Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference on Monday to vocally oppose calls for a quick move away from fossil fuels, saying society would pay a steep cost to replace oil and gas.Big oil companies including BP and Equinor have written down renewable energy projects and others have been forced to push back their greenhouse gas reduction targets due to greater uncertainties with the transition to clean fuels…
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has started development drilling operations at Nong Yao C extension, having completed the infill drilling campaign at Nong Yao A, offshore Thailand.Valeura has drilled two production-oriented horizontal wells at the Nong Yao A wellhead platform…
Shell on Tuesday said it has made a final investment decision (FID) to boost production at the Perdido oil project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, starting in April 2025.The company, which operates the platform, said it will add three wells that are expected to produce up to 22…
Global crude oil prices could drop to about $60 per barrel by 2027 as demand growth slows, say oil analysts at Rystad Energy, chopping a third off next year's peak price as demand tumbles.Their outlook is a reassuring message amid recent Wall…
The chief economist of oil major Equinor said on Wednesday that Europe could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 70% by 2050, but said oil and gas investments must continue in ordre to keep pace with growth in demand. The CO2 cuts will mainly be due to the region's growth in electrification…
The CEOs of top Saudi Arabian and U.S. oil producers Aramco and Exxon Mobil on Monday pushed back against forecasts that oil demand will peak, and said the transition to cleaner energy to fight climate change would require continuing investment in conventional oil and gas…
After nearly a century, oil output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is heading towards its peak with new platforms providing a last hurrah as the region becomes a hot spot for burying greenhouse gases.Some companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp, have been dumping assets in the Gulf…
Chinese oil company CNOOC Limited said Monday that its Bozhong- Kenli oil fields power from shore project had successfully started operation. The project will power 39 offshore platforms in Bohai Bay, China.The main facilities of the project…
Chinese offshore oil company CNOOC Limited has started oil production from its Kenli 6-1 Oilfield 10-1 North Block Development Project, offshore China.The development project locates in the south of Bohai Sea, with an average water depth of about 19 meters…
Liza Unity is the second floating production, storage, and offloading unit of several expected to be deployed at ExxonMobil's Stabroek block off Guyana in the years to come.The FPSO, delivered by the Dutch FPSO specialist SBM Offshore, started producing oil in February…
Oil demand could peak as soon as 2025, as the energy transition continues to gain steam and as electric vehicle adoption increases, McKinsey & Company said in a new report.Christer Tryggestad, a Senior Partner at McKinsey, says: “In the past few years…
Europe's Big Oil companies are planning to spend their windfall from high energy prices on becoming Small Oil.Surging oil and gas prices in 2021 delivered billions of dollars in profits to top oil companies, in stark contrast to the previous…
China's oil consumption is expected to keep growing for a decade on robust chemical demand, reaching a peak of about 780 million tonnes per year by 2030, a research institute affiliated with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) said on Sunday…
Global oil demand is expected to peak before 2030, earlier than previously projected, TotalEnergies forecast on Monday.The French oil major - which had previously forecast the peak happening around 2030, rather than before - said its business…
Chinese offshore oil producer CNOOC said Friday it had begun producing oil from its Bozhong 19-4 project in the south of the Bohai Sea. Located in an average water depth of about 21 meters, the project uses the existing processing facilities of Bozhong 25-1 oilfield…
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