UK on Imports of Fossil Fuels from Russia
(UK Parliament, 16.Jan.2023) — The UK imported no coal or gas from Russia in November 2022. The total value of UK fossil fuel imports from Russia has fallen since Russia...
WoodMac: Key Things to Watch in Global Upstream in 2023
(WoodMac, 12.Jan.2023) — Upstream oil and gas companies made big strides in 2022, restoring confidence and repairing balance sheets. But the challenges the industry faces will compound in 2023. Wood...
Global LNG Represents 39% of EU Gas Imports in 2022
(Kpler, 5.Jan.2023) — EU gas imports remained stable year on year last year at around 337.4 bn m3, preliminary data from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas...
Energy Analytics Institute’s NRGBriefs: December 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2022) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during December 2022 including Washington’s easing of sanctions on Venezuela resulting in increased US...
WoodMac’s Five Key Energy Sector Developments in 2023
(WoodMac, 8.Dec.2022) — There is no doubt that 2022 has been an extremely challenging 12 months, but as the year draws to a close, there is hope. Spiralling energy costs...
UK and US Reveal New Energy Partnership
(UK Prime Minister’s Office, 7.Dec.2022) — The UK and US will work together to increase energy security and drive down prices, as part of a new energy partnership. Highlights: PM...
UK and Allies Reveal Price Cap of $60/bbl on Russian Oil
(HM Treasury, 2.Dec.2022) — The UK, in partnership with the G7 countries, Australia and the European Union, have today agreed to set the price cap on Russian crude oil traded...
Shell to Acquire Renewable Natgas Producer Nature Energy
(Shell, 28.Nov.2022) — Shell Petroleum NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc, has reached an agreement with Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Pioneer Point Partners and Sampension to acquire...
Höegh LNG Partners LP Reports 3Q:22 Financial Results
(Höegh LNG Partners, 17.Nov.2022) — Höegh LNG Partners LP (NYSE: HMLP-PA) reported its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Highlights Reported for the third quarter of 2022 total time charter...
bp Commends EPA for Advancing Methane Rules
(bp, 11.Nov.2022) — bp commends the EPA for advancing new rules aimed at reducing methane emissions. This is a critical step toward helping the US reach net zero by 2050...
ASCO Names New UK Managing Director
(ASCO, 1.Nov.2022) — ASCO, the global integrated logistics and materials management company, has appointed Mike Pettigrew as its new UK Managing Director following the retirement of his long-serving predecessor, Glenn...
Rishi Sunak’s First Speech as Prime Minister of the UK
(UK Prime Minister’s Office, 25.Oct.2022) — Rishi Sunak gave his first speech as Prime Minister in Downing Street. Good morning, I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His...
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns
(UK Office of the Prime Minister, 20.Oct.2022) — Prime Minister Liz Truss gave a statement in Downing Street on 20 October 2022. I came into office at a time of...
Liz Truss Believed in Markets, but the Markets Did Not Believe in Her
(The New York Times, 19.Oct.2022) — The world has just witnessed one of the most extraordinary political immolations of recent times. Animated by faith in a fantasy version of the...
Enhancing the US-UK Sanctions Partnership
(US Treasury, 17.Oct.2022) — As Directors of two of the world’s leading financial sanctions implementation authorities, we are committed to our close working relationship. As a testament to this ongoing...
Trinidad PM Rowley’s Statement on Chats with Proman, BP & Shell
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 12.Sep.2022) — Ministerial interaction with oil, gas and petrochemical majors (Proman, BP & Shell) based in Europe. Proman – Zurich and Düsseldorf...
Seadrill Limited (SDRL) – Second Quarter 2022
(Seadrill, 1.Sep.2022) — Seadrill Limited (XOAS: SDRL), a leader in offshore drilling, provides financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2022. 2Q 2022 Highlights Strong operational performance in 2Q...
Aquadrill Announces Charter Hire Agreement for the Vela
(Aquadrill, 31.Aug.2022) — Aquadrill LLC has extended a charter hire agreement with a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. to provide the company's Vela rig, an MPD outfitted 7th generation drillship,...
CCUS Planned Capacity Nearing 1 Billion Tonnes Per Annum
(WoodMac, 26.Aug.2022) — The planned global carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) capacity pipeline has reached 905 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), with more than 50 new projects announced this...
TotalEnergies Reveals Initial Power at Scotland Offshore Wind Farm
(TotalEnergies, 23.Aug.2022) — TotalEnergies and its partner SSE Renewables, announced first power generation from the Seagreen offshore wind farm, 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland. The first turbine,...
Höegh LNG Partners LP to Host 2Q:22 Results Call
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Aug.2022) — Höegh LNG Partners LP (NYSE: HMLP) will release its second quarter 2022 results on Wednesday 24 August 2022 before the market opens and later host a...
Bristow Completes Acquisition of British International Helicopter Services Limited
(Bristow, 3.Aug.2022) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) has completed its acquisition of British International Helicopter Services Limited ("BIH") effective 2 August 2022, further enhancing its leading global Government Services offering....
APA Corp. Keeps 2022 Capex Unchanged at $1.725bn
(APA Corporation, 3.Aug.2022) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced its financial and operational results for the second-quarter 2022. APA reported net income attributable to common stock of $926mn, or $2.71...
bp on Redemption of $2.85bn of Outstanding Notes
(bp, 25.Jul.2022) — BP p.l.c. (NYSE: BP) (LON: BP) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary BP Capital Markets America Inc. (“BPCMA”) is exercising the option to redeem the total outstanding aggregate...
Bristow Awarded Contract by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
(Bristow, 21.Jul.2022) — Bristow Helicopters Ltd (NYSE: VTOL) has been awarded a £1.6bn 10-year contract for the Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation ("UKSAR2G") program by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency...
NRGBriefs: Bristow Inks 1.6bn 10-year Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Bristow Helicopters Ltd (NYSE: VTOL) signing a £1.6bn 10-year contract for the Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation program; Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSXV: GRG)...
NRGBriefs: PDVSA Vassa Closure; IGU’s 2022 World LNG Report
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including the closure of PDVSA Vassa, formerly Venoco, leaving nearly a thousand workers in uncertainty; and the release of the International Gas Union...
NEOM’s ENOWA to Boost Extreme E with Green Hydrogen Power
(NEOM, 30.Jun.2022) — Extreme E announced a multi-year relationship with ENOWA, NEOM's energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary, to introduce green hydrogen power to their global sustainable racing series. The announcement...
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 global greenhouse gas emissions. Many...
Shell plc 1Q:22 Euro and GBP Equivalent Dividend Payments
(Shell, 13.Jun.2022) — The Board of Shell plc announced the pounds sterling and euro equivalent dividend payments in respect of the first quarter 2022 interim dividend, which was announced on...
Low-carbon Hydrogen Demand in Refining Could Reach 50 Mtpa by 2050
(WoodMac, 9.Jun.2022) — Potential low-carbon (green or blue) hydrogen demand from the global refining sector could reach 50 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) by 2050, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk...
Energy Security Concerns Reinforce Government Focus on Renewable Energy Programs
(EY, 24.May.2022) — Energy security has risen to the top of government priority lists in the wake of geopolitical instability and spiralling gas prices. As a result, governments around the...
Underwater Wireless Acoustic Standard to Improve Offshore Drone Communication
(Subsea Wireless Group, 23.May.2022) — An international oil and gas industry network, Subsea Wireless Group (SWiG), has launched a new wireless acoustic standard to improve communication between offshore vessels and the vehicles...
NRGBriefs: Marathon’s Equatorial Guinea Output; Murphy on Brazil and Mexico
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.May.2022) — Energy and political briefs including Marathon Oil reporting 1Q:22 production from Equatorial Guinea of 64 net Mboe/d; the US providing over $6mn in additional humanitarian...
NRGBriefs: BHP Barbados Farm-out; YPF on Form 20-F; Chevron Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. planning to have an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on 26 April 2022; Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Dario...
How the Energy Transition can Reduce the Risk of Future Shocks
(WoodMac, 21.Apr.2022) — The crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the challenges for energy supplies as the world moves to tackle the threat of climate change. The...
Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling Update on the Merger Control Process
(Noble Corp. 12.Apr.2022) — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) and The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (CSE: DRLCO) (“Maersk Drilling”, and together with Noble, the “Parties”) provided an update on the...
How NOCs are Tackling the Energy Transition
(WoodMac, 30.Mar.2022) — Despite their scale, national oil companies (NOCs) have until now largely escaped the heavy scrutiny experienced by international oil companies (IOCs) around emissions. Partly as a consequence,...
Maersk Drilling Secures Five-month UK Contract for Maersk Resolve
(Maersk Drilling, 16.Mar.2022) — Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract which could employ the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolve with a customer in the UK sector of the...
bp Staff Message Regarding Relationship with Rosneft
(bp, 27.Feb.2022) — bp’s Bernard Looney provides a message to all bp staff on the company’s relationship with Rosneft. To the bp team, Like so many of you, I have...
Zeelo to Make Buses as Green as Riding a Bicycle
(Zeelo, 17.Feb.2022) — Zeelo - a smart bus platform for organisations that serves over 1.8 million passengers per year on their daily commute to work and school in the UK, North America and South...
Borr Drilling Reveals Prelim 4Q:21 Results
(Borr Drilling, 16.Feb.2022) — Borr Drilling Limited announces preliminary unaudited results for the three and twelve months ended 31 December 2021. Highlights Fourth Quarter of 2021 Total operating revenues of $69.1mn,...
Upstream Sector Rebounding – But ‘Peak Uncertainty’ Fears Weigh In 2022
(WoodMac, 13.Dec.2021) — The oil and gas sector will continue to rebound in 2022, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK) But the positive outlook will be tempered by concerns...
Oil And Gas Companies Must Be Bold As Energy Transition Sets Tone For 2022
(WoodMac, 8.Dec.2021) — It’s set to be an action-packed year for Majors, Independents and national oil companies alike. Big choices will set strategic trajectories for the energy transition ahead. New...
Höegh LNG Holdings Initiates Buyout Offer for Höegh LNG Partners LP
(Höegh LNG, 6.Dec.2021) — Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. submitted a non-binding proposal to the Board of Directors of Höegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP) pursuant to which Höegh LNG would acquire through a wholly...
Maersk Re-enters One-well Deal With Petrogas
(Maersk, 1.Dec.2021) — Maersk Drilling and Petrogas North Sea Ltd have agreed to exercise the previously agreed exclusive option to employ the harsh-environment jack-up rig Maersk Resilient to drill an appraisal well...
NRGBriefs: Argentine Pipeline Tender, Lebanon Summit
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Nov.2021) — Energy briefs including Argentina revealing plans for a tender for the start of the process for the construction of the first stage of the Néstor...
PM Keith Rowley Holds Energy Talks With BP In London
(The Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 4.Nov.2021) — Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley met with BP’s Chief Executive Officer, Bernard Looney at the company’s...
Project Extension To Unlock Further 500MW Of Capacity
(NGET, 14.Oct.2021) — National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is expanding the use of transformational power flow control technology – building on the successful installations of the world's first large scale...
Young: Trinidad Can Benefit From High Oil, Gas Prices
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 27.Sep.2021) — Energy Minister Stuart Young expressed optimism on Monday that Trinidad and Tobago could benefit from the high energy prices of recent times. Young made...
Vertical And Bristow Team Up To Electrify Helicopter Market
(Bristow, 21.Sep.2021) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) and Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which the two firms will cooperate on the certification, operational...
British Gov’t Prepares To Help With Gas Crisis
(NPR, 18.Sep.2021) — The British government is putting up to 150 army drivers on standby to operate gas tanker trucks, as the country's fuel delivery crisis continues and motorists roam...
Borr Drilling Reports Preliminary 2Q:21 Results
(Borr Drilling, 31.Aug.2021) — Borr Drilling Limited announces preliminary unaudited results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2021. Highlights second quarter of 2021 Total operating revenues of...
Oil Price Windfall A ‘Golden Opportunity’
(WoodMac, 19.Aug.2021) — Oil and gas companies must use the current cash flow windfall opportunity to speed up decarbonisation of their businesses, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk...
Nabors Reports 2Q:21 Results
(Nabors, 27.Jul.2021) — Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) reported second quarter 2021 operating revenues of $489mn, compared to operating revenues of $461mn in the first quarter of 2021. The net...
bp Acquires AI-driven Open Energi
(bp, 22.Jul.2021 ) — bp acquired UK-based digital energy business Open Energi. The company’s digital platform uses real-time data to optimise the performance of energy assets. It can generate savings...
Seadrill On Restructuring Discussions
(Seadrill, 2.Jul.2021) — Seadrill Limited (OSE: SDRL, OTCPK:SDRLF) and the Issuer announce that, further to the announcement made by Seadrill and the Issuer on 18 June 2021, the Issuer and...
Carbon Removal Key To Reaching Paris Target
(WoodMac, 24.Jun.2021) — Achieving the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement will require more than simply avoiding carbon. To cap global warming at 1.5°C or even 2°C, carbon removal will...
Energy Transition Represents $14tn Uncertainty For Upstream Sector
(WoodMac, 20.May.2021) — The energy transition represents US$14 trillion worth of uncertainty for upstream oil and gas, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. Oil and gas is a...
bp And Cemex Join Up On Net-Zero Emissions
(bp, 13.May.2021) — bp and Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) will work together on accelerating the progress of Cemex's 2050 ambition to deliver net-zero CO2 concrete globally. Highlights: -- bp and...
LatAm Briefs: IPD On Sanctions On Venezuela, bp’s Looney On Transformation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: IPD Latin America’s Managing Director David Voght on US’ sanctions on Venezuela and bp’s CEO...
The Role Of NOCs On The Road To Net Zero
(WoodMac, 28.Apr.2021) — Will national oil companies be next to set ambitious emission reduction targets? NOCs dominate the global oil and gas space – producing 50% of liquids and 48%...
Will Higher Oil Spell Trouble For Upstream Discipline?
(WoodMac, 19.Apr.2021) — In its rebound from the 2020 downturn, Brent flirted with US$70 per barrel. Higher prices in 2021 mean higher cash flow for producers, perhaps even record-setting highs....
Total Enters Offshore Wind Project in Scottish North Sea
(Total, 3.Jun.2020) — Total has entered into an agreement with SSE Renewables, to acquire a 51% stake in the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm project for an upfront payment at...
Lightsource BP to Accelerate Global Solar Growth with Further Investment from BP
(Lightsource bp, 5.Dec.2019) — The management of Lightsource BP and BP have agreed to equalise their shareholdings in Lightsource BP to create a simplified 50:50 joint venture structure. As part of the...
Rosneft And BP Complete TNK-BP PSA
(BP, 20.Mar.2013) — Rosneft and BP completed a number of transactions, in line with the terms announced in October 2012. As a result of the transactions: BP receives net $12.48bn...