ExxonMobil Completes Denbury Acquisition

(ExxonMobil, 2.Nov.2023) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) has closed its acquisition of Denbury Inc. (NYSE: DEN) in an all-stock transaction valued at $4.9bn, or $89.45 per share, based on ExxonMobil’s closing price on 12 July 2023. Under the terms of the agreement, Denbury shareholders will receive 0.84 shares of […]

ExxonMobil Announces 3Q:23 Results [PDF Downloads]

(ExxonMobil, 27.Oct.2023) — Exxon Mobil Corporation announced third-quarter 2023 earnings of $9.1bn, or $2.25 per share assuming dilution. Cash flow from operations was $16bn, up $6.6bn versus the second quarter. In line with plans, capital and exploration expenditures were $6bn in the third quarter, bringing year-to-date 2023 expenditures to $18.6bn. […]

Welligence says Hess Corporation gives Chevron Atlantic margin exposure

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2023, Words: 203) — US-based Chevron Corporation will acquire Hess Corporation for $60bn (including net debt), the second giant transaction of Oct. 2023 following the $65bn move by ExxonMobil to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources Company, both in all-stock transactions, Welligence Energy Analytics wrote 23 […]

ExxonMobil Purchase of Pioneer Creates World’s First Megamajor

(WoodMac, 12.Oct.2023) — Addressing ExxonMobil’s purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources, Tom Ellacott, senior vice president of Corporate Research for Wood Mackenzie said, “We predicted several years ago that Big Oil would get bigger, highlighting ExxonMobil as a likely aggregator in US tight oil. Yesterday, the company announced the acquisition of […]

ExxonMobil Announces $59.5bn Merger with Pioneer in an All-Stock Deal

(ExxonMobil, 11.Oct.2023) — ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) jointly announced a definitive agreement for ExxonMobil to acquire Pioneer. The merger is an all-stock transaction valued at $59.5bn, or $253 per share, based on ExxonMobil’s closing price on 5 Oct. 2023. Under the terms of the agreement, […]

EAI’s NRGBriefs: Aug. 2023

(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Aug.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during August 2023 including Petrobras commenting on divestment process related to the LUBNOR refinery; Petrobras commenting on Sete Brasil; FMC Corporation on revenues in Latin America in the second quarter 2023; Sempra appointing Richard Mark to […]

Guyana not interested in joining OPEC, VP says

(Reuters, 26.Jun.2023) — Nascent oil producer Guyana is not interested in joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Guyanese Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Monday, as the South American country looks to rapidly boost production and attract new operators. Guyana – which has become one of fastest growing crude-oil producers […]

Guyana Postpones Offshore Auction to mid-August

(Reuters, 16.Jun.2023) — Guyana will postpone by about one month its first offshore oil blocks auction as the country finalizes new terms of the country’s oil and gas regulatory framework, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters on Friday. The South American nation has three times before delayed the offer of 14 offshore […]

Nucor Enters Into CCS Agreement with ExxonMobil

(Nucor, 1.Jun.2023) — Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) signed an agreement with ExxonMobil to capture, transport, and store carbon from the company’s direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Convent, Louisiana. ExxonMobil will capture up to 800,000 metric tons per year of CO2 from the DRI plant and store the CO2 at an ExxonMobil-owned […]

MODEC’s Uaru FPSO Proceeds to EPCI Phase

(MODEC, 8.May.2023) — MODEC, Inc. will proceed with engineering, procurement, and construction on the Uaru Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel following a final investment decision on the Uaru project by ExxonMobil Guyana and its co-venturers on 27 April 2023. Uaru is a significant addition to MODEC’s portfolio and it covers […]

SBM Offshore Inks Deal for its Guyana FPSO Fleet

(SBM, 2.May.2023) — SBM Offshore has signed a 10-year Operations and Maintenance Enabling Agreement with Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd (aka “ExxonMobil Guyana”) for the Operations and Maintenance of FPSOs Liza Destiny, Liza Unity, Prosperity and ONE GUYANA. This framework agreement establishes the new terms related to the operations of the Guyana FPSO fleet […]

Exxon Mobil not Quitting Exploration in Brazil

(Reuters, 1.May.2023) — Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is not giving up on oil exploration in Brazil, the company’s country chief Alberto Ferrin said on Monday during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. “I would say very crystal clear that Exxon Mobil is not quitting exploration in Brazil at all,” Ferrin said, […]

ExxonMobil Advances Fifth Offshore Guyana Development

(ExxonMobil, 27.Apr.2023) — ExxonMobil made a final investment decision for the Uaru development offshore Guyana after receiving required government and regulatory approvals. The company expects Uaru, the fifth project on Guyana’s offshore Stabroek block, to add approximately 250,000 barrels of daily capacity after a targeted startup in 2026. Highlights: Uaru […]

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 of capital discipline, targeted investment in the best projects and shareholder returns – the group collectively returned $117bn to investors […]

EAI’s NRGBriefs: Jan. 2023

(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during January 2023 including Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Keith Rowley said during the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference (TTEC) in Port of Spain that “in this uncertain global environment, energy is […]

ExxonMobil Awards FEED for World’s Largest Low-carbon Hydrogen Facility

(ExxonMobil, 30.Jan.2023) — ExxonMobil announced the next step in the development of the world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen production facility with a contract award for front-end engineering and design (FEED). A final investment decision for the project is expected by 2024, subject to stakeholder support, regulatory permitting, and market conditions. Highlights: […]

ExxonMobil to Divest Interest in Esso Thailand

(Exxon, 11.Jan.2023) — ExxonMobil has reached an agreement with Bangchak Corporation to sell its interest in Esso Thailand that includes the Sriracha Refinery, select distribution terminals, and a network of Esso-branded retail stations, delivering on its commitment to strengthen value and overall competitiveness. The transaction will be executed by ExxonMobil’s […]

Guyana: From Backwater to Deepwater

(Foreign Policy, 16.Dec.2022) — Most South American economies have grown sluggishly this year. But Guyana has been an outlier—both in the region and the world at large. The small country is on track to boast the globe’s highest GDP growth rate of 2022—a staggering 57.8 percent—thanks to steadily rising output from […]

ExxonMobil Reveals Corporate Plan 2027

(Exxon, 8.Dec.2022) — ExxonMobil today announced its corporate plan for the next five years, with a sizeable increase in investments aimed at emission reductions and accretive lower-emission initiatives, including its Low Carbon Solutions business. The corporate plan through 2027 maintains annual capital expenditures at $20bn-$25bon, while growing lower-emissions investments to […]

Exxon Mobil Raises CEO, Top Executives Base Pay

(Reuters, 5.Dec.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp is raising the annual base salaries of its top boss and other executives for next year, the largest U.S. oil company said on Monday. Exxon Mobil’s compensation committee approved an increase in the annual salary of Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods to $1.88 million […]

bp Begins Shipping LNG from Mozambique’s First LNG Project

(bp, 14.Nov.2022) — bp has successfully loaded the first LNG cargo from Mozambique’s offshore Coral Sul FLNG facility, the country’s first LNG project and first floating LNG facility ever deployed in the deep waters of the African continent. Under its long-term contract, bp will purchase 100% of LNG output from Coral Sul FLNG which has the […]

MODEC Awarded FEED Contract for ExxonMobil’s “Uaru” Project in Guyana

(MODEC, 1.Nov.2022) — MODEC, Inc. signed a contract to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the “Uaru” development project. The FEED contract award relates to the initial funding by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), to […]

QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil to Independently Market Golden Pass LNG

(ExxonMobil, 27.Oct.2022) — QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil agreed to independently market LNG produced at their joint venture Golden Pass LNG Terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas. By leveraging their unique customer insights, QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil will better serve their downstream customers while meeting increased global demand. Highlights: ExxonMobil will market 30% of […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Exxon Boosts Guyana Oil Output, Undecided on Future Auction Bid

(Reuters, 20.Sep.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp. is uncertain whether it will bid for new offshore areas Guyana wants to explore, a person close to the matter said, as the oil major ramps up production faster than expected and the South American country wrestles with fixing terms of new oil leases. An Exxon-led consortium discovered oil in the deep waters off Guyana’s coast, launched […]

Llano-6 Well, Gulf of Mexico, Achieves First Production

(Hess, 13.Sep.2022) — The Llano-6 well in the Gulf of Mexico delivered first production on 4 Augustm 2022. The well is a tieback to Shell’s Auger facility. This latest achievement builds upon Hess’ Gulf of Mexico (GoM) business, which is planning increased activity based on the success of the well, […]

TechnipFMC awarded significant contract for gas-to-energy project in Guyana

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Aug.2022) — TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, for the gas-to-energy project in Guyana. For TechnipFMC, a significant contract has a value between $75mn-$250mn. The the full contract award will not be included in inbound orders […]

TechnipFMC Says 2Q:22 Subsea Inbound Orders Were $1,928mn

(TechnipFMC, 27.Jul.2022) — TechnipFMC plc announced subsea inbound orders were $1,928mn for the second quarter of 2022. Book-to-bill in the period was 1.4. The following awards were included in the period: — ExxonMobil Yellowtail Project (Guyana)Awarded an additional contract and received notice to proceed for the Yellowtail development in the Stabroek […]

NRGBriefs: GYSBI’s Guyana Contract with Exxon; Cubico Wind Deals in Uruguay

(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Cubico Sustainable Investments acquiring two operating wind projects in Uruguay from ACS; Sempra announced plans to report its 2Q:22 earnings and host a corresponding conference call on 4 Aug. 2022; and Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) signing an 11-year extended contract with […]