Oil and the security of its supply have stolen the media spotlight in the context of the new Middle East war, and with good reason. Ever since Israel first bombed Iran, diesel prices have soared, jet fuel prices have soared, and importers have been troubled. For Europe, the situation is even worse due to natural gas.
SLB OneSubsea has been awarded an EPC contract by Equinor for a subsea CO2 injection system for phase two of the Northern Lights project offshore Norway, SLB said on Wednesday.
Mexican firm Ursus Energy has received the concession for the Coatzacoalcos II development hub, enabling it to proceed with a planned LNG plant focused on exports to the Americas and Europe, the company said on Monday.
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a proposed notice of sale (PNOS) for approximately 15,000 unleased offshore blocks in the Gulf of Mexico, the bureau announced on Wednesday.
Woodside Energy has completed its sell-down of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG to global investment firm Stonepeak. Under the transaction, Stonepeak will provide $5.7 billion towards the capital expenditure for the development of Louisiana LNG on an accelerated basis, contributing 75% of project capital expenditure in both 2025 and 2026.
The Chevron-operated Leviathan field was ordered to shut on June 13 as a precautionary measure following Israel’s attacks on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent retaliation. The Israeli Energy Ministry also ordered the reopening of the smaller Energean Plc-operated Karish field, which supplies the domestic market.
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has awarded six offshore and onshore exploration blocks in a bid to attract new investments and ramp up hydrocarbons production, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on Wednesday.
Rising tariffs have introduced uncertainty about the global economy and, in turn, global oil demand. Additionally, OPEC supply increases have pressured prices and free cash flow. With a larger share of that cash flow earmarked for shareholder distributions and debt service, the trade-off gets trickier when prices fall: Cut capital expenditures and risk future volume declines, or sacrifice dividends and turn off investors.
Patil (2014) describes these differences between generations from a sociological perspective, where the gap is due to rapid modernization and expansion of education via the Internet, which causes many older persons to suffer from a “cultural lag” in knowledge of various aspects of today’s lifestyle. This phenomenon coupled with older ones not being able to carry out the traditional function of guidance and knowledge transfer to younger ones can lead to heated discussions between these generations on political and social issues (Patil 2014).
F. Gregory Gause, professor emeritus of international affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, doesn’t believe Iran has the naval capability to close the Strait of Hormuz. If oil tankers begin avoiding the Strait, which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas travels through, prices could rise, benefiting Texas producers.