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Oil jumped the most since mid-April amid broader market gains and after a U.S. government report showed declining fuel and distillate stockpiles during the high-demand summer driving season. View the full article
Shale drilling in North America is going to slow down in the second half of the year from its breakneck pace as explorers cling to promises of austerity, according to Baker Hughes. View the full article
The activity level on the Norwegian continental shelf has been high in the first six months of the year – despite the Covid situation. Eight discoveries have been made, production remains high, and many new development projects are on the drawing board. View the full article
Royal Dutch Shell said it will appeal a ruling by a Dutch court which ordered it to cut its carbon emissions by 45% over the next decade. View the full article
Despite volatility in global oil markets, U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in 2020, maintaining momentum in 2021 with crude oil exports reaching 3.00 million barrels per day (bpd). View the full article
BHP has long said the oil business was one of its strategic pillars, and argued that it will make money for at least another decade. But as the world tries to shift away from fossil fuels, the company wants to avoid getting stuck with assets that become more difficult to sell, according to insiders. View the full article
Halliburton and Nabors Drilling are working to connect digital well planning from Well Construction 4.0 with onsite execution using the Nabors’ SmartRig system, helping customers increase efficiencies, access well elements and real-time information. View the full article
“The positive activity momentum we see in North America and international markets today, combined with our expectations for future customer demand, gives us conviction for an unfolding multi-year upcycle,” CEO Jeff Miller said. View the full article
Less than 15% of the $2.4 trillion in government spending to support the post-pandemic economic recovery has gone to investments in clean energy, according to the International Energy Agency. View the full article
“As global economies continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing strong demand for energy-related products originating in Texas,” said Sean Strawbridge, Chief Executive Officer for the Port of Corpus Christi. View the full article
Petrofac has collaborated with asset management specialist James Fisher Asset Information Services to eliminate the need for offshore surveys ahead of modification scopes, reducing time and cost. View the full article
Exxon Mobil Corp. recruited a company outsider for the first time to join the chief executive officer’s inner circle of managers, a move that comes just weeks after the oil giant suffered a stunning setback at the hands of a tiny activist investor. View the full article
Futures in New York lost as much as 8.3% on Monday as OPEC and its allies pledge to increase oil production from August until all halted output is revived. A jump in virus cases from Asia to the U.S. drove down equities, with stocks in Europe hitting a seven-week low. View the full article
The Biden administration is poised to issue new cybersecurity regulations for pipelines and liquefied natural gas facilities in the aftermath of the April hack that temporarily paralyzed the nation’s biggest liquid fuel conduit. View the full article
Iran claims it’s preserving data captured by International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring equipment, but officials won’t give investigators access to it until Iran concludes stalled talks with world powers to lift economic sanctions. View the full article
Brent futures lost as much as 3.7% as OPEC and its allies pledge to increase oil production from August until all halted output is revived. A jump in virus cases from Asia to the U.S. drove down equities, with stocks in Europe hitting a seven-week low. View the full article
Brent futures lost as much as 3.7%. OPEC and its allies will add 400,000 barrels a day each month from August until all halted output is revived. A jump in virus cases from Asia to the U.S. drove down equities, with stocks in Europe hitting a seven-week low. View the full article
While Chevron has sequestered almost 5 million tons of carbon dioxide at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas export plant in Australia thus far, that volume is short of a target to capture an average 80% of emissions in the first five years of the LNG facility’s operation. View the full article
Iran plans to ship a cargo of oil from a port in the Gulf of Oman next week, its first crude export from outside the Persian Gulf and beyond the narrow, crisis-prone Strait of Hormuz. View the full article
OPEC's deal will will ease a looming crude supply squeeze and reduce the risk of an inflationary oil price spike by increasing output each month beginning in August. View the full article
OPEC and its allies will meet on Sunday, the latest sign that a bitter standoff between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has been resolved. View the full article
OPEC and its allies are considering holding a meeting on Sunday, delegates said, after the group made significant progress toward resolving a standoff with the United Arab Emirates that had blocked a deal to boost output. View the full article
The reforms – first submitted to parliament in 2008 and conceived at the start of the millennium – are intended to remove legal and regulatory uncertainty that has held back progress on numerous deferred oil and gas projects. View the full article