Exxon Mobil Corp. is looking to sell a package of conventional oil assets in the Permian basin as the company focuses on growing shale production after buying Pioneer Natural Resources Co. earlier this year.
An Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab consortium’s crude output in Guyana has been fully restored at two floating production facilities after workers completed a natural gas pipeline tie-in, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
Output had fallen to between 400,000 and 500,000 barrels per day from July 2 through the end of the month, government data showed, a sign that planned work on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities had begun.
An Exxon Mobil consortium’s crude output in Guyana has been fully restored at two floating production facilities after workers completed a natural gas pipeline tie-in, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
With oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) still running the global energy show as the crown jewels within the ebbs and flows in the worldwide energy demand, the European and U.S. oil majors – the UK’s duo Shell and BP, France’s TotalEnergies, and Italy’s Eni alongside U.S.-based trio: ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips – have collected a staggering $31.65 billion in combined profit during the second quarter of 2024. BP, Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil, and Conoco Phillips are among the lucky ones, which beat analysts’ expectations. However, TotalEnergies and Chevron got the shorter end of the stick with their financial performance falling below forecasts.
Brazil will continue to be a key investment area for ExxonMobil, local CEO Alberto Ferrin told the Latin American Energy Economics Meeting (ELAEE) in Rio de Janeiro.
ExxonMobil, the largest major oil and gas company in the Western world, has shown interest in the Korea National Oil Corporation’s (KNOC) roadshow and participated in verifying the economic feasibility analysis of the “Blue Whale Project.” This project, located in the East Sea, boasts estimated reserves of up to 14 billion barrels, valued at around 2,000 trillion won (around $1.48 trillion). Despite its participation, ExxonMobil has not yet made an investment decision.
ExxonMobil Guyana is moving forward with plans to develop its seventh oil project in the country, targeting the Hammerhead field in the Stabroek Block. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun reviewing ExxonMobil’s application for this new venture.
Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency has begun a review of an ExxonMobil-led consortium’s intended seventh oil project known as Hammerhead, where up to 30 wells are to be drilled at the site located at the country’s offshore Stabroek Block, the government’s official news agency said July 16.
The project, which is pending government approval, would start production in 2029, lifting the country’s capacity to more than 1.4 million barrels of oil per day.Exxon operates all production in Guyana, with Hess Corp and China’s CNOOC as partners.
ExxonMobil expects its upstream earnings to be up to $700 million higher for the second quarter compared to the first quarter of the year, due to higher liquids prices, the U.S. supermajor said on Monday in a preview of its Q2 results.