Asset Management
With $9.6 billion in assets in the market, the focus is shifting from who is exiting Southeast Asia to who is positioning for entry through acquisition, according to Rystad Energy.
Despite significant progress in capturing associated gas for domestic use, Iraq remains the world’s third-largest gas-flaring country as it aims for higher oil and gas production targets.
Transaction adds 90,000 net acres and 68,000 BOE/D of production as Crescent expands its South Texas footprint.
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The latest agreement between Wood and Equinor will begin January 2021. The contract follows recent agreements between the two companies for the Breidablikk development in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. -
Deloitte discusses the “great compression” of the oil and gas industry in which companies’ room to maneuver is restricted. How can the industry avoid a talent gap and stop an organizational challenge from becoming a precarious business problem?
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Forty-four percent of oil production and 30% of natural gas production remain shut in as operators return workers to offshore platforms. Production from undamaged facilities are being brought back online once all standard checks are completed. Facilities with damage may take longer to bring back up.
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The majority of energy firms surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank don’t expect the business environment to significantly improve until 2022 or 2023.
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Chevron is initiating its layoffs of up to 15% of its global workforce of 45,000 first announced in late May by asking employees to reapply for positions. It closed its $4.1-billion acquisition of Noble Energy this week in which it gained 2,200 employees.
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The deal includes Sandvik’s exploration rigs, consumables, production stock, and selected trademarks and patents.
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Hurricane Delta leads to shut-ins of 92% oil and 60% gas production in GOM as landfall is expected today.
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GOM production shut-ins increased to 80% of the oil and 49% of natural gas. Hurricane Delta weakened from a category 4 storm to a category 2 storm on Wednesday and is expected reach the US Gulf later in the week.
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The merger will effectively end the 86-year run of UK independent oil producer Premier Oil and give rise to one of the largest companies operating in the North Sea region.
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The acquisition of Weir’s lines of pumps, consumable parts, wellhead, and pressure-control products expands Caterpillar’s well-service capabilities.
