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November 11, 2024
Algeria’s National Agency for the Valorization of Hydrocarbon Resources (ALNAFT) showcased six high-potential onshore licensing opportunities and extensive data packages at African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies.
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November 08, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Oil driller Perenco S.A., owned by the billionaire Perrodo family, will concentrate three quarters of its $2 billion investments next year in a handful of African countries as part of a strategy that includes more gas projects.
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November 08, 2024
Weatherford has been awarded a three-year contract for the provision of rigless services as part of the reactivation of ADNOC onshore strings. Weatherford is expected to deploy multiple intervention solutions, advancing the operational efficiency and reliability of ADNOC’s onshore assets.
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November 07, 2024
Absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil sands production registered a nominal increase of less than 1% in 2023 even as total production grew, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights.
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November 07, 2024
ADNOC has awarded a contract to BGP worth up to $490 million to expand the scope of the world’s largest combined 3D onshore and offshore seismic survey underway in Abu Dhabi. The contract will focus on identifying additional oil and gas resources in ADNOC’s producing onshore fields.
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October 2024
(WO) -- We’ve all heard plenty of evidence that U.S. operators continue to strive to drill more footage per well to maximize oil production, and World Oil research indicates that both goals are being achieved. That being said, the performance varies among some key states. 
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November 05, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Libya is planning its first tender for energy exploration contracts since 2011’s civil war, as the OPEC member looks to bring back oil majors spooked by years of instability and production shutdowns.
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November 05, 2024
Nighthawk Completion Services has received a majority investment and growth equity commitment from an investor group led by Bruce Ross, including Backcast Partners and certain energy service executives.
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November 05, 2024
ADNOC has awarded an EPC contract to Jereh Oil & Gas Engineering Corporation, worth up to $920 million (AED3.38 billion), to install remote sensing and well-operating equipment at its onshore Bab, Bu Hasa and Southeast fields, extending its AI-powered well digitalization program to cover the fields.
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November 01, 2024
(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. beat analysts’ profit, output and sales estimates as rising oil production from the Permian Basin helped offset weaker crude prices.
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November 01, 2024
Petrofac has been awarded a multi-million-dollar, two-year contract by Bapco Upstream. Petrofac will support Bapco's production plans to meet gas demands for Bahrain through the delivery of well hook-ups, associated pipelines and tie-ins for several new wells within the Bahrain Field.
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October 31, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to sell most of its assets in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale patch to Pluspetrol S.A., as Exxon shifts focus to other areas of interest, including Guyana.
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October 2024
The economic consequences of a banking crisis, if not addressed preemptively or in time to limit the damage, are numerous and dire, and need not be detailed here. Just the same, condensate banking in a gas well can also become a productivity and economic crisis, if ignored or not properly addressed proactively.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has announced a significant contract win with a leading UAE operator valued at approximately $70 million.
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October 24, 2024
(WO) — In partnership with a Calgary-based private operator, Epsilon will earn a 25% working interest in undeveloped lands, covering approx. 150,000 gross total acres in the Mannville and Upper Viking formations and targeting horizontal drilling of oil wells
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October 24, 2024
(WO) — U.S. natural gas production from shale and tight formations decreased slightly in the first nine months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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October 24, 2024
(WO) — Matador Resources Co. plans to produce more oil in 2024 than previously planned, a signal that wells in the western part of the Permian basin — the busiest U.S. oil field — continue to lead national oil growth.
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October 22, 2024
(WO) — Halliburton has introduced iCruise® Force, part of a strategic product system designed to expand drilling capabilities to optimize performance and maximize asset value for operators.
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October 22, 2024
(WO) — As part of an ongoing joint venture with LGX Energy, Black Gold Exploration has added 822 acres to the package of oil, gas and mineral leases in Indiana, U.S., where LGX is actively involved in exploration and production.
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October 21, 2024
Phoenix Capital Group has announced significant results from its latest wells in the Bakken shale region, with rapid expansion marking them as a top producer.
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October 21, 2024
Nigeria approved Exxon Mobil Corp.’s sale of its onshore oil and gas assets to domestic energy supplier Seplat Energy Plc, but rejected a similar deal by Shell Plc.
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