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The ruling means the state will take over permitting and enforcement of EPA regulations pertaining to all classes of wells, including injection wells for carbon dioxide storage.
Proposed and final notices of sale represent nearly 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico and approximately 1 million acres in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
The US and UK sanctioned Russian independent Lukoil International and state-owned Rosneft in a bid to pressure Russia over Ukraine.
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Among the top 50 oilfield service firms, downsizing is estimated to land at a headcount of 610,000, down from the 760,000 maintained after the 2016 downturn.
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The announcements are part of the company’s divestment strategy to reduce debt and improve capital.
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The world’s largest oil company saw profits fall by nearly three quarters during the previous quarter but it still weathered the storm better than international majors.
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Dugong could become a new North Sea production hub says offshore explorer Neptune Energy upon its latest discovery.
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The Gulf of Mexico E&P exited its first bankruptcy quickly with a strategy that included the acquisition of Noble Energy’s GOM assets, which increased its production volumes 25% when the WTI approached $80/bbl. Fieldwood’s financial woes in today’s economics may be tougher to overcome.
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Nearly 90% of geothermal capacity built since 2000 is binary cycle.
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ExxonMobil is reluctant to join other big oil companies writing down the value of their reserves. It could chop its reserves by 20%, but it has not made a final decision.
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The Pennsylvania-based producer will leave Louisiana where profiting from tight-gas fields has proven difficult and focus on its legacy assets in the Marcellus Shale.
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Supermajor announces actions to achieve net-zero ambition and reshape business. It also noted that it will not seek to explore in countries where it does not already have upstream activities.
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Citing impacts from COVID-19, Noble Corp. is entering into a prearranged agreement with its bondholders that will give it a fresh start with a new line of credit.