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CEO Alan Armstrong's comments came Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in her presidential campaign bid against Donald Trump. Harris has a track record of opposition to offshore drilling and fracing, suggesting she’d be a fierce oil-industry antagonist if she were to win the White House in November. View the full article
The discussions highlight how cash and revenue-strapped African nations are turning to traders for funding to boost producing assets and energy supplies. Gunvor Group recently financed Gabon’s deal to buy crude producer Assala Energy for about $800 million, while Vitol is becoming the sole supplier of oil products to Uganda. View the full article
The project in Beaumont has a capacity of 1.1 million tons a year in the first phase, while the addition of carbon capture and storage will allow it to produce lower-emission ammonia from 2026, Woodside said. Agreements are in place for the feedstock and carbon capture capacity with Linde Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp., it said. View the full article
The NO5-A project involves the creation of an offshore platform comprising a topside and a six-legged non-battered jacket. Upon completion, the NO5-A Platform will be the first electrified gas production platform in the North Sea, powered entirely by offshore renewable energy from the nearby Riffgat offshore wind farm. View the full article
Galp has agreed to purchase approximately 0.5 MMtpa of LNG for 20 years from Cheniere Marketing on a free-on-board basis for a purchase price indexed to the Henry Hub price, plus a fixed liquefaction fee. View the full article
In a financial update, India’s ONGC revealed that it has made five new discoveries in FY’ 25 so far. Since May 2024, ONGC has made three more discoveries (one onshore and two offshore) in its operated acreages. View the full article
Based on interpretation results of wireline logs data, Kawagarh-l Formation (Exploratory Target) was tested successfully at rate of around 16.4 MMcfgd and 159 bpd of Condensate at choke size 40/64' at Wellhead Flowing Pressure (WHFP) of 1874 Pounds per Square Inch (Psi). View the full article
The investments add to a buying spree this year for the Slim family, which continues to pour money into bets on oil exploration, production and refining both at home and across the Gulf of Mexico in the U.S. View the full article
Diamondback, one of the largest independent operators in the oil-rich Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico, expects to pumps as much as 276,000 bpd this year, up from an earlier top-end forecast of 275,000 bpd, according to a statement released Monday. View the full article
Despite Aramco’s profit falling in the second quarter due to OPEC+ constraints on the company’s output, Nasser painted a picture of healthy and growing demand. Oil use is set to rise by 1.6 MMbpd to 2 MMbpd this year. That will continue into 2025 when Nasser sees global oil consumption “north of 106 MMbpd.” View the full article
Despite Aramco’s profit falling in the second quarter due to OPEC+ constraints on the company’s output, Nasser painted a picture of healthy and growing demand. Oil use is set to rise by 1.6 MMbpd to 2 MMbpd this year. That will continue into 2025 when Nasser sees global oil consumption “north of 106 MMbpd.” View the full article
With the national unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% and job growth across the United States slowed much more than expected, the energy services sector remained relatively steady. The current unemployment rate is at its highest since October 2021, triggering fears of an impending recession. View the full article
Drones are particularly valuable for inspecting production facilities, offshore oil rigs, wind turbines, and pipelines, providing comprehensive and timely assessments while keeping personnel out of hazardous environments and underscoring the transformative impact of UAVs on maintenance and monitoring practices across the energy sector. View the full article
ASCO mobilized two radiation safety officers (RSOs) as well as NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) and mercury monitoring and analysis equipment to the OMSB site. The RSOs delivered on-site training for NORM awareness, and monitoring for various hazards such as benzene, H2S (hydrogen sulphide) with a particular focus on NORM and mercury. View the full article
Countries like Angola, Mozambique, Uganda and Tanzania are opening up new exploration frontiers, presenting attractive farm-in opportunities for independents like ReconAfrica. The oil reserves in Uganda’s portion of the Lake Albert basin, particularly in the Albertine Graben, are estimated at around 6.5 Bbbl, indicating promising prospects within the onshore region. View the full article
ADNOC Drilling’s second quarter and first half 2024 revenue increased to $935 million and more than $1.8 billion, up year-on-year by 29% and 26%, respectively. This growth has been driven by the expansion of operations across all business segments. View the full article
Kent will support the portfolio with their highly experienced CSU workforce while implementing its best-in-class commissioning processes, systems, and tools throughout the program of works, including its custom-built Commissionability (TM) software. View the full article
Production at Sharara in southern Libya has stopped completely from nearly 270,0000 bpd on Saturday when employees received orders to trim output, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as they aren’t authorized to speak to the media. View the full article
Petrobras achieved the main target of the Uchuva-2 well, confirming the extent of the natural gas discovery made in 2022 while drilling of the Uchuva-1 well. This well adds relevant information for the development of a new frontier of exploration and production in Colombia, reinforcing the volumetric potential for natural gas in the region. View the full article
The regional roll-out has been agreed following successful field trials of the system on bp’s Clair Ridge platform and has been adopted to ensure safer Red Zone management for various hazardous operations. It is the first time the technology has been used for well interventions. View the full article
Shell is the last of the European majors to report their results and, like its peers, the company’s profits were underpinned by crude prices that averaged about $85 a barrel during the second quarter. These strong upstream earnings helped to offset weakness elsewhere, notably in refining and natural gas trading. View the full article
The companies agreed other contractors could finish work on Golden Pass last month, paving the way for a restart after several setbacks this year. The new schedule means the 18 million-metric-ton-a-year facility, one of the country’s biggest, will begin operations about six months later than the previous plan, Exxon Chief Financial Officer Kathy Mikells said during an interview. View the full article
The move would have allowed Ecopetrol to add around 50,000 bpd, “providing much-needed growth visibility outside of Colombia,” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Will Hares wrote in a note. BTG Pactual estimated it would expand Ecopetrol’s reserves by 11%. View the full article
As part of the second development of the Atapu and Sepia offshore fields, SLB OneSubsea will provide the Petrobras-standard configured, pre-salt vertical trees, subsea distribution units, subsea control systems and pipeline systems, along with related installation, commissioning and life-of-field services. View the full article
EOG Resources Inc., one of the largest independent shale producers, Coterra Energy Inc. and Civitas Resources Inc. increased their 2024 production forecasts Thursday, with the latter saying it is seeing stronger-than-expected well performance in the Permian basin, North America’s busiest oil and gas field, where five producers over the past week reported results that surprised to the upside. Ovintiv Inc. and Matador Resources Co. made similar recent production announcements. View the full articl
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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.
