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Oil industry acquisitions appear ready to increase in 2018 and shift from survival strategies toward growth objectives, according to key business observers at global professional services firm EY. -
Full-year 2017 and fourth-quarter financial results show an improving picture for the industry’s three largest oilfield services companies. After 3-plus years of cutbacks, the service sector outlook has turned relatively positive.
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The global oil industry is positioned for stronger performance, reflecting the financial discipline and cost-cutting innovation driven by several years of low oil prices and the likely prospect of more stable market conditions.
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Noble Energy’s latest planned gas development offshore Israel will not only have a major positive impact on the host country but could transform energy sourcing for the region, Project Manager Brian Hogan told the SPE Gulf Coast Section International Study Group recently.
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Total just strengthened its presence in United States deepwater plays through an acquisition from Samson that gives the French company a 12.5% interest in blocks covering the Anchor discovery, one of the most significant recent finds in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A newly developed compressor undergoing field trials could significantly change, and bring substantial cost savings to, the way wellsites are designed.
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Petrobras and Total have executed two major transactions involving deepwater, presalt development assets offshore Brazil, with Total becoming the first major international company to operate a Brazil presalt field.
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The industry has figured out how much opportunity lies in the Permian Basin’s Delaware subbasin, and the Delaware play is now dominating US unconventional oil activity, Citigroup’s Jeff Sieler told the SPE Gulf Coast Section reservoir group recently.
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R&D is essential for the industry, regardless of the current oil price, and past down markets have spawned some key technology advances, ExxonMobil researcher Erika Biediger told the SPE Gulf Coast Section R&D study group recently.
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The global oil industry is positioned for stronger performance, reflecting the financial discipline and cost-cutting innovation driven by several years of low oil prices and the likely prospect of more stable market conditions.
