Morgan Stanley raised its third-quarter price forecast for Brent by $10 per barrel to $130 citing a 'greater deficit' this year due to lower supply from Russia and Iran, which is likely to outweigh short-term demand headwinds.'The oil market is contending with negative GDP revisions…
Denmark's government on Tuesday said it aimed to significantly boost renewable energy supply and temporarily increase production of natural gas from its fields in the North Sea, in a move to rapidly become independent of Russian supplies.'We…
Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd said on Monday it will raise 28.08 billion yuan ($4.41 billion) in a share listing in Shanghai, after setting the price for what will be mainland China's 11th-biggest public stock offering.Fundraising will be expanded to 32…
U.S. oil firm Murphy Oil Corporation has started oil production from the Khaleesi, Mormont, and Samurai field development project in the deepwater section of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Production has started flowing this month from the Murphy-operated King’s Quay floating production system…
Australian gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd's agreed merger with BHP Group's petroleum arm is in the best interest of its shareholders, an independent expert said, valuing the combined group at around $40 billion.Global miner BHP agreed to…
Britain set out plans to expand nuclear and offshore wind power on Thursday to bolster its energy independence, but a failure to target improved energy efficiency even as heating costs surge was attacked for lacking ambition.With energy prices hitting record highs this year…
Norwegian energy company Equinor has partnered up with Naturgy, with the two firms entering a development agreement prior to Spain’s first upcoming offshore wind auction off the coast of the Canary Islands.The Spanish government plans to develop up to 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030…
U.S. oil company W&T Offshore said Tuesday it had acquired the remaining working interests in the oil and gas producing properties in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico bought earlier this year from an undisclosed private seller.The assets are located…
Oil prices tumbled more than $6 on Monday as fears over weaker fuel demand in China grew after financial hub Shanghai lockdown efforts to curb a surge in COVID-19 infections.Brent crude LCOc1 futures slid as low as $113.72 a barrel and were trading down $5…
Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has signed a deal to sell its entire upstream portfolio in the UK North Sea to Waldorf Production.The divested offshore assets include MOL’s 20% stake in the Catcher field, a 50% stake in Scolty & Crathes, and a 21…
Norway-based subsea services company Reach Subsea is set to close the acquisition of the offshore survey company iSurvey, first announced in mid-February.As previously reported, Reach Subsea said on February 17 it had agreed to buy the offshore…
Tongues are wagging in the offshore sector, as one of the longest-running rumors in the market has finally come true. U.S. offshore vessel owner Tidewater Marine has acquired Singapore's Swire Pacific Offshore for USD 190 million, the company’s…
Harbour Energy, the British North Sea's biggest oil and gas producer, reported on Thursday free cash flow of $678 million for 2021 in its first full-year results after its merger with Premier Oil, up from a pro-forma $562 million in 2020.It forecast that…
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling said in a social media post it was preparing to introduce the newest addition to its drilling fleet, the Stena Evolution drillship.'The Stena Evolution will be a technologically advanced 7th Generation ultra-deepwater drillship…
Oil and gas company Energean, focused on bringing online the Karish gas field offshore Israel, said Monday it had signed a supply agreement with the Israel Electric Company, the largest Israeli buyer of natural gas.'IEC will now have the right to purchase natural gas from Energean’s fields…