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Elected officials and trade groups representing businesses across the supply chain are sounding the alarm over the Biden administration’s 11th hour decision to ban new oil and natural gas activity across millions of acres of federal waters. View the full article
(Bloomberg) – OPEC’s crude production increased for a second month as Libya continued to recover from a political feud that had closed its biggest oil field. View the full article
Seatrium has been awarded a contract by Japan-based Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction for a 5,000-ton fully-revolving Heavy Lift Vessel project for the Japanese offshore wind market. View the full article
Baker Hughes has won a multi-year contract with ExxonMobil Guyana to provide all topsides, subsea, water injection and utility chemicals for the Errea Wittu and Jaguar FPSO vessels. The offshore developments feature combined 500,000 bpd capacity. View the full article
Shell has restarted production at the Penguins field in the UK North Sea with a new FPSO facility. Shell UK is the operator, and NEO Energy owns 50% interest. The Penguins FPSO is the first Shell-operated new facility in the North Sea in more than 20 years. View the full article
"IPAA has always opposed the methane tax and believe it is a tax designed to hamper American oil and gas production. We encourage Congress to work with the Trump Administration to eliminate it as soon as possible," IPAA CEO Jeff Eshelman stated. View the full article
(Bloomberg) – BP Plc is pushing back plans to make renewable fuels on the site of its former Kwinana oil refinery in Australia, amid a broader cost-cutting drive within the company. BP has previously said it was looking at producing green hydrogen at Kwinana in addition to renewable fuels. View the full article
(Bloomberg) – ADNOC will transfer stakes in some U.S. assets to its new international investment firm, XRG PJSC. ADNOC's holdings in a hydrogen venture with Exxon Mobil Corp. and NextDecade Corp.’s LNG export project will move to XRG, according to CEO Sultan Al Jaber. View the full article
SLB OneSubsea™ has secured a contract with Vår Energi to deliver subsea production systems (SPS) for offshore Norway developments. The award leverages the existing strategic subsea partnership agreement between the two companies. View the full article
"We could not be more proud of Leslie's appointment as Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management. Her unwavering commitment to the energy sector and her innate ability to bring stakeholders together will serve the Department of the Interior well," the EWTC stated. View the full article
McDermott has completed transportation, installation, and commissioning activities for the Kikeh subsea gas lift project in under eight months. The Kikeh field first came on stream in 2009 as one of Malaysia's largest deepwater developments. View the full article
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released its ‘2025 API Standards International Usage Report’, detailing the growing international influence of API standards, and highlighting its paramount role in advancing safety, sustainability, and efficiency across the global oil and gas industry. View the full article
The National Ocean Industries Association expressed its strong support for the series of Secretarial Orders signed by Secretary Doug Burgum to unleash America's energy potential. "American energy leadership is back," said President Erik Milito. View the full article
The 2025 Offshore Energy Vessel of the Year Award went to IWS Seawalker, a 90-meter CSOV designed and equipped by Kongsberg Maritime, during a ceremony at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London. View the full article
Saab UK has announced the official opening of a new manufacturing facility. Opened by the Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the facility will develop, manufacture, and support Saab's radar systems and Seaeye underwater robotics portfolio. 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.
