Petrobras Sending Nearly Half of Oil Exports to China
Conflict in the Middle East has enabled Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras to change the flow of its oil exports, with China being the primary beneficiary, followed by Europe.
April 30, 2024
Equinor Says EQT Asset Swap Upgrades International Portfolio
Equinor CFO Torgrim Reitan says the company’s recent U.S. asset swap with EQT Corp. was an example of the European company “high-grading” its international E&P portfolio.
April 30, 2024
TotalEnergies Eyes Suriname FID by Year-end 2024
France’s TotalEnergies and U.S. partner APA Corp. look to place their long lead orders ahead of a final investment decision related to their joint development offshore Suriname in Block 58.
April 29, 2024
Repsol to Drop Marcellus Rig in June
Spain’s Repsol plans to drop its Marcellus Shale rig in June and reduce capex in the play due to the current U.S. gas price environment, CEO Josu Jon Imaz told analysts during a quarterly webcast.
April 26, 2024
Ithaca Deal ‘Ticks All the Boxes,’ Eni’s CFO Says
Eni’s deal to acquire Ithaca Energy marks a “strategic move to significantly strengthen its presence” on the U.K. Continental Shelf and “ticks all of the boxes” for the Italian energy company.
April 26, 2024
Exxon’s Guyana Gas Project a “Win-Win,” Set for Hook-up by Year-end ‘24
Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods said the company’s gas-to-power project in Guyana is a “win-win proposition particularly for the people of Guyana” when completed and hooked-up by year-end 2024.
April 26, 2024
Guyana’s Stabroek Boosts Production as Chevron Watches, Waits
Chevron Corp.’s planned $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corp. could potentially close in 2025, but in the meantime, the California-based energy giant is in a “read only” mode as an Exxon Mobil-led consortium boosts Guyana production.
April 25, 2024
Weatherford M&A Efforts Focused on Integration, Not Scale
Services company Weatherford International executives are focused on making deals that, regardless of size or scale, can be integrated into the business, President and CEO Girish Saligram said.
April 25, 2024
US Refiners to Face Tighter Heavy Spreads this Summer TPH
Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co. (TPH) expects fairly tight heavy crude discounts in the U.S. this summer and beyond owing to lower imports of Canadian, Mexican and Venezuelan crudes.
April 22, 2024
Renewed US Sanctions to Complicate Venezuelan Oil Sales, Not Stop Them
Venezuela’s oil exports to world markets will not stop, despite reimposed sanctions by Washington, and will likely continue to flow with the help of Iran—as well as China and Russia.
April 19, 2024