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Halliburton to cut 5000 more jobs

Feb 25, 2016

Oilfield services giant Halliburton will reduce its workforce by 8%, or 5000 positions, amid the falling oil prices. Image from Halliburton Twitter. The recent cuts add to the approximate 26…

CERAWeek: New Pemex CEO details road ahead

Feb 24, 2016

José Antonio González Anaya has only been on the job for two weeks, but he’s ready to work. The new head of Pemex made his debut at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday afternoon in a discussion session with IHS moderators Daniel Yergin and Carlos Pascual…

CERAWeek: Standardization is key

Feb 23, 2016

Global oil prices are bound to turn around to play its part of the oil and gas industry’s cyclical series that has been in place for decades, with standardization playing a key role, industry experts said at IHS CERAWeek in Houston on Tuesday…

CERAWeek: Latin America looks at more opportunities

Feb 23, 2016

Three of Latin America’s top oil and gas companies, Pemex, Ecopetrol, and Petrobras, gathered to speak in Houston this morning at IHS CERAWeek with a mirrored message that echoes in the industry across the world: the main challenges that…

CERAWeek: Mexico's deepwater round set for December

Feb 22, 2016

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told delegates at this year’s IHS CERAWeek forum in Houston that the fourth phase of Mexico’s historic Round One, will go forward in early December. The long-anticipated fourth phase of Round One will auction off 10 deepwater blocks…

EU suspends Halliburton, Baker Hughes review

Feb 22, 2016

The European Union (EU) suspended the deadline for its review of Halliburton’s US$34.6 billion pending acquisition of Baker Hughes last week, about a month after the EU opened an in-depth investigation to find out if the merger would impede effective competition…

Chevron eyes GoM shelf divestments

Feb 22, 2016

In the Gulf of Mexico, Chevron is putting its focus on its deepwater assets, and is on the fast-track to sell its shelf assets in the area, as the company looks to divest up to US$10 billion in the next two years. Big Foot…

CGG in Mexico airborne survey

Feb 22, 2016

Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) authorized CGG to commence a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey offshore Mexico, which will include the acquisition of approximately 200,000km over six areas across the Mexican Gulf of Mexico…

ExxonMobil adds 1 billion boe to reserves

Feb 19, 2016

ExxonMobil added 1 billion boe of proved oil and gas reserves in 2015 for a total of 24.8 billion boe that was a result of new developments, and a significant discovery offshore Guyana. Image from ExxonMobil…

BOEM to offer 45 million acres in GoM lease sales

Feb 19, 2016

Next month, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer some 45 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration in two lease sales, an increase of 2.2 million acres that was originally announced in September 2015…

ConocoPhillips names new CFO

Feb 18, 2016

Don Wallette, Jr., currently ConocoPhillips executive vice president, commercial, business development and corporate planning, has been named executive vice president, finance, commercial and chief financial officer (CFO), after the announcement of the retirement of Jeff Sheets…

EIA: GoM production set for record high in 2017

Feb 18, 2016

Oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) will reach record high levels in 2017, due to some 14 projects starting up during 2015-17, despite low oil prices.  Anadarko's Heidelberg. Image from Anadarko…

Noble to focus on Israel, GoM development

Feb 18, 2016

Noble Energy is implementing an aggressive plan to decrease its capital program by 50% in 2016, as the company moves forward with several development projects planned for the year that include Israel and the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Noble…

Transocean cuts jobs, stacks more rigs

Feb 17, 2016

Transocean is stacking two of its ultra deepwater drillships due to current market conditions that will result in the reduction of about 200 jobs. The Transocean Champion. Image from Gusto MSC…

ExxonMobil launches Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis

Feb 17, 2016

ExxonMobil has released Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis, a new mobile-enabled used oil analysis service, in the US and Canada. The service streamlines the used oil analysis process, from initial sample gathering to final reporting.   Specifically…

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