Norwegian energy firm Equinor will submit a proposal to pre-qualify for Norway’s first offshore wind auction, the company’s CEO Anders Opedal told Reuters on Friday. Equinor has formed a consortium with Germany’s RWE for Soerlige Nordsjoe II, an area in shallower waters close to the maritime border with Denmark, where …
Read More »Shell to Cut 15% of Its Low-Carbon Jobs
Shell plans to cut 15% of the 1,300 jobs in its Low Carbon Solutions business as it scales back some green energy ambitions and focuses on profitable projects including in the oil and gas sector. The UK-based supermajor plans to eliminate 200 jobs in its Low Carbon Solutions division next …
Read More »Saudi Aramco and Neom’s Enowa Sign E-Fuel Deal
Saudi Aramco and Enowa, Neom’s energy and water subsidiary, have signed a joint development agreement to construct and establish a synthetic electro-fuel (e-fuel) demonstration plant. The plant will be located in Enowa’s Hydrogen Innovation and Development Centre (HIDC). The plant aims to demonstrate the technical feasibility and commercial viability of …
Read More »Eni and Qatar Sign 27-Year LNG Supply Deal for Italy
Eni SpA signed a 27-year liquefied natural gas deal with QatarEnergy, marking the Gulf nation’s third major contract with a European firm this month. Starting in 2026, a joint venture between the Middle Eastern company and Eni will deliver as much as 1.5 billion cubic meters of LNG per year …
Read More »Exxon Makes up for Lost Time with $60B Shale Deal
Three years ago, oil prices dipped below zero and Scott Sheffield’s company — like so many other producers — was in trouble. The long-time oil man had built Pioneer Natural Resources Co. from a family-run domestic driller into one of the largest acreage holders in the Permian Basin, a massive …
Read More »Equinor Begins Production from North Sea Oil Field ahead of Schedule
Equinor announced that production from the Breidablikk oil field in the North Sea started on Oct. 20, four months ahead of schedule and within budget. Tied back to the Grane platform, the subsea field holds almost 200 MMbbl of recoverable oil. The partners are Equinor (operator), Petoro, Vår Energi and …
Read More »Shell and Qatar Sign 27-Year LNG Supply Deal for Netherlands
Shell Plc will buy more liquefied natural gas from Qatar and supply the commodity to the Netherlands under a long-term deal, marking the Gulf nation’s second major contract with a European oil firm this month. Starting in 2026, QatarEnergy will deliver as much as 3.5 million tons of LNG to …
Read More »ADNOC Gas Lands $500m-$700m LNG Deal to Supply Japan’s Jera Global Markets
The ADX-listed ADNOC Gas has landed a multi-year LNG supply contract valued between $500 million to $700 million from Jera Global Markets of Japan. The deal obviously builds on Japan’s higher offtake of its energy requirements from the UAE. In fact, ADNOC Gas has had ties with Jera Co. – …
Read More »Exxon Becomes World’s First Megamajor
ExxonMobil’s purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources is the largest upstream deal, in nominal terms, since Shell acquired BG for $82 billion in 2015 and makes ExxonMobil the world’s first megamajor. That’s according to Wood Mackenzie’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Research, Tom Ellacott, who added, in a statement sent to …
Read More »QatarEnergy Inks LNG Supply Deals with TotalEnergies for 3.5 MTPA
Affiliates of QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies SE have signed two long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreements for the supply of up to 3.5 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG from Qatar to France. Under the agreements, LNG will be delivered ex-ship to the Fos Cavaou LNG receiving …
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