(Oil Price) – Oil prices have soared in recent months as a result of the almost complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key trade corridor connecting Asia and Europe. High fossil fuel prices have helped to drive up the profits of oil and gas companies around the globe, particularly in the United States and Europe. As a few
(World Oil) — bp has awarded Emerson a multi-million-dollar contract to provide automation technologies for the $2.9 billion Shah Deniz Compression project offshore Azerbaijan, supporting increased gas recovery from the Caspian Sea field. The project represents the next phase of development at Shah Deniz and is designed to access lower-pressure gas reserves as the field matures. It is expected to enable production and
(World Oil) — bp has agreed to acquire Woodside Energy’s 70% interest in the Calypso gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, giving the company full ownership and operatorship of the early-stage deepwater natural gas development. The transaction increases bp’s stake in Block TTDAA 14 from 30% to 100% and represents another step in the company’s strategy of concentrating its upstream portfolio around high-value assets where
(Oil Price) – In 2020, BP unveiled a “major, necessary step in support of our purpose to reimagine energy for people and our planet.” The new strategy – “performing while transforming” – would see the firm “significantly scale-up our low carbon energy business” as part of a commitment “to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the
(Oil Price) – BP more than doubled its profit for the second quarter from a year earlier on the back of higher oil and gas prices and stronger refining margins driven by the shock supply disruption in the Middle East. BP on Tuesday reported an underlying replacement cost (RC) profit, the closest metric to net profit closely watched by analysts, of $5.7
(World Oil) — bp has started production from its Atlantis expansion project in the U.S. Gulf of America/Mexico, adding approximately 10,000 boed of gross peak annualized production while extending the life of one of the company’s flagship deepwater developments. Located about 150 miles south of New Orleans, the Atlantis field has been producing for nearly two decades. The expansion includes two new subsea
(World Oil) – bp has agreed to bring Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) into its Kirkuk redevelopment project in northern Iraq, with the Turkish national oil company acquiring a 15% interest in BP Energy Company of Kirkuk Limited (BP ECKL). The agreement, signed during Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi’s official visit to Türkiye, builds on a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding signed by bp and TPAO
(Oil Price) – BP has started to simplify its portfolio and cut costs, and will make fewer but better choices in which projects to invest, chief executive Meg O’Neill said on Thursday. “We are taking concrete action to grow long-term value for shareholders: simplifying our portfolio, reducing costs, maintaining tight discipline on capex and strengthening the balance sheet,” O’Neill, the first
(World Oil) – bp has agreed to sell its non-operated interest in the Bay du Nord project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, to operator Equinor, continuing its strategy of simplifying its upstream portfolio and focusing capital on higher-value opportunities. The transaction includes bp’s interests across 10 licenses associated with the Bay du Nord development, representing an average 37.2% working interest. Financial terms were not
(BOE Report) – British oil major BP has started a process to sell stakes in two of its Gulf of Mexico projects, four people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be one of new CEO Meg O’Neill’s first moves. BP, one of the largest operators in the Gulf of Mexico, has been weighing a sale of minority
(World Oil) — SLB’s OneSubsea joint venture has secured a contract from bp to provide a subsea boosting system for the Thunder Horse development in the deepwater Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico, extending the operator’s use of standardized subsea processing technology across multiple offshore projects. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract follows recent subsea boosting awards for bp’s Kaskida and Tiber developments.
(Oil Price) – BP will sell 5% in the $35-billion Browse LNG project in Australia, which Australian energy giant Woodside is looking to progress, the UK-based supermajor told Reuters on Monday. BP is selling the 5% stake, out of its total of its 44% interest, to South Korea’s GS Energy. “The dilution reflects BP’s disciplined approach to portfolio management by
