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Brazil: PetroRio in Talks for Petrobras' Albacora Offshore Fields

Nov 08, 2021

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has selected a consortium led by PetroRio SA for bilateral talks over the sale of its Albacora and Albacora Leste offshore oil fields, both companies said on Friday.The value of PetroRio's bids was not immediately clear…

Coral Sul FLNG Project on Track, Eni Says

Nov 05, 2021

Claudio Descalzi, CEO of the Italian oil and gas giant Eni on Friday met with Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique, where Eni is working to develop giant offshore gas reserves using a floating LNG unit.Descalzi updated President Nyusi on the Eni-led Coral South Project…

Shell Restarts Production from Hurricane-hit Platforms in Gulf of Mexico

Nov 05, 2021

Shell said on Friday it had restarted production at its offshore Mars and Ursa in the Gulf of Mexico and began exporting oil and gas through a transfer facility, which was shut due to damage from Hurricane Ida.The oil major was the hardest-hit producer from Ida…

Woodside Downgrades Offshore Gas Reserves Estimates Again

Nov 05, 2021

Woodside Petroleum slashed its gas reserves estimate for two fields at the Wheatstone project on Thursday, in an unexpected downgrade that knocked the top Australian oil and gas company's shares.The company also said it was on track to sell…

Oil Price Rises after OPEC+ Rejects Call for More Supply

Nov 05, 2021

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Friday, staging a partial recovery after OPEC+ producers rebuffed a U.S. call to raise supply and instead maintained plans for a gradual return of output halted by the pandemic.Brent crude rose 82 cents or just over 1% to $81…

Energean's Karish Field 'On Track' for First Gas in Mid-2022. Dalia Seeks to Terminate Gas Deal

Nov 03, 2021

Oil and gas company Energean expects to bring online its Karish field offshore Israel next year, with the associated FPSO construction nearly complete in Singapore.While Energean said Wednesday the gas production start-up from the Mediterranean Sea gas field „remains on track“ for mid-2022…

Cairn Sells North Sea Field Interests to Waldorf

Nov 03, 2021

Oil and gas company Cairn has sold its interest in the Catcher and Kraken oil fields in the UK North Sea to Waldorf Production.The proposed sale and purchase deal was first announced in March, and following the general meeting held on October 28…

U.S. House Panel Subpoenas Big Oil in Climate Deception Probe

Nov 03, 2021

The head of a U.S. House panel on Tuesday subpoenaed four major oil companies and two lobbying groups for documents related to their actions on global warming as part of a year-long probe into potential climate deception by the energy industry…

Aker BP Starts Production from Ærfugl Phase 2

Nov 03, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has started production from the second phase of the Ærfugl field development in the Norwegian Sea. Karl Johnny Hersvik, Aker BP CEO said: 'Aker BP’s goal is to produce oil and gas with as low cost and emissions…

Guyana to Auction New Offshore Oil Blocks by Q3 of 2022

Nov 02, 2021

Guyana plans to auction new blocks for offshore oil exploration by the third quarter of 2022, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said late on Monday.A consortium led by Exxon Mobil is responsible for all output in Guyana, Latin America's new oil frontier…

ConocoPhillips Swings to 3Q Profit

Nov 02, 2021

ConocoPhillips reported a third-quarter profit on Tuesday, compared with a year-ago loss, thanks to a rebound in crude prices to pre-pandemic levels.Oil prices have climbed nearly 63% since the beginning of the year, driven by a rise in global demand and on supply bottlenecks…

'Cash Machine' BP Sees Profit Surge

Nov 02, 2021

BP added more than a billion dollars to its share buyback program on Tuesday as it likened itself to a 'cash machine' benefiting from higher oil and gas prices and a strong trading performance in the third quarter.Natural gas and power prices…

Norway's Johan Sverdrup Blend Oil Steps Up Competition to Russia's Urals in Europe

Nov 01, 2021

Russia's flagship Urals oil grade is facing growing competition in its European heartlands amid rising supplies of Norway's Johan Sverdrup (JS Blend) crude and reduced opportunities for the Norwegian grade in Asian markets, traders said.Urals and JS Blend…

South Korea's Posco Acquires Offshore Block in Malaysia

Nov 01, 2021

South Korea's Posco and Malaysia's Petronas Carigali have been awarded a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block PM524, offshore Malaysia.Posco is the operator with an 80 percent stake and Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Petronas holds the remaining 20 percent…

Shell Midstream Partners: Offshore, Onshore Systems to Drive Cash Delivery

Nov 01, 2021

Shell Midstream Partners said on Friday that its offshore and onshore crude and product systems will mainly drive its cash delivery.Deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico including Vito and PowerNap will flow into the company's systems and not only replenish…

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