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Oil Investors to Usher in 2024 Amid Oversupply, Demand Concerns

Dec 14, 2023

Oil investors will usher in 2024 with gnawing concerns about oversupply, slowing economic growth and simmering Middle East tension that could spark price volatility.Benchmark Brent has averaged around $80 a barrel this year, after a volatile…

Shell Takes 100% Working Interest in GoM Kaikias Field

Dec 14, 2023

Supermajor Shell reports it now has 100% working interest in the Kaikias field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after acquiring a 20% stake from Mitsui's MOEX North America.The field Kaikias, located in the prolific Mars-Ursa basin, approximately 130 miles from the Louisiana coast…

Equinor Increases Ownership in Linnorm Discovery

Dec 14, 2023

Equinor will acquire Shell’s equity in and operatorship of the Linnorm discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Under this agreement, Equinor will acquire a 30% interest in the PL 255 covering the Linnorm discovery, conditional upon taking over the operatorship from A/S Norske Shell…

AEP: New Western Australian Gas Supply Critical to Avoid Blackouts

Dec 13, 2023

The need for new gas supply in Western Australia (WA) is becoming increasingly urgent, says Australian Energy Producers (AEP) in a statement, warning the state and federal governments to unlock the state’s abundant reserves or face blackouts and higher prices…

Repsol Fined for Flaring and Venting Breach in the UK

Dec 13, 2023

Spanish multinational energy company Repsol has been fined in the U.K. after its platforms in the North Sea were found to be emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere without permission.The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said the £160…

FPSO Atlanta Prepped to Join Yinson Fleet in '24

Dec 13, 2023

Yinson Production officially named its latest addition to the fleet, FPSO Atlanta, during a naming ceremony held at Dubai Drydocks World on December 13, 2023.FPSO Atlanta has a production capacity of 50,000 BOPD and a maximum storage capacity of 1…

Yinson Aims to Curb FPSO Emissions with Carbon Capture

Dec 11, 2023

Yinson is aiming to leverage advanced carbon capture technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its FPSO operations.The company announced its Yinson Production Offshore Pte Ltd arm has made a strategic investment in Ionada, developer of innovative carbon capture technology…

Tapping the Gas Bank in the Barents Sea

Dec 08, 2023

Analyses show that the Barents Sea contains significant resources, probably more gas than oil. What needs to be done if Norway is to supply Europe with the requested volumes of gas?The Barents Sea is like a separate petroleum province on the Norwegian shelf…

ExxonMobil Forecasts Increases in Project Spending, Oil Output

Dec 06, 2023

ExxonMobil will target annual project spending of between $22 billion and $27 billion through 2027, the company said in an update that largely continues existing spending and production goals.The plan leaves out projected gains from the $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources PXD…

Indonesia OKs Plan for Rokan Block

Dec 05, 2023

Indonesia has approved a $238.71 million development plan for steamflood enhanced oil recovery in the Rokan block, the country's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said. The first development phase of the Rantaubais field in Rokan block…

COP28: US Cracking Down on Methane from Oil and Gas

Dec 03, 2023

The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on US oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global plan to rein in emissions that contribute to climate change.The rules, two years in the making…

Malaysia Banks 1 Billion+ BOE Discoveries in 2023

Dec 01, 2023

PETRONAS and its Petroleum Arrangement Contractors recorded 19 exploration discoveries and two exploration-appraisal successes, contributing over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (bboe) of new resources for Malaysia in 2023. This achievement…

Brazil to Join OPEC+ But Won't Cap Oil Output, Petrobras CEO Says

Dec 01, 2023

Brazil is expected to join the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries in January but would not take part in the group's coordinated output caps, the chief executive of state-run oil firm Petrobras PETR4.SA told Reuters.The group's surprising…

Webinar: How to Overcome Dynamic Emulsion Layer Measurement Challenges

Nov 29, 2023

Asian Oil & Gas (AOG) is hosting a webinar on the groundbreaking patents that are pushing multiphase detection, measurement, and control technology forward.Throughout the oil and gas and petrochemical industries, liquid-to-liquid separation is a fundamental process…

Shell Authorizes Construction Work on Manatee Gas Field

Nov 28, 2023

Shell has authorized contractor McDermott International to start engineering work on its Manatee gas field development project off Trinidad and Tobago's east coast, the contractor disclosed on Tuesday.Trinidad is Latin America's largest LNG exporter…

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