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Chevron Weighs Potential Purchase of Lukoil Holdings Abroad

Chevron is evaluating a potential bid for Lukoil assets placed under pressure following recent U.S. sanctions, according to an exclusive report from Reuters, adding another major Western operator to the group reviewing opportunities created by Russia’s forced divestments.  The review covers a range of refining, fuel-marketing and upstream positions once held by Lukoil across Europe, the […]

Chevron Wants to Weigh In on the Launch of Venture Global’s New LNG Plant

The argument worked in Shell’s arbitration case against Venture Global, where the court sided with the latter. It did not work with another arbitration case, brought against the U.S. LNG producer by BP, which is asking for over $1 billion in compensation. The total sought in damages from Venture Global by its long-term clients is over $4 billion. The company has warned that any unfavorable court ruling would lead to contract cancellations and faster repayment of loans taken out to build its LNG facilities, from the long-term buyers of the commodity.

TotalEnergies, Chevron push for faster permits, advanced seismic data in Africa

According to Emmanuelle Garinet, VP of Exploration Africa at TotalEnergies, Africa’s frontier basins hold significant volumes. She pointed to Namibia as an example of how seismic and subsurface data can de-risk projects: “When we decided to drill the Venus well, it was frontier, but we had a probability of success of more than 50% because of the seismic data and direct hydrocarbon indicators.”