Asset/portfolio management
As the pace of new discoveries slows and high-quality prospects become harder to find, oil companies may need to rely more heavily on mature fields to maintain production and support future supply.
EY reports an 11% decline in reserve additions and the first sub-100% reserve replacement ratio since 2021, even as crude output climbed.
By acquiring 100% of Ventura’s outstanding shares, SED Energy Holdings would scale its business into a combined $1 billion company backed by a $1.3 billion contract backlog focused on deepwater drilling, shallow-water tender rigs, and seismic acquisition.
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Baker Hughes has acquired the power generation division of the UK’s BRUSH group to grow its turbomachinery portfolio and decarbonization solutions capabilities. -
A new report shows that the offshore oil and gas sector is cautiously getting back to work, with some projects delayed and while EPC awards for sanctioned projects remain robust.
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Nations coming together with common interests and approaches to energy is a hallmark of the modern times. Nations in South America and the Caribbean are also joining the trend via strategic energy alliances as disclosed by the presidents of Guyana and Suriname at a recent conference in Suriname, Paramaribo.
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The company has renamed itself Orrön Energy and will be a pure-play renewables business. Lundin's E&P business was transferred to Aker BP, closing a $14-billion deal announced in December 2021.
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The Russian president has signed a decree that appears to nationalize the Sakhalin-2 offshore oil and gas production-sharing agreement and related LNG facilities to squeeze out its foreign partners.
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Whitecap enters into the liquids-rich Duvernay play, including 74,000 acres with more than 250 identified drilling locations.
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The sale is subject to the closing of the acquisition by BW Energy of the 100% operating working interest in the Golfinho field from Petrobras.
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ExxonMobil's departure leaves BP and Shell as the last international oil companies in Iraq.
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The UK supermajor is selling off its Sunrise oil sands stake for cash, interest in the undeveloped Bay du Nord complex off Newfoundland.
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Shell’s revised Jackdaw development plan has been approved by regulators who had rejected its original plan last year.
