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A fight over Gulf of Mexico oil production is looming in Washington as U.S. regulators race to redo guidance on how to protect endangered species ahead of a deadline that could ultimately threaten about 15% of the nation’s crude output. View the full article
Key coalition members won’t now increase production by 180,000 bpd in October and November, according to a statement on OPEC’s website. Yet their longer-term plan to revive 2.2 MMbpd of idle supplies gradually over the course of a year remained in place, with the completion date pushed back two months to December 2025. View the full article
Noble has published an updated fleet status report reflecting the addition of the Diamond rigs and other updates, chiefly the addition of 4.8 rig years of backlog recently awarded under the Commercial Enabling Agreement (CEA) with ExxonMobil for the company's four drillships operating offshore Guyana. View the full article
Following the completion of the interpretation of the CB23 seismic survey data and a review of prospectivity in the eastern Cabora Bassa basin, eight key prospects have been defined in the company’s Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) 1848 and 1849, totaling 2.9 Tcfg and 184 MMbbl condensate. View the full article
After constricting AI to mostly back-office tasks such as evaluating seismic surveys, while keeping drilling and hydraulic fracturing firmly in human hands, U.S. operators are increasingly adopting the emerging technology to boost more mainstream work. View the full article
A total of 43 development wells are planned to be commissioned, including 28 production wells, 14 water-injection wells and one appraisal and water source well. It is expected to achieve a peak production of approximately 9,900 boed in 2026. View the full article
The oil major plans to take as much as 2 million tons of CO2 emissions from CF Industries Holdings Inc.’s ammonia plant in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and pump them into permanent storage in rock formations deep below the ground. View the full article
The EW 953 well encountered approximately 127 ft of net pay in the target sand at approximately 19,000 feet true vertical depth ("TVD"). Preliminary data indicates an estimated gross recoverable resource potential of approximately 15 – 25 million MMBoe from a single subsea well with an initial gross production rate of 8,000 – 10,000 boed. View the full article
Under a contract awarded to McDermott in January 2024 by Santos, the company provided engineering, procurement, removal, and transportation of the platform topsides, substructure, and associated items to an onshore facility for dismantling and disposal. View the full article
Worley and researchers at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment have identified that a lack of trust between project stakeholders is slowing the pace of infrastructure delivery that is critical to net zero. View the full article
Despite Uganda’s dedication to leveraging its resources to ensure reliable oil and gas supplies to meet local demand, a lack of investment in production and infrastructure development as a result of interference from developed nations has resulted in a stagnant market for the country. View the full article
The work was done within schedule and budget. The 2024 KTL-1 turnaround achieved a 23% improvement in execution efficiency compared to the previous turnaround at KTL-1 in 2019. The turnaround activities used industry-leading execution methodologies aimed at maintaining reliable base business performance. View the full article
Helix will provide an increased minimum number of days annually with the Q5000 riser-based well intervention vessel, Intervention Riser Systems (IRSs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and project management and engineering services to cover fully integrated operations from production enhancement to plug and abandonment well services. View the full article
The U.S. Energy Department granted a five-year license Tuesday to Wes Edens’ company New Fortress Energy Inc., which is developing the small-scale LNG export plant known as Fast LNG offshore near Altamira, Mexico. The approval is key for U.S. LNG export developers to sell LNG globally to countries in Europe, Japan and China. View the full article
ADNOC is the third major industrial partner to join Exxon’s project, which would produce 1 Bcf of hydrogen per day and 1 million tons of ammonia a year. JERA Co., Japan’s biggest power, provider signed a non-binding agreement in March to buy half of the ammonia and in June Air Liquide SA said it could use its pipelines. View the full article
Chevron Corporation started water injection operations at two of its offshore projects to boost oil and gas recovery at the company’s existing Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti facilities in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. View the full article
The two-month survey will be conducted early 2025, utilizing capacity from Shearwater’s high-end fleet, supported by the company’s state-of-the-art technology offering and extensive operational experience. View the full article
STRYDE, the company behind the world’s smallest, fully autonomous seismic node, has announced the signing of two significant contracts with Servicios Sísmicos de Exploración (SSE) and SeisGlobe Geoservices. View the full article
The integration of Weatherford’s digital offering with Datagration’s unified data models creates a powerful solution for surveillance, optimization, and decision-making across the well lifecycle. The combination enhances Weatherford’s capabilities in digital transformation and drives amplified synergies with its ForeSite®, CygNet ®, and CENTRO® platforms. View the full article
The Houston-based company continues to evaluate the nature and scope of the breach and has activated its cybersecurity response plan, it said in a statement Tuesday. It initially disclosed the attack last month and has notified law enforcement officials. View the full article
Chevron Corporation started water injection operations at two of its offshore projects to boost oil and gas recovery at the company’s existing Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti facilities in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. View the full article
The Tyrving development leverages the planned extended lifetime for the Alvheim field and will increase production while reducing both unit costs and CO2 emissions per barrel. The field consists of three wells and two new subsea installations tied back to existing infrastructure at East Kameleon and further to the Alvheim FPSO.
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bp has entered into an agreement with Perenco to divest its Immortelle, Flamboyant, Amherstia and Cashima offshore gas fields and associated production facilities, including undeveloped resources from the Parang field. The assets, except for Parang, are mature fields that have been in production from as early as 1993 and currently produce 30,000 boed. View the full article
The nation was pumping about 1 MMbpd before the halt order, with the vast majority of that coming from the east. Daily production in the past week plunged to about 450,000 bpd. View the full article
Shell will sell Turkey’s state-owned Botas the equivalent of around 4 Bcmg per year starting in 2027, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said at a signing ceremony in Ankara. That’s about 8% of the country’s total gas demand in 2023, data from the national energy regulator show. 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.
