Energy

Oil Majors Gear Up for Groundbreaking 2024 Drilling Campaigns

Rystad Energy has identified 36 potential high-impact wells for 2024, a significant increase from 27 in 2023.
Africa and Latin America are expected to account for nearly 64% of these wells, with a focus on frontier and emerging basins.
Despite 2023’s low success rate and rising drilling costs, the industry remains optimistic, with major oil companies and national oil companies planning significant drilling activities.

Nigeria oil enters unclear new era after Shell’s onshore asset sale

LAGOS/LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Shell’s exit from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector highlights risks oil majors face in Africa’s biggest exporter but has raised hopes that local firms could reverse the output decline from the Niger Delta, industry officials and analysts said.
Shell – which pioneered Nigeria’s oil industry – is the most prominent Western company to exit the Delta, a region blighted by pollution, oil theft and pipeline vandalism. Those issues have for years stymied investment – and throttled production and government finances.