After a nearly five year downturn, the subsea drilling market is on the upswing, with jackup rigs making up the majority of the global fleet.
Petrobras CEO Jean Paul Prates told reporters there was no need to worry about recent moves by the government to halt refinery divestments, which he said during CERAWeek by S&P Global were just attempts to verify commercial terms and conditions.
Felipe Bayon, the CEO of Colombia’s state-owned Ecopetrol, spoke with Hart Energy at CERAWeek by S&P Global to discuss advances in the Permian Basin with Occidental Petroleum and progress offshore Colombia with Petrobras and Shell Colombia, while touting Colombia’s offshore gas potential.
TotalEnergies’ CEO Patrick Pouyanné said during CERAWeek by S&P Global that the French energy giant would invest capital where it was more efficient, including the U.S., while encouraging European leaders to improve incentives.
Guyana, which started producing oil offshore in late 2019, is now looking at a strategy to monetize gas associated with the oil projects, the country’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said during CERAWeek by S&P Global.
Despite leeway from to U.S. allowing Chevron Corp. to operate and manage its joint ventures in Venezuela, the Maduro government has made few positive steps toward democratic reform.
As Colombia’s new government settles in, investors face a blend of uncertainty amid the governments’ anti-fracking commentary and Venezuela’s meltdown next door, Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) Executive President Francisco José Lloreda Mera told Hart Energy during CERAWeek by S&P Global.
Offshore spending looks to surpass pre-pandemic highs within the next two years.
Here's a round-up of subsea tiebacks projects across the globe. The second in a two-part series, this report looks at some of the projects scheduled to come online in 2025 and beyond.
U.S. crude inventories could register their first decrease in 10 weeks.