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Why the U.S.’ largest shale gas basin misses out on the LNG boom

Oil Price


Regulatory hurdles are stymieing growth in natural gas production in the Marcellus-Utica basin, the largest U.S. gas-producing region, which is set to miss out on the expected boom in American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in the coming …

NOG announces additional core Northern Delaware Basin bolt-on acquisition

NOG announces additional core Northern Delaware Basin bolt-on acquisition

Oil and Gas 360


MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) (the “Company” or “NOG”) today announced the acquisition of Northern Delaware Basin properties.

 

NOG announces additional Core Northern Delaware Basin bolt-on acquisition- oil and gas 360

 

DELAWARE BASIN ACQUISITION

NOG has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire …

Source: Reuters

Exxon may emerge as the biggest winner in Guyana’s oil boom

Oil Price


The impoverished tiny South American country of Guyana has emerged as one of the continent’s top oil producers and is poised to become a leading global energy exporter. Since 2015 an Exxon Mobil-led consortium has made a …

Zephyr Energy readying to production test completed well in Paradox Basin

Zephyr Energy readying to production test completed well in Paradox Basin

World Oil


Zephyr Energy plc, the Rocky Mountain oil and gas company focused on responsible resource development from carbon-neutral operations, continues to prepare for extended production testing of its successfully drilled and completed State 16-2 LN-CC well. All relevant applications …

Brigham Minerals, Inc. announces core Midland Basin acquisition

Brigham Minerals, Inc. announces core Midland Basin acquisition

Oil and Gas 360


Brigham Minerals, Inc. (NYSE: MNRL) (“Brigham Minerals,” “Brigham,” or the “Company”), today announced it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests

APA Corporation announces first discovery in Block 53 offshore Suriname; provides update on Block 58 operations

APA Corporation announces first discovery in Block 53 offshore Suriname; provides update on Block 58 operations

Oil and Gas 360


HOUSTON, Aug. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced an oil discovery offshore Suriname at Baja-1 in Block 53 and provided an update on recent drilling operations at Dikkop-1 in Block 58.…

Source: World Oil

TotalEnergies kicks off production from Nigeria’s Ikike gas field

World Oil


TotalEnergies, OML99 operator (40%) in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC, 60%), has announced the start of production from the Ikike field, in Nigeria.

 

Located 20 km (12 miles) off the coast, at a depth …

Earthstone Energy announces Northern Delaware Basin asset acquisition for ~$627 million

Earthstone Energy announces Northern Delaware Basin asset acquisition for ~$627 million

Oil and Gas 360


Publisher’s Note: Earthstone Energy, Inc. will be presenting at EnerCom Denver-The Energy Investment Conference on August 7-10, 2022 in Denver. Register to attend.

THE WOODLANDS, TexasJune 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: …

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Shell to develop Crux natural gas field offshore Western Australia

World Oil


Shell Australia and its joint venture partner, SGH Energy, have taken a final investment decision to approve the development of the Crux natural gas field, off the coast of Western Australia. Crux will provide further supplies of natural …

Source: Reuters

Exxon declares force majeure on Russian Sakhalin-1 operations

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Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday that its Russian unit Exxon Neftegas Ltd has declared force majeure for its Sakhalin-1 operations, where it has become increasingly difficult to ship crude out of due to sanctions on Russia.

The …

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Murphy Oil strikes first oil from new Gulf of Mexico project

World Oil


(Bloomberg) — Murphy Oil Corp. has begun producing oil from a new deepwater Gulf of Mexico project, months ahead of schedule.

The offshore and shale oil producer on Tuesday said its King’s Quay floating production platform started generating …

Source: Reuters

Santos dispute with ConocoPhillips snags Alaska oil project, stake sale

World Oil


Australia’s Santos Ltd. is locked in a dispute with ConocoPhillips over road access in Alaska, potentially holding up a $3 billion oil project, according to letters from both companies to the U.S. state’s government.

The dispute could also …

Source: Reuters

Shell Trinidad and Tobago delivers first gas from Colibri project

World Oil


Shell Trinidad and Tobago (through BG International, a subsidiary of Shell plc) announced that production has started on Block 22 and NCMA-4 in the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) in Trinidad and Tobago.

The start-up of Colibri follows …

Source: Reuters

Exxon drills dry hole in setback to Brazilian oil exploration

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(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. drilled a so-called dry hole off the Brazilian coast, a rare setback in the oil titan’s effort to expand its South American crude reserves.

 

The Cutthroat exploratory well failed to find significant …

Source: Bloomberg

Exxon to hand Russian oil-project stake to Rosneft, partners

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TotalEnergies announces significant oil and gas discovery in Block 58

World Oil


TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have made a significant new oil and associated gas discovery at the Krabdagu-1 well, in the central area of Block 58, offshore Suriname. This follows previous discoveries at Maka, Sapakara, Kwaskwasi and Keskesi, and …

Source: Reuters

EXCLUSIVE Brazil has oil. Exxon can’t seem to find it

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HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future.

 

But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil …

Source: Bloomberg

Exxon joins Chevron in Permian oil surge as peers preach caution

World Oil


Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd announces significant U.S. discovery

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd announces significant U.S. discovery

World Oil


Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited, an international oil and gas exploration, production and development company with operations focused in Wyoming, USA, announced a significant conventional light oil discovery at its Wyoming asset. In addition, COPL provides an operational update …

Source: Oil Now

BREAKING: Guyana scores big again as Exxon hits two more discoveries

Oil Now


ExxonMobil and the Government of Guyana today announced two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

 

The Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The …

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Shell signs gas concession agreement for Block 10 in Oman’s Saih Rawl field

World Oil


Shell Integrated Gas Oman BV, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, along with its partners, OQ and Marsa Liquefied Natural Gas LLC, have signed a concession agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals on behalf of …

Source: Reuters

Guyana relaxes proposed local content terms in oil bill draft

Reuters


Guyana’s government on Thursday delivered to the National Assembly the draft of a local content bill that will regulate its nascent oil industry, proposing requirements beginning at 5% by the end of 2022 for activities to be carried out …

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Eni oil block expected to enter production in Q2 2023, Ivory Coast says

Reuters


ABIDJAN — An offshore oil block in Ivory Coast controlled by Eni is expected to enter production in the second quarter of 2023 with daily output of 12,000 barrels of oil and 17.5 million cubic feet of gas, the …

Source: Reuters

Exxon, Halliburton in talks for Iraq’s West Qurna-1 oilfield, says energy minister

World Oil


(Bloomberg) –Halliburton Co. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are in talks over the latter’s attempt to sell a stake in the huge West Qurna-1 oil field in southern Iraq, according to the country’s energy minister.

Iraq wants a U.S. …

Source: Reuters

Chevron, Equatorial Guinea sign production sharing contract for Block EG09

World Oil


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Chevron has signed an agreement with the government of Equatorial Guinea for Block EG09, located in the Douala basin on the border of Cameroon.

Representing a notable achievement for both Chevron as it moves …

Source: Nasdaq

Equinor makes its 6th Norwegian oil discovery of 2021

Nasdaq


OSLO, Nov 1 – Equinor EQNR.OL has made an oil discovery estimated to hold up to 62 million barrels of crude off the coast of Norway, the energy major said on Monday.

The discovery, just north of the Tyrihans …

Source: Reuters

Judge voids ConocoPhillips Alaska project approved by Trump

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Source: Reuters

ExxonMobil makes new discovery off Guyana’s coast

Nasdaq


Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N said on Wednesday it has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, as the U.S. oil major develops one of the world’s most important new oil and gas blocks in …

Source: Reuters

Biden administration backs Alaska oil drilling project approved under Trump

Reuters


U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration defended on Wednesday a proposed ConocoPhillips (COP.N) oil development in Alaska, backing the drilling project which was approved under the administration of former President Donald Trump.

“A Wednesday filing by the U.S. Department of …

Source: Reuters

Kaieteur Block – Cataleya Energy Ltd. 5% farm-down to Hess Corporation

Westmount Energy release

Westmount Energy Limited (UK AIM: WTE.L, USA OTCQB: WMELF), is pleased to note the announcement by Ratio Petroleum Energy Limited Partnership (“Ratio Petroleum”) yesterday, that Hess Corporation (“Hess”) has increased its working interest (“WI”) in the Kaieteur