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A set of reports due to be published in the coming months will show how companies in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry supply chain can expand to cleaner energies, including carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and offshore wind. View the full article
Nigeria lost its crown as Africa’s largest crude producer as Angola surpassed the country for the first time in more than five years. View the full article
The ANPG is spearheading Angola’s oil and gas revitalization with a robust six-year licensing round, fostering international investment, operational expansion and regulatory enhancements to secure the nation’s energy future. View the full article
Kaskida will be bp’s sixth hub in the Gulf of Mexico, featuring a new floating production platform with the capacity to produce 80,000 bopd from six wells in the first phase. Production is expected to start in 2029. View the full article
bp has chosen ABS to support its deepwater Kaskida project in the Gulf of Mexico. ABS will provide classification and engineering verification for the project's new semisubmersible production unit. View the full article
(WO) — Transocean Ltd. is in talks to merge with rival offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Ltd., as deepwater drilling work is once again on the rise thanks to steady oil prices and slower production growth from U.S. shale fields. View the full article
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that its operated Trym field in the Norwegian North Sea is back on production after a five-year shutdown during which TotalEnergies redeveloped the Tyra field infrastructure. View the full article
(Bloomberg) – Oil prices went up this week after President Trump announced the U.S. would impose tariffs on a wide range of imports, including oil and gas. The decision could impact flows across North America's tightly integrated market. View the full article
Saudi Arabia and its OPEC+ allies stunned the oil market with a decision to keep supply in check, sending prices surging and adding inflationary pressure to the global economy as it emerges from the pandemic. View the full article
Oil advanced to the highest in over a month as a combination of declining U.S. petroleum product supplies and signs of stronger demand buttressed expectations for a revival in global consumption. View the full article
Philip LeJeune, LLOG’s President and CEO said “We are pleased to announce first oil from our Praline field, our first pipe-in-pipe tieback, and the continued successful development of our high quality prospect inventory. Praline is the first of four tieback projects we expect to have online in the next year." View the full article
Oil headed for the biggest monthly loss since October as investors weighed the prospect of additional OPEC+ production and the restoration of crude output in the U.S. after Hurricane Ida. View the full article
Oil continued its advance from the highest close in seven years as the U.S. dollar fell and investors assessed the energy crunch roiling global markets. View the full article
Enbridge Inc. is evaluating two tolling options for its vast Mainline oil pipeline network after a proposal to offer long-term contracts to keep the conduits full was rejected by Canada’s energy regulator. View the full article
Wednesday, the Senate approved language calling for Senate negotiators to support the issuance of a new Five Year Program for offshore oil and gas leasing as soon as possible and that the new program should include at least two area-wide lease sales per year. View the full article
Frac sand, which gets blasted through shale rocks to unlock oil and natural gas, is averaging $55 a ton, up from $22 at the end of 2021. Demand is climbing as oil explorers turn the taps back on after Covid-driven cutbacks. View the full article
KBR is launching a study to develop a carbon-neutral, green ammonia-based system to power a semi-submersible drilling unit owned by Odfjell. View the full article
Block 32 is approximately 260 km offshore Luanda, in water depths ranging from 1,400 to 2,000 m. Production started up in 2018 and continues to be one of the biggest producing blocks in Angola. Block 14/14K is approximately 100 km offshore from Cabinda in Angola and covers around 4,094 km2. First oil occurred in 1999 and continues to have significant output of medium light crude oil. View the full article
The disruption caused by Hurricane Beryl led to temporary reductions in U.S. LNG exports, contributing to fluctuations in global gas prices. Freeport LNG's gradual return to full production is a significant step towards stabilizing these markets. View the full article
Diamondback Energy announced that it has closed its merger with Endeavor Energy Resources, the company said on Sept. 10. View the full article
(WO) — Leading trade body Offshore Energies U.K. (OEUK) urges the Chancellor to use next week’s Autumn Statement to back the U.K.’s homegrown offshore energy sector and make the U.K. an irresistible place for energy investment. View the full article
(Bloomberg) – A shale-drilling frenzy in Argentina has put the country on the verge of leapfrogging regional rival Colombia as a top-three crude producer in South America. View the full article
TotalEnergies has selected IFS Cloud as part of its global asset management strategy. By implementing industrial AI, TotalEnergies can maintain all exploration, production, refining, and chemicals assets on a single platform, IFS stated. View the full article
Providing more detail on Exxon’s recently-announced efforts to commercialize low-carbon technologies, CEO Darren Woods stressed that partnering with outside investors would be a key objective of. It would also mean Exxon would not need to fund large projects solely with its own cash. View the full article
Two of the most prominent energy conferences – the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) and NAPE Summit – announced a first-of-its-kind “Synergy in Energy” partnership. Both events will be held Aug.16-20 in Houston and guests will have the option to purchase a combo pass allowing full access to both conferences. View the full article
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About this blog
I started this blog to express what I sense about the highs and lows of the oil realm, while cautiously analysing historical data, taking into account the geo-political development at the time of recording them.
I got into this field, having been a passive observer of fluctuations of crude oil prices and their global consequences for years.
Then, when on the day of Great Oil Crash in April, 2020, I made a decision to make my own blog, with the motto, ‘analysing data that really matters’.
Having come from an academic background in mathematics and physics, I analyse data using my own tools, created with JavaScript and Python, taking my decision on board while making decisions.
