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November 14, 2019
Oil rose for a second day after an industry report pointed to a drop in U.S. inventories, and as OPEC said it sees potential for a “sharp” slowdown in American shale output next year.
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November 14, 2019
Qatar Petroleum is set to join most of its Persian Gulf counterparts and price its crude before loading instead of afterward from next year, according to people familiar with the plans. That
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November 14, 2019
Oxy is trading at its lowest in 14 years as investors balked at the amount of borrowing needed to complete the Anadarko deal, and then questioned whether Oxy can produce enough oil to manage the debt burden.
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November 13, 2019
While the current growth rate of 1 MMbpd -- or about 1% -- will hold for the next five years, it will ebb to just 100,000 bpd in the 2030s, the agency said.
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November 13, 2019
About $83 billion of outstanding debt issued by explorer and producer companies in the U.S. and Canada is yielding at least 10%, the typical threshold for distressed debt.
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November 13, 2019
Oil advanced for the first time in three days after a report that OPEC sees a potential reduction in supply from outside of the group.
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November 13, 2019
The pilot project, performed with Total’s Multiphysics Exploration Technology Integrated System (METIS), uses autonomous drones and a ground vehicle to drop off and retrieve seismic sensors without human intervention.
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November 13, 2019
The investment will re-energize ADNOC’s first field producing Murban grade crude to sustain long-term crude oil production capacity and reinforces ADNOC’s commitment to maximizing value from Abu Dhabi’s vast hydrocarbon resources as it delivers its 2030 smart growth strategy.
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November 13, 2019
The contract, which contains five additional one-well options, has an estimated duration of 171 days and is expected to commence in Q1 2020.
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November 13, 2019
The stock sank as much as 23% on the news that crude from two wells in Guyana was found to be heavy, with a high sulfur content. That’s disappointing as the Guyanese discoveries earlier this year had countered concerns over troubled ventures elsewhere.
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November 12, 2019
Chesapeake’s stock has tumbled as much as 43% in recent weeks, following a third quarter earnings report that raised doubts about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
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November 12, 2019
Tunisia’s long-delayed, $1.2 billion joint venture with Vienna-based OMV AG will start producing natural gas by the end of the year, the country’s industry minister said.
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November 12, 2019
Injazat, a market leader in digital transformation and Lamprell, a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the offshore and onshore oil & gas and energy sector, have started collaborating to create and market innovative digital solutions focused on the oil and gas and renewables markets.
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November 12, 2019
CGG has established a Regional Geoscience Center in Abu Dhabi to deliver geophysical, geological and reservoir technology and support to clients across the Middle East.
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November 12, 2019
A report by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. sees projects in the Gulf of Mexico and off of South America significantly boosting output next year. After that, though, the odds drop for any further growth gains, the report found.
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November 12, 2019
Repsol SA is looking as far away as Western Canada for oil for its European refineries amid dwindling supplies from Mexico and Venezuela.
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November 12, 2019
Designed to help African countries train local people quickly in industrial skills such as construction, working at height, rigging and more, the mobile centers come fully-fitted with internal training spaces tailored to the needs of local employers.
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November 12, 2019
Natural gas exploration by global oil companies in Bolivia, key to growing the country’s sagging economy, has stopped amid an escalating political crisis that has left the Andean nation rudderless.
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November 12, 2019
“The prospect of oversupply looms over the market in 2020,” said Martijn Rats, global oil strategist at Morgan Stanley. “Either OPEC deepens its cuts, or prices will fall to about $45/bbl, and force a slowdown in U.S. shale that balances the market.”
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November 11, 2019
Murban pricing will move from a retroactive official selling price to market-driven, forward pricing using a Murban futures contract as its price marker.
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November 11, 2019
Carbo Ceramics Inc. plunged 47% after warning investors it may fail as a going concern in part because its largest frac-sand customer halted purchases.
