Shell Australia is selling bp Plc its interests in the carbon-intensive Browse offshore natural gas project, one of Australia’s largest untapped gas fields. “The Browse asset is no longer a strategic fit in the context of Shell’s global portfolio,” Shell said in a statement Saturday, without elaborating on the size …
Read More »Petrobras Partners with Shell to Build Test Lab in Brazil
Brazilian company Petrobras has partnered with Shell and Senai CIMATEC to develop a production development laboratory (LDP) for pre-salt research and development. Being built inside Senai CIMATEC Park in the Petrochemical Camaçari Cluster, the LDP will be equipped to allow testing of integrated systems in safe operating conditions similar to …
Read More »Shell Sanctions Deepwater Project in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore Inc, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has taken a final investment decision (FID) for a deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), which will be developed as a subsea tie-back to the oil major’s operated Appomattox production hub. While announcing the FID for …
Read More »Shell Meets Climate Targets in 2022 as Part of Energy Transition Strategy
Shell plc has published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022, which shows it has again met its climate targets as part of its energy transition strategy. The report will be put to shareholders for an advisory vote at Shell’s Annual General Meeting on May 23, 2023. “In this report, we …
Read More »Oil Giant Shell Posts Highest-ever Annual Profit of $40 Billion
British oil giant Shell on Thursday posted its highest-ever annual profit, bolstered by soaring fossil fuel prices and robust demand since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Shell reported adjusted earnings of $39.9 billion for the full-year 2022. This comfortably surpasses the $28.4 billion in 2008 which Shell said …
Read More »Big Oil Saw Record $199Bn Profits in 2022 but 2023 will be Different
ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and BP reaped almost $200 billion collectively last year but fears of an economic slowdown, plunging natural gas prices, cost inflation and uncertainty over China’s re-opening are dimming the outlook for 2023. The five companies are expected to report $198.7 billion in combined 2022 profit in …
Read More »Shell Agrees to Pay $15.9M over Oil Spills in Nigeria
Shell Petroleum has agreed to pay €15 million ($15.9 million) as settlement to Nigeria over oil pipeline leaks in the country’s Niger Delta in the early 2000s. In a statement on Friday, Shell said it had negotiated the settlement for the benefit of the Oruma, Goi and Ikot Ada Udo …
Read More »TotalEnergies, Shell Boosts Energy Diversification Strategies
Oil giants, TotalEnergies, Shell and BP, are making strategic investments in the area of energy diversification struggling to remain focused in the years to come. Currently, oil and gas investments by the three largest integrate energy companies are likely to remain significant through to 2030. Shell, BP and TotalEnergies share …
Read More »Qatar Adds Shell to North Field South
Royal Dutch Shell has won the second international equity stake for North Field South (NFS), Phase 2 of Qatar’s 48 million ton per year LNG mega-expansion, Shell and QatarEnergy announced on Sunday. The company was awarded a 9.375% participating interest in the two-train 16 million ton/yr NFS project out of …
Read More »Qatar Adds Shell to North Field South
Royal Dutch Shell has won the second international equity stake for North Field South (NFS), Phase 2 of Qatar’s 48 million ton per year LNG mega-expansion, Shell and QatarEnergy announced on Sunday. The company was awarded a 9.375% participating interest in the two-train 16 million ton/yr NFS project out of …
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