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Oil-consuming nations announced a big push to drive down oil prices. Next week, it’s OPEC’s turn to respond to that move.
Woodside and BHP make final investment decision on $12 billion offshore development and additional LNG train in Australia. The approval on Monday came at the same time the operators signed an agreement to merge BHP’s petroleum unit into Woodside, originally announced in August.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company took four of the nine awards presented at the 2021 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference.
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Although offshore drilling demand is slowly getting better, headwinds remain. -
Norwegian oil firm chooses Aker, Sevan, TechnipFMC and others to continue studying $8-billion-plus Barents Sea development.
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The supermajor and service company that have long been partners on oil and gas projects said they are exploring new models to fit the energy transition. They also separately announced this week new plans to expand into the hydrogen market.
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Union of rival contract drillers will create one of the largest offshore rig companies.
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The 2021–2022 Drillbotics competition will require the contestants to integrate human factors engineering considerations into their automated drilling rigs for the first time.
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Even though the market seemingly expected a 400,000 B/D increase from the oil exporting group, crude prices took a bit of a tumble.
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Already the largest producer in the gas-rich play, Southwestern has bolstered its status with the acquisition of the third-largest producer.
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For Pioneer, the deal marks its return as a pure-play operator in the Midland Basin side of the Permian region. For, Continental, it represents the first steps into the most productive shale play in the US.
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Shell’s sibling solutions for its Vito and Whale deepwater US Gulf developments are proving the “design one, build two” model can work.
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Over the past 30 years Caspian nations such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have built thriving economies on oil and gas wealth led by global energy companies and a handful of megaprojects. As times change, that model may need to be reassessed.
