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Former President Donald J. Trump will be President again, come Jan. 20, 2025, after his historic comeback win in the U.S. presidential election of Nov. 5. World Oil Editor-in-Chief Kurt Abraham gives his take on what change the election results could bring for the oil and gas industry. View the full article
Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance broker, has launched a new Offshore Projects Practice. View the full article
The Transocean Spitsbergen rig drilled the well in production license 199 in the Haltenbanken Vest Unit in the Norwegian Sea. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery in the range of 2-4 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent. View the full article
(WO) — TotalEnergies has achieved first oil from the third development phase of the Mero field on the Libra block, located 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. View the full article
The FEED contract scope of work includes the modular design of a greenfield LNG production facility in Afungi, all associated gas pre-treatment units and the utilities and offsite systems to support the LNG production. The plant will have an overall production capacity of 18 million tons per annum. The scope of work also includes the engineering, procurement and construction proposal. View the full article
KBR announced today it has been awarded an engineering and procurement services contract for the Beachfield Manatee upgrade, the onshore portion of the Manatee gas field project. View the full article
Nigeria approved Exxon Mobil Corp.’s sale of its onshore oil and gas assets to domestic energy supplier Seplat Energy Plc, but rejected a similar deal by Shell Plc. View the full article
TAQA, a Middle East-based well solutions provider, has introduced a new inflow control system to optimize reservoir performance while enabling operators to sustainably manage fluid production. View the full article
This is the final article in our three-part series exploring the American Petroleum Institute’s (API's) standards development process. In this final article, we turn our attention to the final stages of this process: the approval, publication and ongoing maintenance of a standard. View the full article
ROGII has announced the acquisition of TLog Mudlog Editor software from TerraSLS. This strategic acquisition will significantly enhance ROGII's product offerings by providing operators and clients with unprecedented real-time connectivity to mudlogging data. View the full article
The American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers have issued a statement congratulating President Trump on his election victory. View the full article
Output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries slumped by 480,000 bpd in September, according to a Bloomberg survey. Libyan production plunged by 38% after one of its rival governments halted exports in a fight for control of the central bank. View the full article
OPEC+ made no changes to plans to start gradually reviving oil production towards the end of the year, despite signs of an impending surplus. View the full article
Shell saw continued strong performance from its natural gas and upstream businesses in the third quarter, even as oil-refining margins declined and it expects to lose money in chemicals. View the full article
Under the agreement, Petrofac will provide technical and engineering support for key onshore and offshore assets, including five offshore steel jacket facilities in the Alba Field and the Alba Gas Plant onshore. View the full article
(WO) — Oil prices persevered as traders tracked tensions between Israel and Iran, with strikes continuing amid U.S. efforts to facilitate a cease-fire agreement. 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
IDEC Corporation has updated its SmartAXIS touch family with the new FT1J Series combined PLC+HMI, building on the success of the FT1A-C and -M Series 3.8” PLC+HMIs View the full article
(WO) — Eni and KKR have signed an agreement under which KKR will take a 25% stake in Enilive’s share capital, for a total of €2.938 billion. The transaction brings together both companies' expertise to strengthen their energy businesses. View the full article
(WO) — Panoro Energy has announced that following the provisional award of a 25% participating interest in two exploration blocks offshore shallow water Gabon, final terms have been agreed with the government of Gabon for production sharing contracts (PSCs) covering the two blocks. View the full article
OtterBusiness announced the newest product for use in hazardous environments: the OtterBox Wireless Power Bank with MagSafe, compatible with the Defender Series Division 2 iPhone case line. View the full article
(WO) — TotalEnergies announces that the Harald East Middle Jurassic nearby exploration well (HEMJ-1X) has discovered additional gas condensate resources in the Harald field, in the Danish North Sea. View the full article
(WO) — Israel refrained from striking Iran’s energy infrastructure in its long-awaited bombardment of the OPEC nation over the weekend, sending crude prices crashing, and turning many traders' options bets worthless
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(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government went no further in toughening up the tax regime for North Sea oil and gas producers than measures already announced, keeping capital allowances in the windfall tax following protests from the industry. View the full article
Tourmaline Oil Corp. announced that it has closed the acquisition of Crew Energy Inc. and has entered an agreement to sell a gross overriding royalty interest to Topaz Energy Corp. 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.
