China National Offshore Oil Corporation and France’s TotalEnergies have reportedly completed China’s first purchase of imported liquefied natural gas to be settled in Chinese yuan through the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange. The deal is reported to have an energy content of 3.2 billion to 3.4 billion British thermal …
Read More »Total and BP Tap Wind Power to Decarbonize North Sea Oil Operations
Crown Estate Scotland has awarded offshore wind leases to 13 Companies, including BP and TotalEnergies, to support North Sea oil and gas decarbonization. On Friday, Crown Estate Scotland, an independent commercial organization responsible for managing the British seabed, announced that it had awarded leases to 13 companies, including Big Oil’s …
Read More »Oil Majors Fight Back against Brazil’s Surprise Export Tax
Five European oil majors have drawn a line in the sand with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration over a surprise oil export tax that raises the specter of resource nationalism in Latin America’s biggest oil producing country. The Brazilian subsidiaries of Shell Plc, TotalEnergies SE, Repsol SA, …
Read More »TotalEnergies Doubles Profits in its Best Year ever
TotalEnergies saw its net profit double in 2022 to a record $36.2 billion and announced an increase in dividends and share repurchases after the best annual results for the company and for Big Oil ever. The French supermajor reported on Wednesday $36.2 billion in adjusted net income for 2022, double …
Read More »QatarEnergy Joins TotalEnergies, Eni on Two Lebanon Blocks
France’s TotalEnergies and Eni have completed the transfer to QatarEnergy of a 30% interest in exploration Blocks 4 and 9 off the coast of Lebanon, the French firm said on January 29. “We are very pleased to welcome QatarEnergy in our exploration acreage in Lebanon. The recent delineation of Lebanon’s …
Read More »Total CEO Sees Tight Gas Market, Pricey Diesel in Europe in 2023
Europe’s natural gas market will tighten again in 2023 as stockpiles will have to be replenished over the summer without the usual Russian supply, according to TotalEnergies SE CEO Patrick Pouyanne. “Europe will get less Russian gas than in 2022 and will have to again massively re-import LNG,” Pouyanne told …
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 »Qatar in Negotiations to Invest in TotalEnergies’ Iraqi Projects
According to sources cited by Reuters, Qatar is in negotiations to acquire a share in the $27 billion cluster of energy projects in Iraq owned by the French multi-energy business TotalEnergies. The Qatari investment is anticipated to help Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani, who was elected last year following a …
Read More »TotalEnergies to Invest $1 Billion in Oil Development Offshore Brazil
TotalEnergies has approved the final investment decision of the Lapa South-West oil development in the Santos Basin, 300 km off the coast of Brazil. This development represents an investment of approximately $1 billion. “This latest development is an important milestone for TotalEnergies in Brazil that will increase its operated production …
Read More »TotalEnergies to Supply LNG to Germany’s Newest Import Terminal
TotalEnergies will supply LNG and is contributing a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to the Deutsche Ostsee LNG import terminal in Lubmin on the German Baltic Sea coast, which will be inaugurated on Saturday, the French supermajor said on Friday. The project, whose inauguration will be attended by German …
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