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Anadarko Sees Oil Production Growth with Freeport-McMoRan Deepwater Assets

Anadarko Sees Oil Production Growth with Freeport-McMoRan Deepwater Assets

Anadarko closes $2 billion Freeport-McMoRan Gulf of Mexico asset acquisition, ramps up Permian activity, announces GOM oil discoveries

Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (ticker: APC) announced Thursday that the company has closed on its acquisition of Freeport-McMoRan’s (ticker: FCX) Gulf of …

Offshore Driller Rowan Creates New Company with Saudi Aramco

Rowan Companies plc (ticker: RDC) and the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) have signed, through their subsidiaries, an agreement to create a 50/50 joint venture to own, operate, and manage offshore drilling rigs in Saudi Arabia.

The new joint …

November 23, 2016 - 10:36 am Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, International
Hess Moves Guyana Resource Estimate Closer to 1.4 Billion BOE

Hess Moves Guyana Resource Estimate Closer to 1.4 Billion BOE

Hess’ Liza-3 well offshore Guyana confirms a major oil discovery with breakeven below $40 per barrel

Hess Corporation (ticker: HES) released its third-quarter earnings Wednesday, reporting a loss of $1.12 per share, but the company also updated the markets on …

Experts Predict Trouble Ahead for Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Operators

Experts Predict Trouble Ahead for Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Operators

New supplemental collateral requirements could severely damage independent Gulf of Mexico drillers, producers – Part 2

On Sept. 12, 2016, the federal government initiated big changes to its bonding requirements for the financial liability for decommissioning oil and gas assets …

Statoil Celebrates 5 Billion Barrels from Statfjord

Statoil Celebrates 5 Billion Barrels from Statfjord

On Monday minister of petroleum and energy Tord Lien together with Statoil (ticker: STO), Centrica (ticker: CNA) and ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) celebrated the 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent delivered by Statfjord since first oil in 1979.

The minister got

U.S. Offshore Drilling Changes Drastically on Sept. 12, 2016

U.S. Offshore Drilling Changes Drastically on Sept. 12, 2016

Part 1: What is NTL No. 2016-N01?

In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to extract oil and natural gas …

Two Caspian Sea Projects Could Add 200 MBOPD by Year-End

Two Caspian Sea Projects Could Add 200 MBOPD by Year-End

Even as Russia discusses a production freeze with Saudi Arabia, Caspian Sea projects could add to the glut

Oil prices have improved this week in part thanks to renewed talks amongst Saudi Arabia and Russia to stabilize global oil prices. …

Did a White House Appointee just Kill Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

Did a White House Appointee just Kill Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

U.S. Offshore Drilling Changes Drastically after Sept. 12, 2016 – Part 1

In July an agency under the executive branch of the U.S. government delivered what might be a killshot for a portion of the leaseholders and operators working to …

U.S. Offshore Rig Count Drops 42% Week-Over-Week

U.S. Offshore Rig Count Drops 42% Week-Over-Week

The U.S. rig count increased by 8 rigs in the week ended September 2, according to data from Baker Hughes Industries, reaching 497 in total. The number of oil rigs increased by 1 to 407, while gas rigs rose 7 …

W&T Offshore Announces Debt Exchange Results

W&T Offshore Announces Debt Exchange Results

W&T Offshore announced early participation results for the company’s tender offer to exchange its 8.5% senior notes due 2019 ($900 million aggregate principal outstanding) for new second lien paid-in-kind (PIK) toggle notes due 2020 and third lien PIK toggle notes …

Anadarko Petroleum  – Day Two Breakout Notes

Anadarko Petroleum – Day Two Breakout Notes

Anadarko presents at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference®

 During Anadarko’s breakout session, management was asked the following questions:

  • As you roll into next year, how are you thinking about CAPEX and cash flow given the probable lack of divestiture
VAALCO Energy Increases Share in Flagship Asset by 11%

VAALCO Energy Increases Share in Flagship Asset by 11%

VAALCO finances purchase of 3.23% participating interest with $5 million loan and cash on hand

Houston—based VAALCO Energy (ticker: EGY) announced today that the company purchased an additional 3.23% interest in its flagship Etame asset located offshore of the Republic …

Shell Announces 125 MMBOE Discovery in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico

Shell Announces 125 MMBOE Discovery in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico

Shell’s Fort Sumter discover in the Gulf of Mexico will help the company reach 900 MBOEPD of offshore production by the end of the decade

Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDSA) announced the discovery in the Mississippi Canyon Block 566, 73 …

Industry Needs Minimum of Upper $50s for Sustainable Recovery: BHI

Industry Needs Minimum of Upper $50s for Sustainable Recovery: BHI

But BHI Chairman Predicts “Continued Uncertainty” in Global Oil Markets

Before the markets opened today, Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI) hosted the company’s second quarter conference call. BHI reported an adjusted net loss of $0.90 per share, with revenue falling 39.3% …

EnerCom Conference Presenter Focus:  Contango Oil & Gas Company

EnerCom Conference Presenter Focus: Contango Oil & Gas Company

MCF will present at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® on Mon. Aug. 15, 2016

Contango Oil & Gas Company (ticker: MCF) is an exploration and production company headquartered in Houston, TX, with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, onshore …

Schlumberger Seals the Deal on a $300 million Contract in Australia

Schlumberger Seals the Deal on a $300 million Contract in Australia

Schlumberger (ticker: SLB) subsidiary OneSubsea secured an engineering contract for the development of the Greater Enfield project off the northwest coast of Australia from Woodside Energy.

Woodside announced on June 26, that the company would move forward with the development …

July 15, 2016 - 4:39 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Noble Sells 3% Interest in Tamar for $369 Million, Plans to Drill New Well

Noble Sells 3% Interest in Tamar for $369 Million, Plans to Drill New Well

Noble sells down its working interest in Tamar field as part of Israel’s approved natural gas regulatory framework

Noble Energy (ticker: NBL) announced the sale of a 3% working interest in the Tamar field offshore Israel today for $369 million, …

Exxon Mobil and Hess Corp. Announce World-Class Oil Discovery

Exxon Mobil and Hess Corp. Announce World-Class Oil Discovery

The equivalent of 1,400 Gulf of Mexico Blocks: Tillerson

Exxon Mobil (ticker: XOM) and Hess Corp. (ticker: HES) announced initial results from the Liza-2 exploration well in the Stabroek block of offshore Guyana.

This announcement follow the success of the …

Delek Announces $3 Billion Contract for Leviathan Gas

Delek Announces $3 Billion Contract for Leviathan Gas

13 BCM of natural gas from the Leviathan Field for combined cycle natgas generation

Noble Energy’s (ticker: NBL) Tel Aviv-based partner in the Leviathan offshore natural gas field, Delek Group (ticker: DGRLY) reached an agreement with IPM Beer Tuvia Ltd. …

Lost at Sea: Offshore Drillers Face Difficult Road Ahead

Lost at Sea: Offshore Drillers Face Difficult Road Ahead

Oil prices have continued to move upward in recent weeks, and that has spurred the talk of rig counts possibly increasing and production coming back online. As oil prices flirt with the $50 mark, this may become a reality to …

GOM Drilling: Federal Government Proposes New Offshore Regulations

GOM Drilling: Federal Government Proposes New Offshore Regulations

New offshore regulations targeted at preventing emergency situations like BP’s Macondo come with $31-billion price tag: API

The Obama administration will issue new regulations for offshore oil and gas operators this Thursday. The regulations will require more preventative measures to …

Oil in the U.K.: Largest Uptick in Annual Production Since 1998

Oil in the U.K.: Largest Uptick in Annual Production Since 1998

Production in the U.K increased 100 MBOPD in 2015

Petroleum production in the U.K. showed an increase in 2015 – after many years of steady decline. Fields brought online in the second half of 2014, along with some brought on …

Source: Rosneft

Obama Administration Pulls the Plug on Atlantic Offshore Lease Sale

The White House changes course on allowing offshore drilling in the Atlantic

The U.S. Department of the Interior will not be offering leases for offshore drilling in the Atlantic in its next five-year plan, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell

Gulf of Mexico Production Expected to Reach Record High in 2017

Gulf of Mexico Production Expected to Reach Record High in 2017

Gulf of Mexico production will account for 21% of U.S. production next year

Gulf of Mexico expected production

Production from the Gulf of Mexico is expected to continue growing, despite the current price environment. With eight projects that came online in 2015, four expected in …

OPEC’s Strategy is Working – in China

OPEC’s Strategy is Working – in China

Sinopec shuts-in four production sites

As the oil price slump continues amid OPEC’s battle to maintain market share, the group’s goal of eliminating high-cost production appears to be working, but perhaps not where OPEC had originally hoped.

Sinopec (ticker: SNP), …

CNOOC to Cut Production and Spending

CNOOC to Cut Production and Spending

CNOOC’s 2016 plan looks to lower production for the first time in a decade

Lower oil and gas prices are forcing at least one of China’s producers to lower its production goal for 2016. In a press release Tuesday, China …

Statoil Awards $3.92 Billion in Offshore Work

Statoil Awards $3.92 Billion in Offshore Work

Statoil renews long-term contracts worth $1.23 billion

Norwegian Statoil (ticker: STO) announced today that the company has renewed long-term contracts with an estimated value of NOK11 billion ($1.23 billion). The contracts are with Beerenberg Corp As and Prezioso Linjebygg AS, …

January 5, 2016 - 6:07 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Offshore, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Source Red Barricades

Iran Looking at Long-Term Offshore Platform, Tanker Deals with Russia

Russian shipyard wants to construct offshore platforms for Iran “for decades”

Cooperation is abundant. Russian shipyard Red Barricades is in talks with Iranian companies on joint construction of offshore platforms to drill for oil in the Persian Gulf, the shipyard’s

Anadarko: 100 MMcf/d Offshore Natural Gas Project Achieves LNG Milestone

Anadarko: 100 MMcf/d Offshore Natural Gas Project Achieves LNG Milestone

Targeting production of 24 Tcf of natural gas, Anadarko and other project concessionaires agree on operating natural gas fields offshore Mozambique

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (ticker: APC) announced today that it reached an agreement with concessionaires in its Offshore Area 1 …

Mexico Declares Interest to Join the IEA

Mexico Declares Interest to Join the IEA

Mexico hopes to join the IEA as it continues reforming the oil and gas sector

Mexican Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquin Coldwell today presented International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol with an official letter declaring Mexico’s interest in …