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The United Arab Emirates has started shipping rare cargoes of oil toward Europe, where crude buyers are snubbing imports from Russia in the wake of the nation’s invasion of Ukraine. View the full article
The state-run oil champion led by a close ally of President Vladimir Putin has seen the largest drop in production since the invasion of Ukraine. View the full article
The OU team designed and proposed a system to repurpose six abandoned oil and gas wells in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to provide clean, renewable geothermal energy for more than 730,449 square feet of educational and municipal buildings. View the full article
Energy companies will need to provide updates each quarter on how they’re boosting clean energy investments in order to avoid a UK windfall tax on their surging oil and gas earnings, British government minister Alok Sharma said. View the full article
Billions of pounds of investments aimed at building the UK’s net zero energy infrastructure could be diverted to other countries if politicians keep threatening to impose windfall taxes, the chief executive of Offshore Energies UK warns. View the full article
Oil eased off earlier gains with the European Union’s ban of Russian oil looking increasingly unlikely to pass. View the full article
Russia’s seaborne crude exports are flowing unabated, despite European Union regulations that prohibit dealings with the country’s state energy companies. View the full article
The pledge will see 80% of the planned spending go to carbon capture and renewable energy projects, and the remaining 20% to oil and gas production, according to the report. View the full article
Venezuela creditors are holding a rare meeting in Davos next week to discuss potential opportunities in the oil sector amid increasing optimism for investment in the country as the U.S. floats easing some sanctions. View the full article
The former chief of BP Plc warned that investors are pushing environmental, social and governance concerns aside as fears about energy security and mounting costs take precedence. View the full article
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is quitting his post as chairman of Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft PJSC after widespread calls for him to cut ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine. View the full article
As Texas officials hunt for financial firms hostile to the energy industry, Wall Street is rolling out its fossil fuel bona fides to convince officials not to bar them from doing business with the state. View the full article
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. almost certainly won investor approval to boost global oil and gas production by adding BHP Group assets while also facing a rebuke on its climate accounting. View the full article
Leslie Beyer, CEO, Energy Workforce & Technology Council commented on the DOI offshore lease plans and FERC’s approval of natural gas projects. View the full article
Centennial Resource Development Inc., a shale oil producer in the Permian Basin, agreed to acquire private equity-backed rival Colgate Energy in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $2.5 billion. View the full article
CGG announced that Sercel, its Sensing & Monitoring division, has acquired Geocomp Corporation, specialized in high-value services and products for geotechnical risk management and infrastructure monitoring. View the full article
National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito said Interior has had 16 months to fulfill its statutory obligation to develop and maintain an offshore oil and gas leasing program and it has failed. View the full article
Around half of Gazprom PJSC’s foreign clients have complied with a request from Russia’s president to open accounts with Gazprombank JSC, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. View the full article
The recovery of the shale patch workforce is still years in the making despite the frothy profits that rallying crude prices are generating for U.S. oil companies and their contractors. View the full article
The Biden administration plans to ease sanctions on Venezuelan oil in a bid to bring more of the country’s crude to Europe. View the full article
The war in Ukraine has prompted Europe to reshape its energy policy, and once-snubbed U.S. LNG is now a key part of a European Union’s strategy to wean itself off Russian gas expected to be outlined this week. View the full article
Commenting on the vote on the Queen’s Speech, Offshore Energies UK External Relations Director Jenny Stanning said it is essential to attract investment into North Sea projects to support the UK's energy security and the energy transition. View the full article
Canada’s oil production could increase by 900,000 barrels a day to make up for supply losses from Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to the premier of the province of Alberta. View the full article