Field/project development
The Loran Phase 2 license award builds on BP’s growing presence in Venezuela as it seeks to develop offshore projects, particularly shared fields near Venezuela’s maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago.
ExxonMobil and its Area 4 partners have awarded $1.1 billion in pre-investment contracts for long-lead upstream equipment supporting Mozambique's Rovuma LNG project. The awards, led by OneSubsea, mark a key step toward FID as development advances on ExxonMobil's largest global investment.
Gran Tierra will refocus its investment strategy to strengthen its portfolio in Canada and Azerbaijan while Maurel & Prom, majority owned by Pertamina’s international upstream arm, grows its South American footprint in Colombia and Ecuador.
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A Shell partnership with YPF marks a significant milestone for the Argentina LNG export facility, raising new questions about the nation’s potential to unlock the economic power of its vast shale reserves. -
Diversified Energy announces its largest deal yet to buy private equity-owned Maverick Natural Resources.
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International majors showing new interest in Iraq as China scoops blocks in Baghdad’s most recent bid rounds.
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By boosting gas supplies to Egypt’s home market, Cairo can return its focus to developing an LNG export hub.
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The Norwegian operator engaged BW Offshore and Altera Infrastructure to take a run at a development scheme for the project.
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Of the 53 licenses awarded, 33 are in the North Sea, 19 in the Norwegian Sea, and one in the Barents Sea.
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Ruwais is slated to be the first net-zero LNG facility in the Middle East and North Africa.
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The new wells at Zohr are key to a plan to return Egypt’s gas production back to “pre-crisis” levels by June 2025.
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At peak, 100,000 BOE/D is expected to flow to the Whale production semisumbersible, which largely replicates the Vito semi.
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The Libyan National Oil Company plans to tender 22 onshore/offshore exploration blocks in 2025 as it works to rebuild credibility with foreign oil producers.
