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Trump Proposal Opens California Coast to Drilling, Drawing Fierce Opposition

Nov 21, 2025

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose energy development along its world-famous coastline…

Renewables Not Expanding Fast Enough to Replace Fossil Fuels, COP30 Warns

Nov 20, 2025

The message could not have been clearer as protesters carried coffins labeled oil, coal and gas through Belém while negotiators met in the Amazonian city for the United Nations COP30 climate summit.It may be too early to declare the end of the fossil fuel era…

Australia Opens Consultation on Decommissioning Planning and Finance

Nov 19, 2025

The Australian Government has published a consultation paper seeking feedback on reforms to Decommissioning and Financial assurance arrangements for the offshore oil and gas industry.Australia has up to A$60 billion of offshore oil and gas decommissioning…

BP Hires SLB OneSubsea for Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Job

Nov 19, 2025

SLB OneSubsea, joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured a contract from BP for subsea boosting system for the greenfield development of the Tiber project, located in the deepwater U.S. offshore region.The engineering…

Green Groups File Suit to Stop Gulf of Mexico Oil Auction

Nov 19, 2025

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration for its decision to move forward with a planned December 10 offshore oil and gas lease sale covering 80 million acres (32 million hectares) in the Gulf of Mexico, they said on Tuesday.Why It's ImportantThe lawsuit…

Chevron Eyes Lukoil Assets

Nov 17, 2025

Chevron is studying options to buy global assets of sanctioned Russian oil firm Lukoil, five sources familiar with the process told Reuters on Monday.The U.S. Treasury gave clearance last week to potential buyers to talk to Lukoil about foreign assets…

Carlyle Eyes Lukoil's Foreign Assets

Nov 14, 2025

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle is exploring options to buy Russian oil major Lukoil's LKOH.MM foreign assets, three sources familiar with the situation said.The U.S. has hit Lukoil with sanctions as part of its effort to bring the Kremlin to peace talks over Ukraine…

Lukoil Operations Hit by US Sanctions as Gunvor Drops Bid

Nov 10, 2025

Lukoil's international operations faced mounting disruptions on Friday as a U.S. deadline for companies to cut off business with the Russian oil company looms and after a hoped-for sale of the operations to Swiss trader Gunvor collapsed.The U…

Trump Finalizes US Gulf Lease Sale, Proposes Alaska Sale

Nov 09, 2025

The Trump administration will hold an auction for drilling oil and gas off the U.S. Gulf next month and has proposed another in a waterway in southern Alaska, it said on Friday.The lease sale in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump refers to as the Gulf of America…

Gunvor Faces Financing and Regulatory Hurdles in Lukoil Deal

Nov 07, 2025

Russian energy group Lukoil's foreign empire is suitor Gunvor's biggest acquisition target to date but looks far beyond the Swiss trader's borrowing capacity, bankers and insiders say.Lukoil launched the sale of foreign assets on October 27 after coming under fresh U…

Borr Drilling Announces Revenue Lift

Nov 05, 2025

Borr Drilling has announced unaudited results for the nine months ended September 30, reporting total operating revenues of $277.1 million, an increase of $9.4 million or 4% compared to the second quarter of 2025.Net income of $27.8 million was a decrease of $7…

BP Beats Profit Expectations in Q3, No Update on Castrol Lubricants Sale

Nov 04, 2025

Oil major BP reported a smaller than expected fall in third-quarter underlying profit on Tuesday as a strong performance at all divisions led by refining helped to offset the impact of lower crude prices.However, there was no update on the closely…

History Repeats Itself: Energy, Borders and the War Narrative in the Americas

Oct 31, 2025

Oil and gas have not only fueled economies but created rivalries, territorial disputes and wars. In the last one hundred years or so, since petroleum resources have been commercially extracted it is central to numerous armed conflicts. Some notable examples…

Angola and Shell Set to Sign Exclusive Oil Exploration Deal

Oct 31, 2025

Angola's national oil and gas agency, ANPG, will sign an exclusive negotiation agreement with oil major Shell to explore and develop Blocks 19, 34, 35 as well as ultra-deep water blocks, it said in a statement late on Thursday.The signing ceremony will take place on November 3…

Mexico's Deepwater Gas Field Project Comes Under Review

Oct 29, 2025

Grupo Carso is reviewing the feasibility of the Lakach deepwater natural gas project in collaboration with state energy company Pemex and conducting new analyses to determine how to proceed, a company official said Tuesday.The company signed…

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