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MODEC on Development of Methane Hydrate Harvesting Technology

(MODEC, 27.Oct.2022) — MODEC, Inc. President & CEO: Takeshi Kanamori has been participating in the elemental technology development related to the development of shallow methane hydrate harvesting technology conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (“AIST”) commissioned by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry […]

Who’s to Blame for Exorbitant Natural Gas Prices in Europe?

(Baker Institute, 26.Oct.2022) — Prices of natural gas in Europe have skyrocketed to levels scarcely seen before 2021. European governments, especially those soon up for reelection, are understandably concerned about the future. That future is undermined by the economic hardship being caused by high energy prices. Not surprisingly, there is […]

ExxonMobil Reveals Two New Guyana Finds

(ExxonMobil, 26.Oct.2022) — ExxonMobil announced two discoveries at the Sailfin-1 and Yarrow-1 wells in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, adding to its extensive portfolio of development opportunities. ExxonMobil has made more than 30 discoveries on the block since 2015, and it has ramped up offshore development and production at a […]

Hess Reports Estimated 3Q:22 Results

(Hess, 26.Oct.2022) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) reported net income of $515mn, or $1.67 per common share, in the third quarter of 2022, compared with net income of $115mn, or $0.37 per common share, in the third quarter of 2021. On an adjusted basis, the corporation had net income of […]

Hess Announces Two More Discoveries Offshore Guyana

(Hess, 26.Oct.2022) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced two new discoveries at the Yarrow-1 and Sailfin-1 wells on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The discoveries, which are the eighth and ninth this year, will add to the block’s previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate of approximately 11 billion barrels of […]

U.N. Could Administer Over $3bn in Funds to Aid Venezuela

(Reuters, 25.Oct.2022) — Top officials from the U.S. State and Treasury departments are discussing proposals for a fund that could release over $3 billion to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuelans through the United Nations, according to nine people close to the talks. The proposals offer a potential way to revive […]

England
UK

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 Majesty The King’s invitation to form a government in his name. It is only right to explain why I am […]

Govt Policies Needed to Debunk Misconceptions: KAPSARC Head Says

(KAPSARC, 25.Oct.2022) — Renewable energy costs will not be cheaper anytime soon, cautioned Fahad Alajlan, President of Riyadh-based advisory think tank, the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), at the fifteenth Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW). Speaking during the panel session, “Mobilising Greener Financing for Energy Infrastructure,” on 25 […]

Schlumberger Becomes SLB, a Technology Company

(Schlumberger, 24.Oct.2022) — Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) announced its new name—SLB—underscoring the company’s vision for a decarbonized energy future and affirming its transformation from the world’s largest oilfield services company to a global technology company focused on driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. Beginning today, the legacy Schlumberger brand and […]

Wintershall Dea Expands Presence in Mexico

(Wintershall Dea, 24.Oct.2022) — Wintershall Dea signed an agreement with Hokchi Energy, the Mexican subsidiary of Pan American Energy, to acquire a 37% non-operated participating interest in the Hokchi Block, with a conditional option to increase its participation up to 40% at a later stage. Wintershall Dea is thus expanding […]

Washington Eyes Oil Deal with Maduro Regime: Rystad Energy

(Rystad, 24.Oct.2022) — As the supply side of the oil business continues to tighten globally, calls within the US to ease sanctions on what was once one of Latin America’s largest oil producers continue to gain traction. The Biden administration has been putting out smoke signals to the wider market […]

Ecopetrol’s Board of Directors Appointment

(Ecopetrol, 24.Oct.2022) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) informs that at the extraordinary General Shareholder’s Meeting held on 24 October 2022, its Board of Directors was appointed as follows: Non-Independent Representatives: Mónica de Greiff Lindo Gonzalo Hernández Jiménez Independent Representatives: Gabriel Mauricio Cabrera Galvis Carlos Gustavo Cano Sanz Saúl Kattan Cohen Sandra […]

Petrobras Highlights 3Q:22 Production and Sales [PDF Download]

(Petrobras, 24.Oct.2022) — In 3Q22, Petrobras said it kept a solid operating performance, with average production of oil, NGL and natural gas reaching 2.64 MMboed, virtually in line with 2Q22. Results in 3Q22 fully contemplate the impacts of the production sharing contracts related to the Transfer of Rights Surplus Volumes […]

Schlumberger Reveals 3Q:22 Operating, Financial Results

(Schlumberger, 21.Oct.2022) — Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) announced results for the third-quarter 2022. ____________________

Petrobras on Divestment of Onshore Fiber Optic Network

(Petrobras, 21.Oct.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 30 September 2022, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of its onshore fiber optic network. Potential buyers qualified for this phase, beginning today, will receive a process letter containing detailed information about the asset in […]

Fuel Tanker Crash Sparks Huge Blaze in Mexico

(Reuters, 21.Oct.2022) — A dozen people were rescued from burning homes after a tanker truck crashed into a railway overpass in the central town of Aguascalientes A huge blaze erupted in central Mexico after a fuel tanker truck crashed into an overpass by a rail line, scorching homes, engulfing the area in […]

ExxonMobil to Divest Billings Refinery to Par Pacific Holdings

(ExxonMobil, 20.Oct.2022) — ExxonMobil and its affiliates have reached an agreement with Par Pacific Holdings for the sale of the Billings refinery and select midstream assets in Montana and Washington. –Sale includes refinery, associated pipelines and product terminals –Exxon- and Mobil-branded service stations network supplied through long-term brand agreement The […]

Borr Drilling reveals new 3-year contracts for drilling rigs in Mexico

(Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Oct.2022) — Borr Drilling Limited announced its joint venture (JV) company in Mexico Perfomex entered into new contracts for the company’s 5 premium jack-up rigs “Galar”, “Gersemi”, “Grid”, “Njord” and “Odin” with OPEX Perforadora S.A. de C.V. and Perforadora Profesional Akal I S.A. de C.V., providers of integrated well services to state-owned Pemex. The contracts are effective from […]

England
UK

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 great economic and international instability. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. Putin’s illegal war in […]

England
UK

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 free market, Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain set off a sequence of events that has forced her to fire […]

TotalEnergies Announces Startup of Al Kharsaah (800 MWp)

(QatarEnergy, 18.Oct.2022) —The Al Kharsaah solar power plant developed by TotalEnergies and its partners QatarEnergy, and Marubeni was inaugurated today by His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The ceremony marked the completion of the construction works and the startup of the plant, which is now connected to the […]

Wintershall Dea and HES Wilhelmshaven to Develop a CO2 Hub

(Wintershall Dea, 18.Oct.2022) — Wintershall Dea and HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal signed a MoU to jointly develop CO2nnectNow, a CO2 hub at HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal. Highlights: Wintershall Dea and HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a CO2 hub: CO2nnectNowResults of a feasibility study are expected […]

Europe
Spain

Dozens of LNG-laden Ships Queue off Europe’s Coasts Unable to Unload

(Reuters, 17.Oct.2022) — Dozens of ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) circling off the coasts of Spain unable to secure slots to unload have prompted grid operators for the country to warn they may have to suspend loading to deal with this “exceptional situation”. Europe is facing an energy supply […]

Schlumberger and RTI to Accelerate Carbon Capture Technology

(Schlumberger, 17.Oct.2022) — Schlumberger entered into an agreement with RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, to accelerate the industrialization and scale-up of its proprietary non-aqueous solvent (NAS) technology, which enhances the efficiency of absorption-based carbon capture. The NAS technology will be applicable to capture CO2 across a broad variety of industrial […]

Uranium Energy Completes Acquisition of Uranium Project From Rio Tinto

(Uranium Energy, 17.Oct.2022) — Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) completed its previously announced acquisition of the Roughrider uranium development project located in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada (the “Transaction”) from a subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. Under the terms of the Transaction, Rio Tinto has now received $80mn […]

Gold Port Corporation on New Drill Target in Guyana

(Gold Port Corporation, 17.Oct.2022) — Gold Port Corporation (CSE: GPO) (OTCQB: GPOTF) provided a technical update on the Groete Gold Copper Project, located in Guyana, South America. The Groete Gold Copper Project is currently defined by 22 historical drill holes, with both gold and copper mineralization. The known gold portion of the deposit is […]

2022 Default Tally Inches Past Year-To-Date 2021

(S&P Global Ratings, 17.Oct.2022) — After a slow start to the year, the global corporate default tally reached 61 in 2022–one higher than in year-to-date 2021, said S&P Global Ratings in its article published today, “2022 Defaults Inch Past Year-To-Date 2021 Tally As Credit Conditions Worsen.” We can expect 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 commitment, on Thursday, 13 October 2022, OFAC and OFSI concluded a multi-day technical exchange in London between our two offices. […]

Iran Starts Refining its Oil in Venezuela: Minister

(Xinhua, 17.Oct.2022) — Iranian Petroleum Minister Javad Owji said on Sunday that Iran has started refining its crude oil in Venezuela, SHANA news agency affiliated to his ministry reported. Iran had started processing some 100,000 barrels per day of its crude in Venezuela’s El Palito refinery, Owji was quoted by […]

Guyana Opens Tender for its First Oil Refinery

(Reuters, 17.Oct.2022) — Guyana has called for proposals to design, finance and build a 30,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery, the first for the South American country as it becomes a force in crude oil production. Construction work on the facility, to be located on public land near the Berbice river, is […]

Gold Port on Higher Grade Gold Zone New Drill Target

(Gold Port Corp. 17.Oct.2022) — Gold Port Corporation (CSE: GPO) (OTCQB: GPOTF) provided a technical update on the Groete Gold Copper Project located in Guyana, South America. The Groete Gold Copper Project is currently defined by 22 historical drill holes, with both gold and copper mineralization. The known gold portion of the deposit is […]

Grey, Blue, Green Hydrogen: Colours to cut Trinidad’s Carbon Emissions

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 16.Oct.2022) — This is part two of a Climate Tracker inquiry into Trinidad and Tobago’s energy transition. The first article was published on October 9. To date, this country produces grey hydrogen, which is hydrogen created from natural gas. Sunday Newsday spoke to Dr Vernon Paltoo, […]

Qatargas-chartered-Q-Flex LNG Vessel Calls at China’s Beihai LNG Terminal

(Qatargas, 16.Oct.2022) — Qatargas Operating Company Limited has delivered a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo aboard a Q-Flex vessel to China’s Beihai LNG Terminal, the first ever call by a Qatargas-chartered vessel at this terminal. The Q-Flex vessel, Al Sahla, is the largest LNG carrier to call at the terminal […]

Interoil Releases Sep. 2022 Production Report (Argentina / Colombia)

(InterOil, 14.Oct.2022) — In September 2022, the average daily operated production from fields in Argentina and Colombia combined increased by 32 boepd representing one percent against the month of August. Most of this increment comes from the Argentina operation, +71 boepd, whereas the Colombia operation decreased by 40 boepd as […]

Petrobras to Host 3Q:22 Webcasts

(Petrobras, 14.Oct.2022) — On 4 November 2022, two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to present Petrobras‘ results for the third quarter of 2022. Petrobras will use the Microsoft Teams tool (link below) for the event. 4 Nov. 2022 (Friday)Webcast – PortugueseWebcast – […]

Petrobras on Divestment of Petrobras Operaciones S.A.

(Petrobras, 14.Oct.2022) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of 100% of its stake in Petrobras Operaciones S.A. (POSA), Petrobras’ wholly owned subsidiary in Argentina, which holds a 33.6% stake in the Rio Neuquén Field. The teaser, which contains the key information about the opportunity, […]

NGC and bpTT Ink Collaboration Deal to Explore Energy Sector Synergies

(NGC, 13.Oct.2022) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) and bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) signed a collaboration agreement to explore opportunities for cooperation in several focus areas of mutual interest within the energy industry. The agreement, which was signed on 12 October 2022, serves to strengthen […]

Equinor Says Peregrino Phase 2 On Stream

(Equinor, 13.Oct.2022) — On 10 October at 20:00 local time, the new platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its very first oil. Peregrino phase 2 will extend the Peregrino field life to 2040. Phase 2 adds 250-300 million barrels of oil, while at the same time halving expected CO2 emissions per […]

Citgo Participates in Illinois Chamber Future of Energy Panel

(Citgo, 12.Oct.2022) — Citgo Vice President of Strategic and Corporate Planning Balvy Bhogal-Mitro took part in a world-class panel discussion on the Future of Energy at the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting in Chicago last Thursday. Keynote panel participants focused on energy sustainability and what the future of energy will look like in Illinois. Bhogal-Mitro, who […]

OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Forecast to Below the 100 MMb/d Mark [PDF Download]

(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Oct.2022) — The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) now forecasts oil demand to dip below 100 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in 2022 owing a lower global economic forecast amid ongoing uncertainties and rising challenges impacting major economies. OPEC forecasts oil demand to reach 99.7 MMb/d […]

TGI Reveals Partial Tender Offer Results

(TGI, 11.Oct.2022) — Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P. announced early tender results in connection with its previously announced partial cash tender offer for up to U.S.$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (the “Maximum Tender Amount“) of its outstanding 5.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (CUSIP: 89387Y AC5 (144A) / P93077 AC2 (REG S) […]

Awalé Resources Limited Updates on Acquisition of Colossal Gold in Suriname

(Awalé, 11.Oct.2022) — Awalé Resources Limited (TSXV: ARIC) announced that, further to the company’s news release of 13 September 2022, the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) has conditionally accepted the acquisition of Colossal Gold Resources Limited by Awalé pursuant to a letter agreement dated 12 September 2022 between Awalé, Colossal and […]

Touchstone Announces First Natural Gas Production from Coho

(Touchstone, 11.Oct.2022) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. (TSX, LSE: TXP) announced that the Coho facility has safely delivered first natural gas, representing the first onshore natural gas project to come onstream in Trinidad and Tobago in over twenty years. The Coho area is located in the Ortoire block, where Touchstone has […]

NGC Inks PSA with Gulf Coast Methanol 1

(NGC, 11.Oct.2022) — NGC Petrochemicals Limited (NPL), a subsidiary of The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC), completed negotiations with Gulf Coast Methanol 1, LLC and its parent IGP Methanol LLC of the USA, for a Purchase and Sales Agreement that will allow NGC to acquire blue methanol from IGP’s Gulf […]

Holcim and Totalenergies Ponder Ambitious Decarbonization Project

(TotalEnergies, 10.Oct.2022) — On 23 September 2022, TotalEnergies and Holcim signed a memorandum of understanding in Belgium to jointly study the complete decarbonization of the Obourg cement plant near Mons, in Wallonia. Various solutions will be assessed for reducing, capturing, sequestering and /or efficiently utilizing the facility’s emissions. TotalEnergies and […]

Ecopetrol and Citgo Transaction to Offset Carbon

(Citgo, 10.Oct.2022) — A carbon compensated crude oil cargo sold by Ecopetrol and purchased by Citgo Petroleum Corporation is currently making its way to the Citgo Corpus Christi refinery for processing. The recent transaction supports Ecopetrol’s objectives on energy transition and decarbonization. The 500,000 barrel cargo of Ecopetrol Castilla Blend® […]

Wintershall Dea Investing in Hydrogen Storage and Transportation Start-up

(Wintershall Dea, 10.Oct.2022) — As part of its efforts to position itself along the hydrogen and CO2 value chains, Wintershall Dea is investing in a promising new technology for storing and transporting hydrogen developed by the Dresden-based start-up AMBARtec AG. In the latter’s recent funding round, Wintershall Dea became the start-up’s […]

Ecopetrol’s Extraordinary General Shareholder’s Meeting (24 Oct. 2022)

(Ecopetrol, 7.Oct.2022) — The Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol S.A. invites the Shareholders of the Company to attend the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on Monday 24 October 2022, starting at 8 a.m., at the International Business and Exhibition Center Auditorium (CORFERIAS) located at Carrera 37 No. 24 […]

What OPEC’s 2 MMbbl Cut Could Mean for US Gas Prices

(By Ben Geman, Axios, 5.Oct.2022) — OPEC+ is jolting oil markets this week with plans to cut output — and the ripples could reach all the way to the U.S. midterm elections. Driving the news: The coalition of OPEC, Russia and allied producers on Wednesday announced cuts of 2 million barrels […]

CGX and Frontera Extend JOA Amendment Agreements to 30 Nov. 2022

(CGX, 3.Oct.2022) — CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) and Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC), joint venture partners in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, announce that the parties have agreed to (i) extend the maturity date of the previously announced $19mn convertible loan to CGX dated […]