(Yahoo Finance) – LONDON – Shell reported on Thursday third-quarter profits of $6 billion that exceeded forecasts by 12% as higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales offset a sharp drop in oil refining and trading results. The results, together with a drop in debt and strong cash flow, could lift investor confidence in CEO Wael Sawan’s efforts to boost the company’s
(Oil Price) – Chevron has shut in its Blind Faith platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and evacuated all personnel from the facility in preparation for Hurricane Milton, the supermajor said on Monday. “Production from our other Chevron-operated Gulf of Mexico assets remains at normal levels,” Chevron said in a media update as weather services, forecasters, and Gulf of Mexico producers are
(Oil & Gas 360) – HOUSTON, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Shell Pipeline Company LP (“Shell”) today announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Rome Pipeline, an offshore pipeline construction project increasing access between Shell’s Green Canyon Block 19 (“GC-19”) pipeline hub platform and the Fourchon Junction facility on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. The pipeline will bring additional capacity to Shell’s
(Oil & Gas 360) – A review of recent valuations between international oil companies (IOCs) on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean suggests that size and strategy remain high on the list of investors’ criteria. One traditional indication is the price-to-earnings ratios (“PE”) for ExxonMobil and Chevron on the American side compared to their European counterparts, Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies.
(World Oil) – (Bloomberg) – Shell Plc’s Norwegian unit won’t pursue a project that would have used natural gas from its Nyhamna processing facility to make blue hydrogen due to a lack of demand. Having assessed its feasibility, Shell is shelving the project, company spokesman Jan Soppeland said Tuesday. That follows Friday’s announcement by Equinor ASA — Norway’s biggest oil
(BOE Report) – U.S. oil producers were scrambling on Monday to evacuate staff from Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms as the second major hurricane in two weeks was predicted to tear through offshore oil producing fields. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said a potential Tropical Cyclone in the Caribbean was expected to rapidly intensify over the gulf’s warm waters
Oil Price Refineries that had to dial down operations ahead of Hurricane Francine’s landfall are starting to reopen, with significant damages unlikely, according to a Reuters report. Exxon, which had cut operation rates at its Baton Rouge refinery to just a fifth of capacity, had now brought the refinery back online. “Our Baton Rouge area facilities are operating as normal. We
Yahoo Finance LONDON – Shell plans to scale back its oil and gas exploration and development workforce by 20% as CEO Wael Sawan widens his cost-saving drive to the highly profitable division after deep cuts in renewables and low-carbon businesses, company sources said. The restructuring in the exploration and wells development and subsurface units will see hundreds of job cuts
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Shell Plc plans to sell leases it won to develop floating offshore wind farms off the coast of Scotland, as the oil major continues to roll back a once-ambitious expansion into renewable power. The company wants to sell its share of projects in a joint venture with Iberdrola SA’s Scottish Power to develop as much as
Yahoo Finance Trinidad and Tobago’s High Court reaffirmed on Thursday a decision recognizing U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips’ arbitration claim against Venezuela, which could freeze the Caribbean country’s payments to its neighbor for joint natural gas projects. In late May, the court’s original decision opened the door for ConocoPhillips to enforce in that country a $1.33 billion claim against Venezuela for
Oil Price Shell announced on Wednesday that it had safely paused some drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Beryl was preparing to deliver a massive blow to Jamaica, Reuters reported, noting that so far no impact on GOM production had been noted. On Wednesday, Shell said it had begun evacuating non-essential crew at its Perdido asset in
BOE Report U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Venture Global LNG this year became one of the country’s largest producers of the superchilled gas and the industry’s most contentious supplier, facing contract claims by six customers. The duo who founded the company, co-chairs Michael Sabel and Robert Pender, have turned the booming business upside down through strong contracts, good timing
