(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2023) — US-based Chevron Corporation will acquire Hess Corporation for US$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 Oct. in a social media […]
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Trinidad Approved to Pay PDVSA
(Welligence, 19.Oct.2023) — Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) has received approval from the US government to pay PDVSA, the Venezuelan NOC, in cash for gas from Venezuela. The decision comes after a series of negotiations between all three countries, and is a vital step towards bringing Train 1 at Atlantic LNG (ALNG) back online, […]
Welligence Reveals LNG Outlook to 2030
(Welligence Energy Analytics, 7.Jul.2023) — Our LNG outlook report, published this week to clients, reveals key insights into the industry’s future. Can the LNG market overcome increasingly scarce supply, adapt to more concentrated production, embrace progressively floating infrastructure and meet Net Zero pressures? Growing LNG competition from Asian importers will keep gas prices elevated, averaging over US$13/MMbtu in Europe, […]
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 […]
Brazil Bid Round Alert: Welligence
(Welligence, 16.Dec.2022) — Brazil bid round alert! The first PSC Permanent Offer round was held today, with 4 of the 11 blocks on offer in the Santos and Campos basins awarded. The involvement of large international companies is encouraging, but most of the acreage awarded was lower risk, including areas […]
Welligence: Venezuela Sanctions Update
(Welligence, 1.Dec.2022) — Chevron Corporation has recently secured a license to renew limited operations within the country and source critical inputs necessary for processing crude, Welligence announced 1 December 2022 over LinkedIn. The terms offer restricted benefits to PDVSA Servicios Petroleros, SA as Chevron is restricted from providing payments to […]
Exxon Downsizes As Wall Street Worries About Dividend
(Reuters, 7.Sep.2020) — Ill-timed bets on rising demand have Exxon Mobil Corp facing a shortfall of about $48 billion through 2021, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street estimates, a situation that will require the top U.S. oil company to make deep cuts to its staff and projects. Wall […]
Mexico Refuses To Cut Oil Output
(Bloomberg, 8.Apr.2020) — Outside of Saudi Arabia and Russia, most oil producers are racing to deal with the historic oil price collapse by cutting back spending and in some cases production. But Mexico’s national oil company is acting like the crash never happened. Petroleos Mexicanos aims to nearly double drilling […]
Major Disappointment In Brazil’s Surplus Round
(Welligence, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s Surplus Transfer of Rights round (6th November 2019), the biggest resource opportunity of the year globally, has ended in huge disappointment. Only two (Buzios and Itapu) of the four opportunities on offer were taken, there was no competition, no participation from the Majors, and the cash […]
Petrobras Throws Out Printers As CEO Focuses On Cost Cutting
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle and Peter Millard, 9.May.2019) — Soon after taking over as chief executive officer of Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco noticed that there was a printer for each employee in a department, and ordered a review. It was just the beginning of a crusade against […]
Mexico’s New President To Deal Blow To Oil Industry
(Oilprice.com, Nick Cunningham, 26.Aug.2018) — Mexico will likely halt oil auctions for at least two years, dealing a blow to its oil industry. Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will reportedly suspend oil auctions for at least two years, according to the Wall Street Journal, with some experts believing […]