Asset Management
After a record year for LNG project approvals in 2025, multiyear repairs to war-damaged liquefaction facilities in Qatar and the UAE threaten to slow the growth of global LNG capacity.
The declaration builds on a memorandum of understanding the partners signed with Egypt in May to process Block 10 gas at the country’s LNG export and domestic gas facilities.
Alongside the new subsea awards, Equinor strengthened its position in the 400-million-bbl Bay du Nord development by acquiring BP’s interest in the project.
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More than 30 oil and gas companies took part in the licensing round, which focused on mature areas that can be developed using existing infrastructure. -
The two companies have collaborated since 2015 on various projects, but COVID-19 brought Velentium and Oasis Testing together for a unique purpose—to quickly ramp up the manufacturing capacity for critical, life-saving ventilators.
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After a line of four discovery wells in Suriname, Total and Apache are going off trend with a well to see if the potentially huge play extends north as well.
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This year gas is expected to look only a bit better, but after 2019 that is a relief.
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The Dutch supermajor will take on a nonoperating stake in the largest exploration block in the North Argentine Basin, which remains largely unexplored.
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Sinopec is moving on to Phase 2 at its Weirong shale-gas development in Sichuan province after having completed Phase 1 by drilling 56 new wells over the past year and building new infrastructure to support increased natural gas production.
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The firm has been working to spin off Technip Energies, creating two companies, with Technip Energies focused on engineering and technology and the remaining TechnipFMC focused on providing integrated technology and services.
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BP agreed 1 year ago to sell its interests to Premier Oil for $625 million. The companies later restructured the deal and BP lowered its cash value to $210 million. The transaction fell through after Premier was taken over by Chrysaor in October 2020.
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On a pro forma basis the newly combined oil company is expected to have an output of around 280,000 B/D, making it one of the top producers in the Permian Basin.
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Within the race for renewables, oil and gas companies are finding themselves in a proverbial rut as they reassess existing profitable models with future energy transition plans. What adds more difficulty is the question of speed in which companies pursue this conundrum.
