Production
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June 2021
In a fast-paced, cost-conscious oil and gas industry, OEM groups seek standardization and efficiencies through commodity manufactured valves. These products provide the availability and utility demanded by end users to adequately support operational needs. One variable difficult to fit into this “commodity mindset” is the choke valve.
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June 07, 2021
Energy giant BP sees a strong recovery in global crude demand and expects it to last for some time, with U.S. shale production being kept in check, according to CEO Bernard Looney.
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June 07, 2021
The decline in U.S. drilling and output leaves little competition to OPEC's efforts to manage markets, Mike Muller, Vitol’s head of Asia, said during an online conference on Sunday. Brent crude closed above $70 a barrel last week for the first time in two years, as buyers demand more oil than producers are pumping.
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June 04, 2021
“The world risks a severe deficit of oil and gas,” Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said Saturday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “The world consumes oil, but isn’t ready to invest in it.”
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June 03, 2021
If the world were to follow the International Energy Agency’s controversial road map, which said investment in new fields would have to stop immediately to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, “the price for oil will go to, what, $200? Gas prices will skyrocket,” said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
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June 03, 2021
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth signaled he would consider selling its 20% stake in a Canadian oil sands mine as its faces investor pressure to do more to curb emissions and fight climate change.
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June 02, 2021
The Denver Julesburg (DJ) Basin located in Colorado and Wyoming has experienced a constant decline since production peaked in November 2019. Reversing this trend will depend on the capital allocation from major oil and gas operators in this region, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
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May 31, 2021
The global natural gas industry is in an existential race: either find a way to be part of the next generation of energy or risk getting supplanted by alternatives.
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May 31, 2021
Iran’s oil minister said the country can increase its crude production rapidly, as world powers enter the final stages of negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear accord with the Islamic Republic.
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May 28, 2021
For the first time in decades, oil companies aren’t rushing to increase production to chase rising oil prices as Brent crude approaches $70. Even in the Permian, the prolific shale basin at the center of the U.S. energy boom, drillers are resisting their traditional boom-and-bust cycle of spending.
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May 2021
Houston, we have a problem!
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May 2021
Our U.S. forecast continues to look good
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May 25, 2021
The award, which marks Sparrows first large contract in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, will see the company hire local personnel including lifting engineers, mechanical and electrical technicians, rope access, inspectors and crane supervisors.
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May 2021
Real-time oil in water monitoring can optimize processes in produced water treatment. A field trial enabled an operator to recover crude and required no capital investment to achieve the improvements.
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May 2021
A transitional technology producing excellent results in extracting hard-to-reach oil is attracting the attention of many large operators. Ancient, resident microbes are used to liberate large oil deposits in depleted reservoirs, thanks to science uncovered by studying the humble Australian koala.
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May 24, 2021
Shell Oil Company has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and P.M.I. Norteamerica, S.A. De C.V., a subsidiary of Pemex, for a total consideration of $596 million.
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May 21, 2021
The pipeline at the center of a years-long battle between oil companies and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe may remain in service even though it lacks a valid federal easement for a water crossing in North Dakota, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said Friday.
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May 18, 2021
“The so-called CLEAN Future Act is nothing more than the Green New Deal in lipstick,” said Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian. “This legislation would effectively federalize regulation of oil and gas, increasing costs to consumers and our national debt, while harming our energy independence and national security.”
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May 18, 2021
“The balance of risks and rewards associated with our onshore portfolio is no longer compatible with our strategic ambitions,” Shell CEO Ben van Beurden told investors at Shell’s annual general meeting on Tuesday.
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May 16, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the shutdown of a U.S. Virgin Island refinery that historically was positioned as a key fuel source for the East Coast due to public health concerns.
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May 02, 2021
An Arctic cold blast that swept through the U.S. South in February caused a much bigger loss in oil supply than previously estimated, with output falling to a three-year low, according to U.S. government data.
