Plans by Shell’s Iraq gas capture joint venture to ramp up its operations hinges on three southern oil fields reaching their plateau level of production to allow the JV to process more associated gas, the country chairman of Shell Group of Companies in Iraq & UAE said June 18. Under …
Read More »Asia’s Energy Crunch Turns from Bad to Worse on US Export Fire
Asian liquefied natural gas buyers are ratcheting up competition with Europe to secure spare supply as a series of outages threatens a shortage this winter. A new timeline presented on Tuesday to restart a key US liquefied natural gas export plant was much longer than traders had anticipated, while lower …
Read More »France’s TotalEnergies Signs Deal to Develop Giant Gas Field in Qatar
French oil company TotalEnergies was awarded a 25 per cent stake to develop the world’s largest natural gasfield in Qatar as the Gulf state aims to increase its production and respond to higher global demand for LNG. State-owned QatarEnergy will hold the remaining 75 per cent stake in the North …
Read More »Big Oil Set to Win Stakes in Qatar’s Huge LNG Expansion Projects
Some of the biggest international oil and gas majors, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and TotalEnergies, are expected to be awarded stakes in the major expansion projects of one of the world’s top LNG exporters, Qatar, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Tuesday. Qatar announced last year the world’s largest …
Read More »Eni, TotalEnergies Start Drilling Offshore Cyprus
Italian Eni and French TotalEnergies on Monday began the exploratory drilling of a natural gas well off the coast of Cyprus in the same block where a discovery was made in 2018. On Monday, the Tungsten Explorer drillship arrived off the coast of Cyprus to begin drilling in Block 6, …
Read More »TotalEnergies Starts Work on First Offshore Wind Farm off France
French energy major TotalEnergies has started construction of the Eolmed project, operated by Qair and in which TotalEnergies has a 20 percent stake. This 30 MW project is located some 12 miles off the coast of Gruissan and Port la Nouvelle. The start of production is expected by 2024. The …
Read More »TotalEnergies’ German Refinery is still Importing Russian Oil
A refinery owned by French supermajor TotalEnergies in Germany is expected to continue importing Russian crude oil via pipeline at least through the end of this month, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The 240,000-barrels-per-day refinery Leuna in eastern Germany is one of two facilities in Germany …
Read More »Big Oil Wants a Piece of the Electric Vehicle Pie
Although electric vehicles (EVs) may appear to be the last thing the oil and gas industry would desire, energy firms are investing heavily in EV technologies, not wanting to miss out on new energy transition opportunities. The likes of Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Equinor, and BP are all backing EV projects …
Read More »Big Oil’s Huge Profits Offset by Russian Asset Write-Offs
The world’s largest international oil firms are expected to book a combined $34 billion in net profits for the first quarter—the largest in more than a decade—but Big Oil will also book asset impairments of the same amount over their decisions to stop Russian operations. Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, and …
Read More »European Gas Prices Rise Once again with Ukraine Supplies Expected to Fall
European natural gas prices edged higher, following seven sessions of declines, with Russian supplies through Ukraine expected to fall. Orders dropped to about 68pc of the amount that Gazprom PJSC can send under its transit contract. The Russian company reiterated that flows were in line with requests from customers. Supplies …
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