Energy Secretary Chris Wright does not expect U.S. crude oil production to decline in 2026, although the Energy Information Administration forecast such a development.
Crude oil analysts are in a rush to revise their forecasts in the wake of Israel’s attacks on Iran as geopolitics trumps fundamentals yet again.
“Oil could spike toward $80 if Middle East tensions escalate and supply risks materialize, but rising OPEC+ output may cap gains and revive oversupply concerns into autumn,” Saxo Markets chief investment strategist Charu Chanana said, as quoted by Bloomberg.
NextDecade has revised the pricing on an existing EPC contract with Bechtel Energy for Train 4 at the Rio Grande LNG facility in Texas and signed a new EPC contract with the company for Train 5, NextDecade announced on Thursday.
FourPhase, a solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas sector, has announced a new agreement with Shell Trinidad and Tobago. The master service agreement (MSA) involves sand management and production optimization for Shell Trinidad & Tobago on its topside offshore oil and gas platforms in the Caribbean.
Oceaneering International, Inc. (Oceaneering) announced today that its Offshore Projects Group (OPG) segment has entered into a vessel services agreement with a major operator for use of the MPSV Harvey Deep Sea.
Chevron and Halliburton have jointly developed a new process that enables closed-loop, feedback-driven completions in Colorado. This intelligent fracturing process combines automated stage execution with subsurface feedback to optimize delivery of energy into the wellbore without relying on human intervention. The capability enhances the previous implementation of autonomous hydraulic fracturing technology.
Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) has strongly condemned what it describes as an “unwarranted and unjustified” raid by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), which it claims threatens the continuity of a critical national revenue assurance system.
According to the statement, the agreement brings together Tullow Oil plc, Kosmos Energy, PetroSA, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), and Explorco, and will see the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) and Deep Water Tano (DWT) licences—home to the Jubilee and 10 fields—extended by 15 years.
In the memorandum, the joint venture partners are expected to drill up to 20 additional wells in the Jubilee field over the extended licences’ life. Beyond crude output, the deal aims to nearly double volumes of gas supplied from the two offshore fields to about 130 million standard cubic feet per day.
The studies – conducted by MJR Power & Automation and Oasis Marine – are the last of three commissioned by ScottishPower Renewables to investigate methods for lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from offshore wind farm operations. The studies reinforced initial conclusions that utilizing battery-powered Service Operation Vessels (E-SOVs) for offshore operations is technically viable, allowing them to remain at sea for prolonged durations, ScottishPower Renewables said in a media release.