Energy trader’s earnings mean another year of large payouts for senior partners
In a strategic move to bridge the gap between academia and industry, an idea mooted by Prof. Benjamin Ghansah, Master of Philosophy in Environmental Science students at the Department of Environmental Science, have recently embarked on immersive educational tours at key waste management facilities in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
MODEC Inc. (“MODEC”) is pleased to announce that it has been successful in securing the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system for Shell do Brasil Ltda (“Shell”) on the Gato do Mato development, offshore Brazil.
From an NBAS perspective, the major industry news from SMW 2024 is the partnership between NBAS member Yinson GreenTech and the global ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping on electric vessel trials, as reported in the daily news updates during SMW by Nutgraf/Chen Jei Min (facsimile).
SLB has reported net income attributable to the company of $2.06 billion for the first quarter, a 15 percent increase year over year.
Aramco is negotiating a 10% stake in Chinese petrochemical company Hengli.
The deal strengthens Aramco’s downstream presence in China, a key export market.
Saudi Arabia’s strategy is to secure long-term crude oil supply agreements while also boosting Aramco’s chemical production goals.
Suriname aims to replicate Guyana’s oil success but faces challenges due to delays, commercial concerns, and global climate change efforts.
TotalEnergies and APA plan to make the final investment decision on the Block 58 project by the end of 2024, targeting first oil in 2028.
Suriname’s oil boom could transform the country’s economic fortunes, ending its protracted crisis and lifting it out of poverty.
Galp saw its share price pop 20% on Monday.
Galp says it conducted testing operations at the Mopane-1X well in January and the Mopane-2X well in March, with, “significant light oil columns discovered in high-quality reservoir sands.”.
The company announced that the first phase of its exploration in the Mopane field in offshore Namibia could contain at least 10 billion barrels of oil.
Offshore rig owner Noble Corporation has won two new deals for its Noble Venturer drillship offshore Africa.
There are indications that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, the regulator of Nigeria’s upstream oil sector, is not responsible for the alleged delay in granting consent to the sale of $1.3 billion of ExxonMobil’s 40 percent stake in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPNU’s assets, to Seplat Energy Plc.