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Source: Reuters

Shell eyes tankers for oil floating storage after price collapse

Reuters


LONDON – Royal Dutch Shell is in talks to charter at least three supertankers to store crude oil at sea as traders brace for a sharp rise in global stocks after OPEC and its allies abandoned a production cut …

Source: Reuters

Oil falls as Saudi, UAE plan for higher output capacity

Reuters


LONDON – Oil prices fell on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced plans to boost production capacity and OPEC and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) slashed oil demand forecasts because of the coronavirus outbreak.…

Source: Houston Chronicle

Energy Dept. says OPEC trying to ‘shock oil markets’

Houston Chronicle


A Department of Energy spokeswoman called out OPEC’s decision not to cut oil production as an attempt to “manipulate and shock oil markets,” after oil prices dropped close to $30 a barrel Monday.

“These attempts by state actors …

Source: Reuters

Saudi Arabia, Russia raise stakes in oil standoff

Reuters


DUBAI/MOSCOW – Saudi Arabia will raise its crude supply to a record high in April, the kingdom announced on Tuesday, as it ratcheted up a standoff with Moscow over market share and appeared to reject Russian overtures for new …

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power, Uzbekistan sign $2.5bn energy agreements

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power, Uzbekistan sign $2.5bn energy agreements

Gulf Business


The agreements include the construction of a 1,500MW Combined Cycle Gas-Turbine power plant and a 500-1000MW wind farm

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s utility developer ACWA Power revealed that it had signed three agreements, potentially worth up to $2.5bn, …

Source: Reuters

Oil demand set for first contraction since 2009 due to coronavirus: IEA

Reuters


LONDON – Global oil demand is set to contract in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade as global economic activity stalls due to the coronavirus, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.

The downward revision …

Source: CNBC

Here’s why financial markets are tanking around the world

CNBC


A group of oil-producing nations known as OPEC failed to reach a deal with its allies over oil output cuts following a meeting in Vienna on Friday. This led OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia to slash its official selling prices

Source: Reuters

Oil prices plunge by a third as Saudi-Russian pump war looms

Reuters


LONDON – Oil prices lost as much as a third of their value on Monday in their biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War as Saudi Arabia and Russia signalled they would hike output in a market already …

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, talks on his mobile phone in front of a screen showing the Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Asian shares slammed in panicked trade, oil prices crash

SYDNEY (Reuters)


Asian shares were set for a pounding on Monday as investors fled to bonds to hedge the economic shock of the coronavirus, and oil plunged more than 20% after Saudi Arabia slashed its official selling price.

The world’s …

Power and new and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh said it is his ambition to set up a regional power grid that includes Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

In push for neighborhood-first policy, India plans a common electricity market

LiveMint


The Union government plans to set up a regional grid that will be leveraged to create a common electricity market for nations in India’s neighborhood, said power and new and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh.

The proposed market,

Market Extra: Has the coronavirus selloff created a stock-buying opportunity, or is it too early? Here’s what analysts and strategists are advising

Market Extra: Has the coronavirus selloff created a stock-buying opportunity, or is it too early? Here’s what analysts and strategists are advising

Source: Reuters

U.S. oil boom vs Europe’s renewables focus? Big Oil’s gap widens — in words

Reuters


NEW YORK/LONDON  – Exxon and Chevron boasted to investors this week about booming U.S. oil production, illustrating how the gap has widened – at least in words – between top American oil and gas companies and their European rivals …

Source: Houston Chronicle

Exxon, Shell face uphill legal battle over soured Nigerian deal

Houston Chronicle


Oil majors including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are facing uphill battles to convince U.S. courts to enforce multi-billion dollar arbitration awards they secured against Nigeria’s state oil company.

The companies accused the Nigerian National …

Linc Energy’s former executives committed to stand trial over failed coal gasification plant

Linc Energy’s former executives committed to stand trial over failed coal gasification plant

ABC Australia 


Oil & Gas Publishers Note: While this is happening in Australia, it may be a new trend in the United States. Will be interesting to follow.

Five executives who were in charge of Linc Energy’s experimental coal gasification

Source: Houston Chronicle

IEA plans to revise down oil demand forecasts due to virus

Houston Chronicle


The International Energy Agency plans to revise down its oil-demand forecasts next week because of the spreading coronavirus.

“I am going to announce it Monday morning in Paris,” IEA chief Fatih Birol told a Congressional hearing in Washington …

OTC plans to go ahead as coronavirus cancels other conferences

OTC plans to go ahead as coronavirus cancels other conferences

Houston Chronicle


Organizers of OTC, the largest oil and gas trade show in the world, say they plan to continue with an annual conference planned in Houston despite the global coronavirus outbreak canceling similar events. The Offshore Technology Conference takes …

March 5, 2020 - 3:00 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, International
One of the World’s Largest Energy Summits Canceled on Virus

One of the World’s Largest Energy Summits Canceled on Virus

Bloomberg


Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: This is a huge conference being cancelled due to the virus. I do not have the answers on the virus, but we do need to continue to work and wash our hands. Staying

TransAlta Renewables Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results, Declares Dividends and Provides Outlook for 2020

TransAlta Renewables Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results, Declares Dividends and Provides Outlook for 2020

TransAlta Renewables Inc. (“TransAlta Renewables” or the “Company”) (TSX: RNW) announced today solid financial results which were at the upper-end of its guidance for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, along with its 2020 outlook.

Source: Reuters

Oil prices on track for biggest weekly fall in four years

Reuters


LONDON – Oil prices slumped to their lowest in more than a year on Friday and were set for their steepest weekly fall in four years as the global spread of the coronavirus stokes demand fears.

Investors are increasingly …

February 28, 2020 - 1:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, International
Source: Reuters

Colombia’s Ecopetrol to increase exploratory wells, roll over debt due in 2020

Reuters


BOGOTA – Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol ECO.CN will look to increase the number of exploratory wells it has planned through 2022 to up to 45 in a bid to further bolster reserves, company executives said on Wednesday.

Ecopetrol …

February 27, 2020 - 1:00 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, International
Source: Reuters

Oil prices slide for fifth day to lowest in a year as virus fears grow

Reuters


NEW YORK – Oil prices plunged more than 4% on Thursday, down for a fifth day to their lowest since January 2019 as more new coronavirus cases outside China fed fears of a pandemic that could slow the global …

Source: Reuters

Guyana government launches search for company to market its crude

Reuters


Guyana’s government on Wednesday launched a search for a company to market its share of crude produced at the offshore Liza well, where an Exxon Mobil Corp-led consortium began producing oil in December.

The government is entitled to a …

February 26, 2020 - 2:00 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, International
Source: Houston Chronicle

Aramco trading CEO: Oil demand will recover after ‘big hit’

Houston Chronicle


Oil markets will begin to recover in the second quarter as the virus that has inflicted a “big hit” on Chinese demand abates, the head of Saudi Aramco’s trading unit said.

“By the end of April, we will …

February 26, 2020 - 1:00 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, International
Source: Reuters

Oil inches up on U.S. crude inventories, coronavirus limits gains

Reuters


NEW YORK – Oil prices edged up on Wednesday after U.S. crude in storage grew less than expected and gasoline inventories dropped, but hundreds of new coronavirus cases reported in Asia, Europe and oil-producing countries in the Middle East …

February 26, 2020 - 12:00 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, International
Exxon drops to 15-year low ahead of annual strategy presentation

Exxon drops to 15-year low ahead of annual strategy presentation

Houston Chronicle


Exxon Mobil Corp. fell to a 15-year low on Monday amid a broad selloff in equity and commodity markets and just over a week before Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods is scheduled to present the oil explorer’s long-term …

Source: Reuters

U.S. shale oil output growth will slow in 2020: Schlumberger CEO

Reuters


RIYADH – The growth in U.S. shale oil production will slow to 600,000 to 700,000 barrels per day in 2020 and to 200,000 bpd in 2021, the chief executive of U.S. oilfield services giant Schlumberger said on Tuesday.

U.S. …

February 25, 2020 - 2:00 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, International
Source: Houston Chronicle

Oil slips for 3rd day as virus fears outweigh supply cuts

Reuters


LONDON – Oil slipped towards $56 a barrel on Tuesday, falling for a third day, as concerns about the spread of the coronavirus and its impact on oil demand outweighed OPEC output cuts and Libyan supply losses.

Crude fell …

Superior Drilling Products, Inc. Achieves 2019 Preliminary Revenue of $19 Million Driven by Growth in Middle East

Superior Drilling Products, Inc. Achieves 2019 Preliminary Revenue of $19 Million Driven by Growth in Middle East

Superior Drilling Products, Inc. (NYSE American: SDPI) (“SDP” or the “Company”), a designer and manufacturer of drilling tool technologies, today announced unaudited preliminary revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $19.0 million, up 4% from the prior year. …

Llanos Orientales oil fields in Colombia see the light, while increasing safety and lowering the environmental impact

Llanos Orientales oil fields in Colombia see the light, while increasing safety and lowering the environmental impact

JCA Companies


Cody, WY., February 24, 2020. JCA Companies (“JCA”) announced today that its subsidiary C-MOR Energy Services has safely installed its first Crown Jewel Rig Mounted Lighting Package for Parex Resources on a Top Drilling Rig in the …

Kosmos Energy Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results

Kosmos Energy Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (“Kosmos”) (NYSE: KOS) announced today the financial and operating results for the fourth quarter of 2019. For the quarter, the Company generated a net loss of $36 million, or $0.09 per diluted share. When adjusted for certain …