Exxon, Hess, and CNOOC plan to add a fourth production vessel to the ones already operating in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, Hess Corp.’s CEO has said, as quoted by Reuters. The floating production, storage, and offloading vessel should reach its destination in the first quarter of next year, John …
Read More »Exxon Expands Natural Gas Exploration Offshore Crete
A consortium led by U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil has successfully completed the first exploration phase southwest of the Greek island of Crete and has decided to proceed with the second exploration stage, Greece’s state firm Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) said on Thursday. Exxon and Helleniq Energy are …
Read More »Exxon Warns of Oil Price Impact on Q3 Earnings
Exxon has warned that its third-quarter earnings would likely be affected by lower oil prices, with the impact in the range of $600 million to $1 billion. In an SEC filing, the supermajor also estimated the effect of lower refining margins on its third-quarter earnings at up to $1 billion. …
Read More »Nigeria Set to Approve Exxon’s $1.3-Billion Shallow Water Asset Sale
Nigeria’s government is set to approve within days the proposed $1.3-billion sale of ExxonMobil’s shallow water assets to local firm Seplat, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday. The U.S. supermajor announced two years ago its intention to sell its shallow water business in Nigeria to Seplat, the biggest Nigerian …
Read More »ExxonMobil: Oil Demand will be over 100 Million Bpd in 2050
As the rivalry over global oil demand projections continues to intensify, supergiant Exxon Mobil on Monday chimed in to forecast that crude demand will continue to be over 100 million barrels per day through 2050, contradicting other forecasts that come in much lower, Reuters reported. The forecast from Exxon, which …
Read More »Exxon Tops Q2 Estimates on Record Permian and Guyana Production
ExxonMobil beat Wall Street estimates with the second-highest earnings for the second quarter in a decade as the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources fueled a record quarterly production and the highest oil production since the Exxon and Mobil merger. Exxon said on Friday that its second-quarter 2024 earnings came in …
Read More »Exxon Bets on Lithium to Complement its Legacy Oil Business
ExxonMobil joined major lithium producers this week in reiterating a bullish outlook on long-term lithium demand despite the current bearish market and recent price slump of the metal critical for the energy transition. Lithium prices have crashed in recent months, dragged down by piling inventories amid slowing growth in electric …
Read More »Exxon Signs Gas Exploration Deal with Algeria
Exxon has signed a deal with the Algerian government for exploration at two natural gas fields in the North African country. The supermajor, in partnership with Algeria’s state energy firm Sonatrach, will “study the existing opportunities to develop the hydrocarbon resources in the Ahnet basin and the Gourara basin” in …
Read More »Biggest U.S. Pension Fund to Vote against Exxon Board
The United States’ largest pension fund, CalPERS, will vote against the ExxonMobil board at the upcoming May 29 board meeting, in a move designed to block the supermajor’s attempt to sue activist investors who are pressuring it to move more quickly on lowering emissions, Reuters reported on Monday. Activist investors …
Read More »Turkey Inks Major LNG Deal with ExxonMobil
The Turkey state pipeline company BOTAS and the American corporation ExxonMobil signed an agreement on the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Turkey on May 9 in Washington, Azernews reports. Bayraktar said that the signed agreement is designed for a long-term period and allows Turkey to take another step …
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