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By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Proceeds from Venture Global’s debt and equity financing will fully fund the construction and commissioning of its Calcasieu Pass LNG facility Venture Global LNG Inc., headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, has closed on the project financing for its Calcasieu Pass LNG facility and associated TransCameron pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The proceeds
From Reuters Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said on Thursday it has launched one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects, injecting CO2 into a deep reservoir under an island off Western Australia at its Gorgon LNG project. The carbon storage project was delayed by more than two years after Chevron discovered problems with valves and pipeline equipment during commissioning
From Reuters Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is insisting on a $2 trillion valuation of oil firm Aramco, even though some bankers and company insiders say the kingdom should trim its target to around $1.5 trillion, industry and banking sources said. With Aramco talking again to banks about an initial public offering (IPO), its board is meeting later this
From Reuters Weaker second-quarter refining and chemicals profits offset surging U.S. shale production at U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Chevron Corp (CVX.N), the two reported on Friday. Exxon’s topped analysts’ reduced estimates for the quarter but net fell 21% from a year earlier, its third quarter in a row of weaker year-over-year profit, despite a near doubling
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Shell Offshore Inc. makes final investment decision for PowerNap deep-water project in U.S. Gulf Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (stock ticker: RDS-A, RDS-B), has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the PowerNap deep-water project in the US Gulf of Mexico, electing to move forward with
From Reuters Seven years ago, Diamondback Energy Inc went public with a modest parcel of drillable land in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Like dozens of other Permian startups, the firm then pursued a classic wildcatter’s strategy – borrowing to buy up acreage, acquire competitors and quickly boost output in the booming shale field. Today, Diamondback (FANG.O) is the
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 The staggering size of Aramco: Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company In 1933, the government of Saudi Arabia signed a concession agreement with the Standard Oil Company of California, creating an entity known as the California Arabian Standard Oil Company. Two years later, drilling began, and in 1938, famed geologist Max Steineke
From Bloomberg Argentine shale formation sees first crude and LNG shipments, drillers still face many infrastructure, political challenges Along the western edge of Argentina’s Patagonia, on an arid steppe nestled against the Andes mountains, lies a shale formation known as the Vaca Muerta. And ever since engineers confirmed what an American geologist suspected a century ago — that the Vaca
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Brazos Midstream and Shell E&P sign exclusive deal Brazos Midstream, a major Delaware Basin midstream player, has signed a 15-year gathering and processing agreement with Shell Exploration and Production. The deal will allow Brazos to construct a new natural gas gathering system in the region spanning across Loving, Ward, and Winkler
~$1 billion transaction to boost PBF’s production volume by 157,000 BOPD PBF Energy Inc. (stock ticker: PBF) has signed an agreement with Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US to purchase the Martinez refinery, located in Martinez, California, for approximately $1 billion. Depending when the deals closes, that figure could vary, perhaps dipping slightly to $900 million. As of
FPSO Mero 2 expected to produce 180,000 BOPD SBM Offshore N.V., a holding company headquartered in Amsterdam, signed a letter of intent this week with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for a 22.5-year lease to operate its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Mero 2. FPSO Mero 2 will be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin, located
