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Delayed Energy Transition Could Mean Higher Hydrocarbon Prices

Jan 16, 2025

As the risk of a delayed energy transition scenario increases, so does the possibility of a much greater pull on future oil and gas supply, but meeting this demand would require a significant increase in upstream investment, resulting in higher hydrocarbon prices…

Oil Dips on Larger US Crude Draw, Russia Sanctions

Jan 16, 2025

Oil prices fell back slightly on Thursday, a day after settling at multi-month highs on U.S. President Joe Biden's latest sanctions targeting Russia and a larger than forecast fall in U.S. crude stocks.Brent crude futures were down 12 cents…

TVO Contracts 4C Global Consultancy to Support UK Clients

Jan 16, 2025

Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO), a developer of innovative solutions for the offshore industry, has engaged Finlay Johnston, through 4C Global Consultancy, to lead business development efforts for TVO in the UK.“We recently appointed a country…

Industry Award for Sustainable Drilling Waste Solution

Jan 16, 2025

Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, has been announced as a finalist in this year’s SPE Offshore Achievement Awards.Shortlisted for the Sustainability Project Award, this recognition celebrates TWMA’s RotoMill technology, an…

Danos Names Habbit Decommissioning Ops Manager

Jan 09, 2025

Danos has promoted Blake Habbit to lead the growth and development of the company's Gulf of Mexico decommissioning services.As operations manager, Habbit will oversee business operations and customer support throughout the decommissioning phase…

Shell Comes Up Dry Offshore Namibia

Jan 08, 2025

Shell will write down around $400 million over an oil discovery offshore Namibia that it deemed commercially unviable in a blow to the southern African country's efforts to become a crude producer.Shell told Reuters that discovered oil and gas…

Alaska sues Biden Administration over ANWR Leases

Jan 08, 2025

The U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).Monday's lawsuit in the U…

EIA: Cushing Crude Stocks fall to Decade-low levels

Jan 08, 2025

U.S. crude stocks fell last week, driving the Cushing, Oklahoma hub to a 10-year low, while fuel inventories surged, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.Crude inventories fell by 959,000 barrels to 414.6 million barrels in the week ended Jan…

US Storm, Weaker Dollar Push Oil to 12-week High

Jan 06, 2025

Oil prices edged up to a 12-week high on Monday as a winter storm boosted demand for energy to heat U.S. homes and businesses, and on support from a weaker U.S. dollar and expectations of tighter sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil exports…

Tracking the Fall of Oil, the Rise of Wind in the UK North Sea

Jan 03, 2025

The British North Sea is one of the world's oldest offshore oil and gas basins where production has been in steady decline since the early 2000s. At the same time, the region has become one of the world's largest and fastest growing offshore wind basins…

PSE $15B Investment Plan includes Offshore Wind

Jan 03, 2025

Polish power-grid operator PSE said on Thursday its transmission network development plan for 2025-2034 assumes investment of more than $15.4 billion by 2034.The comprehensive plan will enable a significant increase in potential for new renewable energy sources…

Europe's Gas Uncertainty Help Drive Asian LNG Spot Prices Higher

Jan 03, 2025

Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose this week to a one-month peak, as the expiry of a transit deal for Russian gas through Ukraine caused uncertainty in Europe's gas outlook.The average LNG price for February delivery into Northeast Asia LNG-AS was $14…

US NatGas up as LNG feedgas rises, Frigid Temps Forecast

Jan 02, 2025

U.S. natural gas futures edged up about 1% on Thursday on near record flows to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants and forecasts for colder weather and higher heating demand over the next two weeks than previously expected.Also supporting U…

AI & Offshore Energy: The Higher the Stakes, the More Value AI Creates

Dec 18, 2024

Idle time for a drilling rig costs about $250,000 an hour. AI is being embraced across the industry to ensure it doesn’t happen.A while back, an energy major had an unfathomable, intermittent problem with its drilling operations. It was beginning to cost big money…

Oil Climbs After US Crude Stocks Fall

Dec 18, 2024

Oil edged up on Wednesday after a drop in U.S. crude inventories, and as investors eyed a potential interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve while weighing its projections for 2025.Brent futures were up 62 cents, or 0.85%, to $73.81 a barrel at 10:40 a…

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