Press reports quote Iraq’s oil minister as saying that Iraq could buy ExxonMobil’s 32.7-percent stake in the West Qurna 1 oil field. Ihssan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail told a news conference on Monday that the government might purchase the stake via the state-owned Basra Oil Company (BOC). BOC previously took over the …
Read More »Iraq Aims to Finalize Exxon Oil Sale by June
Iraq aims to finalize the sale of Exxon’s stake in the West Qurna-1 oil field by the end of June even after rival U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. rejected overtures to buy the position. Basra Oil Co., the state-run company overseeing crude production in the region, may open talks with more …
Read More »Exxon Mobil Makes a Pitch for Capturing Emissions and a Carbon Price
Under growing pressure from investors to address climate change, Exxon Mobil on Monday proposed a $100 billion project to capture the carbon emissions of big industrial plants in the Houston area and bury them deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon, the largest U.S. oil company, wants to create a …
Read More »Exxon Mobil, Total to Exit Qatar LNG Joint Venture
Qatar Petroleum said on March 30 it would take full ownership of its Qatargas 1 LNG plant when its 25-year contract with international investors including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Total SE expires next year. The decision not to extend the contracts for the country’s first-ever LNG processing plan came as …
Read More »Oil Giant Bets Big On Expected $2 Trillion Carbon Capture Market
These are unprecedented times for the oil and natural gas industry as it navigates pandemic-driven demand destruction, investor calls to adapt to a carbon-constrained world, and new regulatory threats from the Biden administration. The dreadful outlook for oil and gas producers is why more consolidations are likely in the months …
Read More »ExxonMobil to Cut 300 Jobs in Singapore due to Covid-19 Impact
ExxonMobil has announced that it will lay off nearly 300 employees by the end of this year in Singapore, as part of its effort to boost and sustain its long-term competitiveness. The impacted employees represent around 7% of the oil and gas major’s workforce of over 4,000 in Singapore. ExxonMobil …
Read More »Exxon Shocks as Oil Reserves Drop By A Third
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 …
Read More »ExxonMobil off 2050 Net-Zero Target, Activist Firm Says
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 …
Read More »ExxonMobil Seeks Action on Methane Emission Regulations
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 …
Read More »Exxon’s Rating Lowered by One Notch After $20 Billion Loss
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 …
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