Shell will keep oil output steady or slightly higher into 2030 as part of CEO Wael Sawan's efforts to regain investor confidence as the energy giant wrestles with poor returns from renewables while oil and gas profits are booming, company sources said. Sawan will announce at an investor event next week the scrapping of a target to reduce oil output by 1% to 2% per year having already largely reached its goal for production cuts…
A Guyana Appellate Court judge on Thursday temporarily stayed a lower court's order requiring Exxon Mobil and partners in offshore oil production to provide an unlimited guarantee to cover potential oil spills.The stay lifts a cloud over oil production at the nation's first offshore oil platform…
Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev said on Tuesday that the central Asian country is pressing ahead with $16.5 billion in claims against international oil companies over disputed project costs.The new claims are the latest in…
The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Aasland, on Thursday granted approval for the development of Aker BP's Tyrving offshore discovery, which will be a tie-in to Alvheim FPSO.Aker BP as the operator, and its license partners…
ADNOC Offshore has awarded ADNOC Logistics and Services a $975-million contract to build an artificial island for an offshore oil field project in Abu Dhabi.According to ADNOC L&S, at least 75% of the total contract value for dredging, land…
Following news on Tuesday that the Norwegian parliament had approved some of Aker BP's offshore oil and gas development project in Norway, the confirmation came Wednesday from Aker BP itself.'Today, the Storting has approved Aker BP’s plans…
Australia's Woodside Energy has started marketing a new African crude oil from Senegal's first oil project, where the company aims to start producing by the end of this year, a senior executive said. Located about 100 km (62 miles) offshore south of Dakar…
Britain's largest North Sea oil and gas producer, Harbour Energy, is in talks to merge with Gulf of Mexico peer Talos Energy, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.The move would offer Harbour an opportunity to list in New York…
Chevron Australia and the Gorgon Joint Venture Participants have announced the production of first gas from the Gorgon Stage Two development off the northwest coast of Western Australia.The development expands the existing subsea gas gathering network of the Gorgon Project…
Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina is finalizing an acquisition of Shell's shares in the country's Masela gas project, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday.Indonesia's energy minister on Monday said Pertamina was leading a consortium…
Kazakhstan is pressing ahead with $16.5 billion in claims against international oil majors over disputed project costs and has no plans for a possible out-of-court settlement, Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev said on Tuesday.The legal wrangling…
Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia's one million barrel per day (bpd) oil output cut is unlikely to underpin a 'sustainable price increase' into the high $80s-low $90s with weak fundamentals pointing to lower prices by year-end, Citi analysts said in a note on Tuesday…
PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA) has received a 5-year extension for the bareboat charter contract for FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01.PTSC South East Asia is a joint venture between Malaysia's Yinson Production (“YP”) and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC)…
The Norwegian Parliament on Tuesday approved the plans for further development of Valhall field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, and the development and operation of the Fenris project, both operated by Aker BP.The Valhall PWP-Fenris project…
ExxonMobil in Canada is investigating an incident aboard the Hebron offshore platform in which a 6.8 kg piece of equipment was launched across the pipe deck and dropped 21 meters on the walkway on the deck below.The company reported that on May 28…
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