Partly because of that supply increase, the Washington-based fund has upgraded its forecast for Saudi economic growth to 4% for this year, compared with an earlier estimate of 3%, according to the latest regional economic report published Tuesday.
The joint industry project (JIP), led by DeepOcean, introduces a patented heating solution that allows power cables to be installed after pipeline lay or integrated within reeled pipelines. This approach can reduce manufacturing and installation costs by up to 35% and cut carbon emissions by 30%, while improving operational efficiency and extending tieback distances.
The world’s biggest oil companies have salivated for a decade over the prospect of drilling in the area, in deep Atlantic waters off Brazil’s north coast. It’s especially tempting for Petrobras as output from Brazil’s existing oilfields is expected to peak around 2030. Yet environmentalists have fought bitterly against the move, warning an oil spill could imperil the ecosystem at the Amazon’s mouth to the south.
Galp last year undertook an exploration campaign in Namibia, where discoveries by oil majors such as Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE have drawn international attention. The company also holds licenses in São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off Africa’s west coast where it recently teamed up with Shell and Petrobras.
State-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. plans to buy more than a million tons of diesel, gasoline and butane gas for delivery in November, up 60 percent from the same period last year, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as they’re not authorized to speak to the media. Egypt’s energy ministry didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Oil prices continued to inch lower in early Tuesday trading as concerns about oversupply and sagging demand resumed their grip on the market, even as trade-talks between the United States and China offered a glimmer of optimism.
In a filing, the company said it was ready to start pumping gas to the last block at Plaquemines LNG more than two years ahead of schedule. In its latest request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Venture Global asked for and received an extension to the original deadline, to the end of 2027.
A total of 1.24 billion barrels of crude and condensate, a light form of oil recovered from gas fields, was moving on tankers in the week to Oct. 17, according to data from analytics firm Vortexa. That was up from a revised 1.22 billion barrels a week earlier.
“Japan has steadily reduced dependency on Russian energy in the wake of the Ukraine war,” Trade Minister Yoji Muto said on Tuesday, without providing a timeline or details on when imports could end. LNG supply from the Russian Sakhalin-2 export project accounts for about 10 percent of the nation’s total imports of the fuel and so “plays an important role” in energy security, he added.
The total U.S. rig count increased by one week on week and the total Canada rig count rose by five during the same period, taking the total North America rig count up to 746, comprising 548 rigs from the U.S. and 198 rigs from Canada, the count outlined.