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DOI Updates Commingling Policy

Aug 21, 2025

The US Department of the Interior is updating oil and gas commingling rules to align with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.Commingling is the practice of combining oil or gas production from two or more sources into a single stream for measurement and processing…

Jadestone Announces Montara Production Well Success

Aug 20, 2025

Jadestone Energy has confirmed initial oil rates from the Skua-11ST development well at the Montara field offshore Australia are higher than previous guidance.Consistent with previous disclosures, production from the Skua-11ST well commenced in early August 2025…

Búzios Oil Output Rivals Tupi

Aug 20, 2025

The Búzios field, operated by Petrobras, broke its record and surpassed daily production of 900,000 barrels of oil last weekend.Located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, about 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Búzios was…

Norway’s Oil and Gas Output Beat July Forecast

Aug 20, 2025

Norway's combined oil and gas production exceeded an official forecast by 3.9% in July, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) said on Wednesday.Norway is Europe's largest supplier of natural gas and a major producer of oil, but output varies…

US Natural Gas Prices Drop 4% on Record Output

Aug 19, 2025

U.S. natural gas futures fell about 4% to a nine-month low on Tuesday on near-record output, ample fuel in stockpiles and forecasts for less hot weather and lower demand through early September than previously expected.Another factor weighing…

Petrobras CEO Mulls Change to Brazil's Reference Oil Price

Aug 19, 2025

Petrobras is worried about an upcoming change in Brazil's reference oil price that determines some taxes and royalties drillers pay, as it could weaken the economic viability of projects in offshore post-salt fields and in its onshore business…

Profit Drop Prompts Woodside Exploration Cut

Aug 19, 2025

Woodside Energy WDS.AX said on Tuesday it will scale back exploration efforts and prioritise its $39 billion project pipeline to strengthen its balance sheet, after depreciation and decommissioning costs led to a slump in first-half profit.Woodside…

Equinor Restarts Hammerfest LNG Output

Aug 19, 2025

Norway's Equinors restarting its Hammerfest LNG plant following an unscheduled production outage and expects to begin filling its tanks with liquefied natural gas(LNG) on Tuesday afternoon local time, a spokesperson told Reuters.Europe's largest…

Petrobras Looks to Increase Production at Three FPSOs

Aug 18, 2025

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras is looking to increase production at three floating offshore production platforms (FPSO) it operates in the country, the head of Exploration and Production, Sylvia dos Anjos, said on Monday.Production at…

Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?

Aug 15, 2025

The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an ambitious multi-phase ‘Argentina LNG’ initiative aiming to secure a permanent place in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market…

FLOATING POWER: Seatrium, Karpowership Ink Pact for FSRU Conversions

Aug 14, 2025

Seatrium Limited signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Karpowership, a global energy company and the owner, operator, and builder of the world’s largest Powership (floating power plant) fleet.Under the LOI, Seatrium will carry out the integration of four New Generation Powerships…

Norwegian Oil Investment Will Peak in '25

Aug 14, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas investments are expected to peak this year, and start declining next year as major projects are completed, a statistics office survey of industry players showed on Thursday.Norway produces about 2% of global oil, and became…

Halliburton to Deliver Well Simulation Services to ConocoPhillips

Aug 13, 2025

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia has awarded Halliburton a contract to deliver comprehensive well stimulation services to improve well performance and reservoir productivity.The contract spans five years and includes three optional extension periods…

Brent Oil Prices Hover While Facing Geopolitical Tensions, WTI Weakens Further

Aug 13, 2025

Brent oil futures are hovering around $66–67 per barrel with mixed geopolitical signals, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has weakened relatively more.The US-China tariff truce extension by 90 days reduced bearish sentiment, while the uncertainty…

Exxon Mobil Starts Production at Fourth FPSO in Guyana

Aug 12, 2025

An Exxon Mobil-led consortium began production at a fourth floating production, storage and offloading vessel at the Stabroek Block in Guyana on Friday, bringing total capacity from the oilfield to over 900,000 barrels of oil per day, Exxon said…

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