The global upstream sector is set for a rebound next year, when overall investment in exploration and production is expected to exceed $400 billion for the first time in three years. Yet, despite record high cash flows and oil at over $70 a barrel, reinvestment rates will stay at near …
Read More »BP Says Global Oil Demand has Passed 100 Million Barrels per Day
As world leaders discuss the fight against climate change, global oil demand has bounced back above the key level of 100 million barrels a day last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BP Plc. Fossil fuel consumption is recovering despite growing urgency in the effort to curb emissions of …
Read More »BP Signs 10-Year Pipeline Gas Deal with China’s Shenzhen Gas
BP has signed a sales and purchase agreement with a unit of China’s Shenzhen Gas Group Co Ltd to supply piped natural gas for 10 years starting 2023, BP said in a statement on Wednesday. Under the agreement, BP will provide Shenzhen Sino-Benny LPG Co Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of …
Read More »Eni and BP Looking to Raise $2bn for Proposed Oil and Gas JV in Angola
Eni and BP are reportedly mulling to raise up to $2bn to fund their proposed oil and gas joint venture in Angola. In May 2021, the two firms started talks to merge their Angolan oil, gas and LNG assets in a new joint venture (JV) company to form one of …
Read More »Lukoil to Acquire Caspian Sea Interest from BP
PJSC Lukoil agreed to acquire a 25% participating interest in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) exploration project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea from bp. The SWAP project area, south of the Absheron peninsula, lies in water depths up to 40 m. In 2016, a 3D seismic …
Read More »Big Oil Needs to Cut Production by 50% to Hit Climate Targets
The world’s largest listed oil companies will have to cut production by at least 50 per cent over the next decade if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees as per the Paris climate accord, influential climate think tank Carbon Tracker has warned. In a new report, …
Read More »BP Swings to $3.1bn Profit in Second Quarter amid Higher Oil Prices
Oil company BP swung to profit in the second quarter amid higher oil prices and a broader recovery in the global economy this year after posting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The company earned $3.1 billion in the three months to the end of June, compared …
Read More »BP Boosts Production from Shah Deniz II Field Offshore Azerbaijan
BP has commenced production from the East South flank, the new phase of its Shah Deniz II gas field in Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan. Planned to reach full production rates in the third quarter of this year, the deepwater flank has a production capacity of 400 million standard cubic feet …
Read More »BP Announces Significant Increase in Production Volume
BP company has announced the increase in production volume in the concession area, Block 61, from one billion cubic feet per day to one and a half billion cubic feet per day. A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA), said: “BP company raised the volume of production in …
Read More »BP Targets Norwegian Offshore Wind with Statkraft and Aker
UK supermajor BP has agreed to join forces with Norway’s Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind in a consortium bidding to develop offshore wind in the Sørlige Nordsjø II licence area off Norway. Sørlige Nordsjø II will be developed without government support. Norway plans to announce the auction in Q1 2022 …
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