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Shell Becomes Sole Owner of Gulf of Mexico Field

Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has gotten its hands on the remaining stake in a deepwater field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which has been developed as a subsea tie-back to the nearby Ursa production hub. Following the acquisition of the 20% working …

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OPEC+ Cartel’s Grip on Oil Market Loosening

Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up prices, the IEA said on Thursday. The OPEC+ cartel, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has been restraining production to maintain prices but the latter have recently slumped due to …

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IEA: Oil Demand Growth Shows Signs of Sharper Slowdown

Global oil demand growth is slowing down sharply as economic activity weakens in key countries, the International Energy Agency said as it slashed estimates for this quarter. The IEA sliced nearly 400,000 barrels a day from assessments of consumption growth for the final three months of 2023, and continues to …

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German Firm Seeks U.S. Watchdog Approval for LNG Project

A German state-owned company has requested from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval for the construction of Venture Global’s CP2 LNG project. The entity, called SEFE, or Securing Energy for Europe, comprises the assets previously owned by Gazprom’s German subsidiary. The company was nationalized last year and earlier this …

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The West Moves to Secure Further Emergency LNG Supplies

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the race has been on to secure as much of the world’s regular liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies as possible to compensate for lost energy supplies from the global gas and oil powerhouse. LNG requires much less infrastructure for delivery than …

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EIA Revises down Brent Oil Price Forecast for Next Year

The Brent crude oil spot price will average $83 per barrel next year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its monthly Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) published on Tuesday. In last month’s STEO, the EIA had forecast 2024 forecast for the Brent crude oil benchmark at $93 per barrel. …

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