(Reuters, 11.Nov.2023) — BP (BP.L), Edison (EDNn.MI) and Shell (SHEL.L) pressed a U.S.-EU energy group to intervene in a dispute with liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global LNG over the U.S. firm’s failure to deliver […]
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Oxy and BlackRock JV to Develop STRATOS DAC Plant
(Oxy, 7.Nov.2023) — Occidental (NYSE: OXY) announced today that BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) will invest $550mn on behalf of clients in the development of STRATOS, the world’s largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility, in […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Oct. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during October 2023 including Vista‘s third quarter 2023 earnings presentation; the long-awaited Citgo Petroleum […]
bp’ 3Q:23 Results: Focused on Delivery [PDF Downloads]
(bp, 31.Oct.2023) — Our results this quarter show how we are making progress on our strategy to transform from an international oil company to an integrated energy company. From the […]
Big Oil: Upstream M&A Gets Serious
(WoodMac, 26.Oct.2023) — ExxonMobil’s and Chevron’s belief in the durability of upstream could hardly be better demonstrated by the game-changing acquisitions of two flagship US Independents. It’s a pivotal moment […]
Baker Hughes Reports 3Q:23 Results [PDF Downloads]
(Baker Hughes, 25.Oct.2023) — Baker Hughes Company (Nasdaq: BKR) announced results today for the third quarter of 2023. Highlights: Orders of $8.5bn for the quarter, up 40% year-over-year. Revenue of $6.6bn for the quarter, up 24% year-over-year. Net income […]
Nabors Reports 3Q:23 Results
(Nabors, 25.Oct.2023) — Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) reported third quarter 2023 operating revenues of $734mn, compared to operating revenues of $767mn in the second quarter. The net loss attributable to Nabors shareholders for […]
BP Fair Fund to Compensate Certain Investors in BP plc Ordinary Shares
(RCB Fund, 24.Oct.2023) — RCB Fund Services LLC, the Distribution Agent for the BP plc Fair Fund, announces the opening of the claims process for the BP Fair Fund for […]
Scotland: TotalEnergies Commissions Its Biggest Offshore Wind Farm
(TotalEnergies, 17.Oct.2023) — TotalEnergies and its partner SSE Renewables announced that their Seagreen offshore wind farm is now fully operational and running at its design capacity of 1,075 MW. Seagreen […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Sep. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Sep. 2023 including Petrobras saying that in regards the process of divestment of […]
New Offshore Colombian Developments Face Challenges: WoodMac
(WoodMac, 28.Sep.2023) — Offshore development of new gas assets has been identified as a key piece to Colombia’s long-term energy security, but significant challenges remain. The size, production capability and […]
Rosebank Field to Progress in the UK [Video]
(Equinor, 27.Sep.2023) — Equinor and Ithaca Energy have taken the final investment decision to progress Phase 1 of the Rosebank development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), investing $3.8bn. The […]
Scotia and RAND Europe Convene a Historic Framing Session
(The Scotia Group, 20.Sep.2023) — A High-Level UNGA consultative session on international finance and energy transition diplomacy, which included sitting and former Heads of State and Government, as well as experts […]
Kate Thomson Appointed as bp Interim CFO
(bp, 19.Sep.2023) — bp today announced that Kate Thomson has been appointed interim chief financial officer. Her appointment follows the appointment last week of Murray Auchincloss as bp’s interim chief […]
Eni UK Reveals Award of Second UK CO2 Storage License
(Eni, 15.Sep.2023) — Eni announces that its subsidiary in the United Kingdom (Eni UK) has been awarded a Carbon Dioxide Appraisal and Storage Licence (CS Licence) by the North Sea […]
BP CEO Looney to Resign After Personal Relationships with Colleagues
(Reuters, 12.Sep.2023) — BP CEO Bernard Looney has stepped down after less than four years in office for failing to fully disclose details of past personal relationships with colleagues, the […]
Bristow and Volocopter to Bring UAM Services to US and UK
(Bristow, 7.Sep.2023) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), a global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, and Volocopter, the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), have signed an agreement […]
UK to Struggle to Meet Ambitious 2030 CCUS Targets
(WoodMac, 5.Sep.2023) — The global CCUS project pipeline is buoyant but scaling up needs concerted and consistent effort from governments. Only a handful of countries have policy and regulation ready […]
STRYDE Launches In-field Data Service
(STRYD, 24.Aug.2023) — STRYDE unveiled its new, novel integrated in-field data processing service, STRYDE Lens. This innovative solution is tailored to offer expedited access to interpretation-ready subsurface images, facilitating quicker […]
Getech Releases Globe 2023 with New Capabilities for Resource ExplorationÂ
(Getech, 23.Aug.2023) — Getech, a locator of subsurface resources, has released a new version of its proprietary digital platform, Globe. Globe models the last 400 million years of Earth’s evolution […]
Investment of $27bn Needed to Mobilize Offshore Wind Supply Chain
(WoodMac, 17.Aug.2023) — The global offshore wind supply chain will require $27bn of secured investment by 2026 if it is to meet a fivefold growth in annual installations (excluding China) […]
Authorities Approve JV between Aker Solutions, SLB and Subsea7
(Aker, 4.Aug.2023) — Reference is made to the stock exchange release 30 August 2022 regarding the agreements to form a subsea joint venture with SLB and Subsea 7. Closing is subject to […]
TotalEnergies Named Most-admired Explorer by WoodMac
(WoodMac, 27.Jun.2023) — French major TotalEnergies has been named the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer and received the Discovery of the Year award in Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration Survey. Dr. Andrew Latham, […]
Should Gas Resource Holders Target LNG Exports or Blue Ammonia?
(WoodMac, 15.Jun.2023) — As Europe moves away from Russian gas and Asia reduces its dependency on coal, demand and investment in liquefied natural gas (LNG) continues to rise. But according to “Stick or twist: […]
Aker Awarded first SWIFT™ Contract by Equinor
(Aker Solutions, 12Jun.2023) — Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Equinor to deliver the first Submersible Wireless Installer for Tubing (SWIFT™) for 18 tubing hanger installations on the […]
Halliburton Wins Well Completion Contract for CCS Project
(Halliburton, 12.Jun.2023) — Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) has been awarded a contract to provide completions, liners, and monitoring products and services for the carbon capture and storage (CCS) system within the […]
Perenco and Bloom Energy to Deploy Oxide Fuel Cells
(Bloom Energy, 7.Jun.2023) — Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) has signed an agreement with Perenco to install 2.5 megawatts (MW) of Bloom’s solid oxide fuel cells at a site in England. Perenco is […]
Bristow Preferred Bidder for Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service
(Bristow, 30.May.2023) — Bristow Ireland Ltd., a subsidiary of Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), a provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has been announced by the Irish Department of Transport […]
IKM Testing UK Inks Project for Methane Emissions Qualification (MEQ)
(IKM Testing, 23.May.2023) — Independent integrated solutions provider IKM Testing UK has secured a second contract with Bumi Armada to deliver a drone-based methane emissions survey on the Kraken Floating […]
ICIS launches Energy Foresight 
(ICIS, 11.May.2023) — ICIS, a global source of Independent Commodity Intelligence Services, launches Energy Foresight, an integrated platform which provides one single view and understanding of gas, power and carbon markets in Europe. […]
bp’s First Quarter 2023 Results [PDF Downloads]
(bp, 2.May.2023) — bp reported strong financial results in the first quarter of 2023 and the underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter was $5bn, compared with $4.8bn for the […]
Nabors Industries Reports 1Q:23 Revenues of $779mn
(Nabors, 24.Apr.2023) — Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) today reported first quarter 2023 operating revenues of $779mn, an increase of 2.5%, compared to operating revenues of $760mn in the fourth quarter of 2022. The […]
Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report [PDF Download]
(The World Bank, 31.Mar.2023) — After a decade of little progress, global gas flaring volumes fell by around 3% in 2022. However, despite this welcome reduction, greater and sustained efforts […]
Petrobras on Supplier Engagement in Sustainable Practices
(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2023) — Petrobras was recognized as one of the leading companies in supplier engagement by the international organization CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, a reference in […]
Paratus Energy Services Ltd Announces 4Q:22 Trading UpdateÂ
(Paratus Energy, 21.Mar.2023) — Paratus Energy Services Ltd. announced a trading update for the fourth quarter 2022 and updates on Paratus, its subsidiaries and associated companies. 1. Key Financial Highlights 1.1 Paratus […]
Majors Capex Guidance Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Feb.2023) — “Despite bumper profits, the peer group is guiding towards $118bn in total investment in 2023, up just 4% on last year. This reflects the priorities […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Feb. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Feb.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during February 2023 including Repsol commenting on improvement of prospects for operations in Venezuela; […]
How the Russia-Ukraine War is Changing Energy Markets
(WoodMac, 23.Feb.2023) — Ukraine’s battle is existential. The country has suffered a year of lost lives, its people forced to live each day in perpetual fear and witness the destruction […]
Xodus Unveils Offshore Bird Portal to Benefit Energy Industry
(Xodus, 16.Feb.2023) — Global energy consultancy Xodus has developed a new not-for-profit portal which will support the industry in tracking birds utilising offshore platforms in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf […]
High Quality Oil and Gas Supplies are Scarce, WoodMac Says
(WoodMac, 16.Feb.2023) — The energy transition will require oil and gas for decades to come, but the supply of lower-cost, lower-carbon “advantaged” barrels remain scarce, threatening emissions targets and causing […]
Shell LNG 2023 Outlook [PDF Downloads]
(Shell, 16.Feb.2023) — Europe’s increased need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) looks set to intensify competition with Asia for limited new supply available over the next two years and may […]
Borr Drilling Reveals New Contract, Extensions
(Borr, 13.Feb.2023) — Borr Drilling Limited (NYSE: BORR) (OSE: BORR) has been awarded a new contract and two extensions for its premium jack-up drilling rigs “Ran”, “Gerd” and “Natt”. These awards […]
Nabors Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Results
(Nabors, 7.Feb.2023) — Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) today reported fourth quarter 2022 operating revenues of $760mn, an increase of approximately 10%, compared to operating revenues of $694 million in the third quarter of […]
BP Reports Profit of $27.7bn in 2022 [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Feb.2023) — BP plc reported underlying replacement cost profit of $27.7bn in 2022 while reducing its net debt to $21.4bn, company officials said during the company’s quarterly […]
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 2023Â
(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 […]