Oil Price U.S. supermajor Chevron has quit operations in Myanmar by transferring its stake in a natural gas field and an associated pipeline to its former partners in the ventures, after pledging to leave the Southeast Asian country following a military coup in 2021. “The withdrawal gives effect to our intention to exit Myanmar in a controlled and orderly manner,
Oil Price The Netherlands’ five largest pension funds have said they are willing to invest billions in the country’s renewable energy sector and the electricity grid. The funds, with a combined 900 billion euros ($975 billion) in assets, have offered to help with finances and expertise in the nation’s electric grid expansion and sustainable heating projects. “We want to make a bigger
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp.’s discussions with Exxon Mobil Corp. and China’s Cnooc Ltd. over a prolific oil field off the shores of Guyana ended “abruptly” a few weeks ago, Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth said. Chevron held constructive talks with Exxon and Cnooc over the Stabroek block off Guyana several months ago as part its proposed $53 billion
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. is open to talking to Chevron Corp. about its proposed takeover of Hess Corp. as the oil giants spar over the deal’s implications for a massive offshore oil project in Guyana, Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods said in an interview. His comments mark that first time Exxon has publicly made clear it’s willing
World Oil (WO) – Challenger Energy and its wholly-owned Uruguayan subsidiary, CEG Uruguay SA, have entered into a farm-out agreement with Chevron Uruguay Exploration Limited (“Chevron”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, related to a 60% interest in the AREA OFF-1 block, offshore Uruguay. Chevron will acquire a 60% participating interest in the AREA OFF-1 block and will assume operatorship
World Oil (WO) – VAALCO Energy, Inc. has entered into a sales and purchase agreement (“SPA”) to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB (“Svenska”), a privately-held exploration and production (“E&P”) company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Svenska’s primary asset is a 27.39% non-operated working interest in the deepwater producing Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa. The gross
Oil Price Oil and gas supermajors, including Exxon and Chevron, petitioned on Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court to toss a Hawaii Supreme Court decision allowing a climate lawsuit of Honolulu to proceed to trial. Honolulu sued several major fossil fuel companies in 2020 in the lawsuit ‘City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP’, seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel
Nasdaq HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil’s surprise challenge to Chevron’s acquisition of Hess through a dispute over a stake in a major Guyana oil field could prove fruitful for the U.S. oil giant, even if it does not end up enlarging its holdings in the South American country. Exxon XOM.N said on Monday it may exercise pre-emptive rights that could block Chevron CVX.N from acquiring
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. surpassed earnings forecasts as bigger-than-expected oil output from shale fields helped cushion the blow from weakening crude prices. Exxon rose as much as 1.6% in New York and Chevron climbed 2.8%. Exxon’s outsized result also was aided by a $1.14 billion boost from unsettled derivatives and record fuel production at
Yahoo Finance HOUSTON – Chevron Corp on Friday beat analysts’ earnings estimates and increased dividends on higher oil and gas production, after a year of sharply lower profits on missteps and charges. Shares were up 2% in morning trading after the company beat analysts’ consensus forecast by 24 cents with adjusted earnings of $3.45 per share in the fourth quarter
Nasdaq It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S. state divorces itself from fossil fuels in its fight against climate change. California’s oil output a century ago amounted to it being the fourth-largest crude producer in the U.S., and spawned hundreds of oil drillers, including some of the largest still in
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. has begun marketing its Duvernay shale holdings in Alberta as the oil giant divests assets following its agreement to buy Hess Corp. Chevron plans to shed all of its 70% stake in the Western Alberta oil and natural gas play, spokesman Braden Reddall said in an email. Other assets in Canada won’t be affected.
