Port of Corpus Christi, 16.Jan.2024) — The Port of Corpus Christi Commission named new officers and announced two new Commissioners who took their oaths of office, administered by Nueces County Judge Connie Scott, at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center during the governing body’s first meeting of the […]
1PointFive and Trafigura Announce DAC Credit Agreement
(1PointFive, 16.Jan.2024) — 1PointFive, a carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) company, and Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry, announced that Trafigura has agreed to purchase carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits to be produced from 1PointFive’s first industrial-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility, STRATOS, which is currently […]
US Corporate Defaults Fueled 80% Jump in Global Tally in 2023
(S&P Global Ratings, 16.Jan.2024) — The number of global corporate defaults rose 80% in 2023, S&P Global Ratings Credit Research & Insights said today in a new report, and more credit deterioration is likely in 2024 amid slowing economic growth and high financing costs. In “Corporate Defaults Jumped 80% In […]
Mexico Pacific Inks Optional LNG Offtake with ExxonMobil
(Mexico Pacific, 16.Jan.2024) — Mexico Pacific signed a third long-term Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with ExxonMobil LNG Asia Pacific (EMLAP) for an additional 1.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Train 3 of Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro Energia project located on the west coast of […]
Talos Announces Strategic $1.3bn Acquisition of QuarterNorth
(Talos, 15.Jan.2024) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) announced the execution of definitive agreements to acquire QuarterNorth Energy Inc. for $1.29bn (the “Transaction”). QuarterNorth is a privately-held U.S. Gulf of Mexico exploration and production company with ownership in several prolific offshore fields. QuarterNorth’s assets will provide additional scale from high […]
NASA Picks 12 Companies for Space Station Contract
(NASA, 12.Jan.2024) — NASA selected 12 companies to provide research, engineering, and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program. The $478mn Research, Engineering & Mission Integration Services-2 or REMIS-2 contract will support the work of the International Space Station Program based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The companies will […]
SLB and Nabors to Scale Automation Solutions
(Nabors, 12.Jan.2024) — SLB (NYSE: SLB) and Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR) announced a collaboration to scale the adoption of automated drilling solutions for oil and gas operators and drilling contractors. The agreement will enable customers to seamlessly integrate the companies’ drilling automation applications and rig operating systems to deliver improved […]
Aspen Aerogels Provides Business Update
(Aspen Aerogels, 11.Jan.2024) — Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (NYSE: ASPN), a technology company in sustainability and electrification solutions, today announced preliminary full year 2023 revenue results, a preliminary 2024 revenue outlook, and the initial shipments through its supplemental aerogel supply for its Energy Industrial business. Preliminary Full Year 2023 Revenues, 2024 Baseline […]
Chesapeake and Southwestern Combine in $7.4bn Deal
(Chesapeake, 11.Jan.2024) — Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHK) and Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) have entered into an agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $7.4bn, or $6.69 per share, based on Chesapeake’s closing price on 10 Jan. 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, Southwestern shareholders will receive 0.0867 shares […]
Arena Creates Artificial Reef in US GOM
(Arena, 11.Jan.2024) — Arena Energy, LLC, an independent oil and gas exploration company focused on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, recently established an artificial reef site at South Marsh Island 192, which is located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 100 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The South Marsh Island 192 […]