Companies

Chevron Corp. launched a new $300 million fund on Feb. 25 aimed to address challenges facing the oil and gas industry in the so-called energy transition through investments in low-carbon technologies. The U.S. oil major hopes to build on the success of its previous fund, Future Energy Fund, which has …

Exxon slashed its oil reserves by almost a third in what is the most radical reserve revision in the company’s modern history. The supermajor reported reserves totaling 15.3 billion barrels as of the end of 2020 in a regulatory filing, cited by Bloomberg. This compared with 22.44 billion barrels a …

Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator Novatek has secured an LNG supply deal with China’s Shenergy Group. Novatek said on Thursday the deal is for a cumulative supply of over 3 million tons of LNG from the Arctic LNG 2 project over a 15-year term. The volumes …

Activist firm Engine No. 1, which has nominated four independent director candidates to the ExxonMobil board of directors, has sent a letter to Exxon claiming that it was falling short of what was expected regarding reaching climate goals set by the company. Engine No. 1 analysed ExxonMobil’s recent claims regarding …

Global energy major ExxonMobil said it had long advocated for federal methane regulations as the most effective way to reduce methane emissions at scale, and now has received a shot in the arm with US President Joe Biden prioritising it as part of his administration’s plan to achieve the goals …

The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and global oilfield services provider Schlumberger have announced the launch of the Egypt Upstream Gateway, an innovative national project for the digitalization of subsurface information. This digital platform will also enable global access to the country’s subsurface data, which is kept evergreen by enhancing legacy …

Companies including the venture arms of BP Plc and Chevron Corp. invested $40 million in a startup that aims to use the fossil fuel industry’s drilling experience to expand a technology that harvests low-carbon energy from heat below the earth’s surface. Eavor Technologies Inc. plans to expand geothermal power beyond …

Russian energy giant Rosneft on Friday reported an almost 80% fall in 2020 net income as the pandemic hit demand for fuel. Rosneft, in which BP owns a 19.75% stake, said its net income fell to 147 billion roubles, or $2.2 billion.

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s credit rating was lowered one notch by S&P Global Ratins even as oil prices rebound from a historic pandemic-driven crash. Exxon is now rated ‘AA-’ with a negative outlook, S&P said in a statement on Thursday. The rating agency warned earlier this year that oil explorers risked …

Saudi Aramco is preparing a financing package of up to $10 billion that it could offer to buyers of its pipeline business unit, Reuters reported, citing three sources. The Saudi oil giant is in talks with banks to provide “staple financing”, which is a financing package provided by the seller …