Asset Management
High-risk, high-reward projects focused on stimulation, enhanced recovery, and field-scale deployment are eligible under the DOE’s new UNLOCK initiative.
Industry forecasts point to increasing upstream expenditure and production, even as geopolitical volatility and smaller discoveries challenge project economics.
The Norwegian operators will collaborate on technology development, standardization, and well-stimulation solutions aimed at making tight oil and gas resources commercially viable in the NCS.
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Oil prices are up and so is the outlook for companies at the heart of the US unconventional oil sector, but they still have their concerns. -
ExxonMobil’s Kerry Moreland, a geoscientist, managed breakthrough discoveries in the early stage of her 15-year career that have positioned the company for decades to come in South America. Now she is pursuing similar goals in Africa and Asia Pacific, as she explains in a moderated interview at this week’s IPTC in Kuala Lumpur.
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The energy unit of the London-based multinational chemical company is seeking to bolster its ownership of operated offshore assets.
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The no-debt transaction will result in a combined company with 24 offshore drilling units.
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The deal follows investor pressure shared across the US shale sector to reduce leverage and capital outflows.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and Equinor have announced the biggest discovery so far this year on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Three wildcat wells drilled in the Blasto prospect near the Fram field confirmed the find and were then permanently plugged and abandoned.
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Schlumberger has won a $480-million contract to drill 96 oil wells in southern Iraq for the country’s Basra Oil Company and for ExxonMobil, which operates the giant West Qurna-1 field with partners from Iraq, Japan, Indonesia, and China. West Qurna-1 is one of the world’s largest oil fields.
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The world's largest oil company has taken its lumps from 2020 and is ready to look forward to higher oil demand and the coming of a hydrogen market.
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The sale of the minority stake is part of its larger 2021 program to raise an average of $4 billion annually by shedding noncore holdings.
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Recent decisions by US market regulators reflect growing pressure on the largest US oil producers to back up emissions targets with more detailed strategies through disclosures.
