U.S. oil major Chevron, together with Norwegian company Moreld Ocean Wind, is set to invest in offshore wind technology at Ocergy, a U.S. company developing a low-cost floating wind foundation and a multi-disciplinary environmental monitoring buoy. Ocergy secured the investments through its Series A equity fundraising round to accelerate the …
Read More »U.S. Weekly Offshore Rig Count Down by Three
U.S. Rig Count is up 2 from last week at 432 with oil rigs unchanged at 337, gas rigs up 2 to 93, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 2. U.S. Rig Count is down 170 rigs from last year’s count of 602, with oil rigs down 167, gas rigs down …
Read More »Total Signs $7bn Iraq Energy Deal
The Oil Ministry has said that Iraq has signed a heads-of-agreement deal with France’s Total spanning four projects involving natural gas, solar energy and seawater reprocessing. Iraq’s Oil Minister Ihsan Abul Jabbar said in a ministry statement that Total will make a ‘multibillion-dollar’ investment and the four initial deals will …
Read More »Qatar Petroleum to Take Full Control of QG1
Qatar Petroleum has decided to take over full ownership of the Qatargas Liquefied Natural Gas Company (QG1) on 1 January 2022. The company noted on Tuesday it will not be renewing the QG1 joint venture upon the expiry of the relevant agreements on 31 December 2021. Established in 1984, QG1 …
Read More »Novatek Hits 50 mt Milestone at Yamal LNG
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, has hit a new milestone at its Yamal LNG project. The company said on Friday it has shipped 50 million tons of LNG since it started operations. The milestone cargo was loaded on the Arc7 ice-class tanker Nikolay Zubov and represented the 685th …
Read More »Gazprom to Advance Hydrogen Production Tech
The company noted that many countries view hydrogen energy as an area essential for the implementation of national low-carbon development strategies. At the same time, hydrogen is a secondary energy source, i.e. additional energy is required to produce it, which has an effect on its cost price. However, the company …
Read More »Novatek Inks Arctic LNG 2 Supply Deal with Shenergy
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator Novatek has secured an LNG supply deal with China’s Shenergy Group. Novatek said on Thursday the deal is for a cumulative supply of over 3 million tons of LNG from the Arctic LNG 2 project over a 15-year term. The volumes …
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 »Total Makes Fresh Discovery Offshore Suriname
This latest discovery follows previous discoveries at Maka Central, Sapakara West, and Kwaskwasi announced in January, April, and July 2020, respectively. Total said on Thursday that the well was drilled by a water depth of about 725 meters and encountered a total of 63 meters net pay of hydrocarbons. This …
Read More »Russia’s Annual Oil Production at Lowest Level since 2011
Russia’s oil production declined last year for the first time since 2008 and reached its lowest level since 2011 following a global deal to cut output and low demand due to the coronavirus. According to an article by Reuters, Russian oil and gas condensate output declined to 10.27 million barrels …
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