Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including production updates and major offshore contracts.

If given the final go-ahead, Stellantis and Samsung’s StarPlus Energy joint venture will use the financing for lithium-ion battery cell and module manufacturing plants in Indiana.

Raymond James’ J. Marshall Adkins says the market is factoring in perceptions of OPEC excess capacity from countries such as Venezuela, Nigeria and Iraq that have yet to hit their production potential—and probably won't anytime soon.

As the Permian Basin matures and global oil demand grows, Dan Pickering, chief investment officer for Pickering Energy Partners, offers his thoughts on the basin’s future, costs, demand and the price of oil.

Spurned or simply ignored by the big publics, the Permian Basin’s conventional zones—the Central Basin Platform, Northwest Shelf and Eastern Shelf—remain playgrounds for independent producers.