Back in 2009, British oil and gas giant BP along with its then-Chinese partner China National Petroleum Corporation secured a technical services contract with Iraq’s state-owned South Oil Company to develop Iraq’s largest oil field – Rumaila – in the first such foreign exploration on the country’s energy sector in …
Read More »BP and JERA Abandon U.S. Offshore Wind Project amid Policy Shift
A joint venture between BP and Japan’s JERA has decided to pull the plug on a major offshore wind project in the United States, citing soaring costs and a change in federal policies. JERA Nex BP said inflation had also motivated its decision, which would see its U.S. workforce laid …
Read More »BP Starts up 6th Major Project of 2025
BP announced, in a statement posted on its website on Thursday, that it has started up its sixth “major” upstream oil and gas project of 2025. That project is the Murlach field in the UK North Sea, the statement pointed out, adding that the development adds a peak net production …
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 »BP Appoints New Chairman as Investors Push for Strategic Clarity
BP has appointed Albert Manifold as its new chairman, selecting the former CRH chief executive to lead the board at a time of heightened investor pressure and strategic uncertainty. Manifold will join BP as chair-elect on September 1 and take over from Helge Lund on October 1, the company said …
Read More »British Oil Giants to Lead Revival of Libyan Oil and Gas Output at Key Sites
British oil giants BP and Shell last week signed a range of agreements with Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) aimed at boosting the country’s oil and gas output recovery. Very few people outside the oil and gas industry appreciate the much broader and deeper strategic significance that often lies behind …
Read More »Chevron, Shell, BP Target Egypt in LNG Power Play
The race has been on between the world’s leading powers to secure as much of the globe’s current and future liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Oil and gas prices started to rise quickly from that point, driving inflation higher across the …
Read More »BP Flags Weak Natural Gas Trading for Q1
BP expects to post a weak natural gas trading result for the first quarter, as well as lower gas output, as the UK-based supermajor is resetting its strategy back to core oil and gas operations. Reported upstream production in the first quarter is expected to be lower compared to the …
Read More »BP Begins Promised Major Oil and Gas Project Start-ups
BP said on Thursday that its Cypre development offshore Trinidad and Tobago delivered first gas, as yet another project started up since the supermajor reset its strategy to shift focus back to oil and gas. Cypre is one of BP’s 10 major projects expected to start up worldwide between 2025 …
Read More »Iraq Hands BP Final Approval for Kirkuk Oil Development
British Oil & Gas giant BP Plc (NYSE:BP) has received final approval by the Iraqi government for the redevelopment of the giant Kirkuk oil fields, with an initial plan to produce 3B boe. BP will develop Iraq’s Kirkuk oil and gas fields based on a profit-sharing model, Iraqi oil ministry …
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