Despite current challenges, Equinor still believes in the long-term prospects of offshore wind and will take part with $939 million in the $9.4-billion rights issue of the world’s offshore wind developer Ørsted, in which the Norwegian energy major holds 10%. Ørsted last month announced plans for a $9.4 billion (60 …
Read More »Exxon Sees 20% Gas Demand Growth by 2050, U.S. Nearing Records in 2025
ords in 2025 Exxon projects global natural gas demand will rise more than 20% by 2050 from 2024 levels, driven by coal displacement in industry and growing electricity use in emerging markets, according to a Reuters report. The outlook underpins Exxon’s long-term strategy, including an 18% production increase over five …
Read More »Aramco’s $2 Trillion Dream Turns into Investor Letdown
When Aramco listed on the Tadawul stock exchange in Riyadh, many hailed the move as the listing of the decade and bet on whether it would immediately reach top market cap status. Six years later, Aramco has turned into something of a disappointment—because of oil prices. One could argue with …
Read More »South African Court Blocks TotalEnergies Oil Project
A court in South Africa has halted an oil and gas exploration project led by TotalEnergies, saying the environmental assessment for the project was “deeply flawed, failing to address key risks, legal requirements, and public participation,” per a Bloomberg report. The case was brought in front of the court by …
Read More »Exxon Seals Massive Trinidad Oil and Gas Exploration Deal
Exxon has sealed a deal with the Trinidad and Tobago government for deepwater exploration that could involve investments of $21.7 billion, according to the Caribbean nation’s energy minister. “What we are awarding today is larger than the surface area of the country,” Roodal Moonilat said as he broke the news …
Read More »Exxon Signs Oil Deal in Libya
Exxon has inked a preliminary deal for exploration at four offshore blocks in Libya after a decade of absence from the country. The news was reported by Libya’s National Oil Corporation, which said the U.S. supermajor will conduct a detailed technical study of the blocks that are located off the …
Read More »BP’s Big Bet on Oil Pays off in Brazil
BP announced on Monday a significant oil and gas discovery in Brazil’s prolific offshore Santos Basin, the supermajor’s biggest in 25 years. BP’s exploration well in the deepwater Bumerangue block found an estimated 500 meter (1,640 ft) gross hydrocarbon column in high-quality pre-salt carbonate reservoir with an areal extent of …
Read More »Chevron Tops Profit Estimates on Record-High Oil and Gas Output
Chevron Corporation beat Wall Street estimates of its second-quarter profit as Permian production surged and U.S. and worldwide oil and gas output jumped to record highs. Chevron reported on Friday adjusted earnings of $3.1 billion, or $1.77 per share, for the second quarter of 2025, compared to adjusted earnings of …
Read More »Oil Giant Sinopec Opens New Shale Play in China
China has certified 147 million barrels of oil reserves in a new shale play operated by state energy giant Sinopec in the southwestern part of the country, as the world’s top crude oil importer look to boost domestic output. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec, as it is more …
Read More »U.S. Gives Chevron Green Light to Return to Venezuela
The Trump administration granted Chevron a sanction exemption for its operations in Venezuela but only on the condition that no money from these operations would go to the Venezuelan government, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources in the know. A week ago, Reuters reported that the U.S. government was considering a …
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