Business/economics
The long-term outlook analysis says a potential shift toward new construction could push 2026 production 3% above 2025 levels.
Lower operating expenditures and a changing asset mix helped UKCS operators cut average production costs by 9% year over year, despite relatively flat production levels, according to the NSTA.
The deal adds 40,000 B/D of production and epands Cenovus’ SAGD footprint with three Alberta assets.
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Kuwait Oil Co. signed a $597-million offshore drilling services contract with Halliburton for six high-pressure/high-temperature exploration wells on two jackup rigs in the Arabian Gulf. -
With the shale industry still awash in red ink, and oil prices falling, it may take more consolidation to try to bring some financial stability to the sector.
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Norwegian authorities approved development plans for Duva and Gjøa P1, both of which are expected to produce first oil in late 2020. The fields will each tie back to the Gjøa platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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The deal consists of stakes in nine shallow-water producing fields covering 108,000 gross acres in 10–50 m of water.
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Baker Hughes, a GE company, (BHGE) and C3.ai announced a joint venture agreement that brings together BHGE’s fullstream oil and gas expertise with C3.ai’s unique artificial-intelligence software suite to deliver digital transformation technologies and drive productivity for the oil and gas industry.
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Wood secured two new contracts from Equinor for onshore and offshore facilities in Norway.
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New analysis from Rystad Energy shows service companies are beginning to raise prices after seeing a significant drop following the oil price downturn. Pricing power is projected to keep rising in 2020 as the service industry sees more demand across the supply chain.
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Reports 20 June that Iran shot down a US Navy drone over the Strait of Hormuz—the global oil market’s most critical transit point—exacerbated tensions in the region following a pair of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman just a week earlier.
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Ranking places US ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia.
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Trade tensions and economic sentiment take a toll.
