ADNOC has signed term deals for the supply of LNG with Chinese buyers ENN Natural Gas and state-owned Zenhua Oil, Reuters reported on Saturday.
Privately owned natural gas company ENN Natural Gas agreed to buy about 1 million tonnes per year for a period of 15 years. The deal represents ADNOC’s largest-ever LNG supply contract with a Chinese buyer, according to the report.
TotalEnergies has commenced production from the Ballymore deepwater field in the US Gulf of Mexico, the company said on Monday.
The company holds a 40% stake in the project alongside Chevron as operator with 60%.
Located 120 kilometres off Louisiana’s coast, the Ballymore field ties back to Chevron’s Blind Faith floating production unit. It has a daily gross production capacity of 75,000 bopd and 50 mcf (1.4 mcm) of gas. The project, launched in May 2022, uses existing infrastructure and standardised equipment to minimise development costs and emissions.
Russia downgraded its outlook for exports this year and lowered expectations for the price for its oil, developments that may force the government to dip into its wealth fund to cover wartime spending.
The Economy Ministry forecast a 5.3% decline in exports to 410.6 billion rubles ($5 billion), down from an earlier projection of 445 billion rubles, the Interfax news service reported on Monday. The updated macroeconomic outlook also included a lower price for Urals oil of $56 a barrel, versus $69.70 seen earlier.
Wood has secured two engineering and procurement framework agreements worth $11 million from TotalEnergies EP Ratawi Hub to support redevelopment work at Iraq’s Ratawi oil field.
The contracts are part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP), a multi-energy initiative aimed at improving Iraq’s natural gas production and electricity supply. Under the three-year agreements, Wood will help advance the Associated Gas Upstream Project (AGUP), a key component of GGIP that involves debottlenecking and upgrading existing facilities.
The contract, issued as a Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP), allows MODEC to begin early-phase work on the FPSO while awaiting regulatory and government approvals. Phase one of the project will involve front-end engineering and design (FEED), followed by engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) in phase two—pending final project sanction by ExxonMobil Guyana and its Stabroek Block co-venturers.
The Hammerhead FPSO will have a production capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day, along with processing facilities for associated gas and water. It will be moored in approximately 1,025 meters of water using a SOFEC spread mooring system.
The LNTP enables MODEC to begin FPSO design activities to support an early project startup target of 2029, should approvals move forward.
Chevron Corp. has started oil and natural gas production from the Ballymore field, a deepwater subsea tieback in the Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America.
The project, located about 160 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Mississippi Canyon area, is Chevron’s first development in the Norphlet trend. Ballymore connects three production wells to the existing Blind Faith facility, eliminating the need for a new offshore platform.
World markets soared on Thursday, with Japan’s benchmark jumping more than 9%, as investors welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to put his sharp tariff hikes on hold for 90 days, though he excluded China from the reprieve.In early trading, Germany’s DAX initially gained 5.6% to 20,776.76, while France’s CAC 40 in Paris gained 5.4% […]
Crude oil inventories in the United States saw an increase of 2.6 million barrels during the week ending April 4, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday.
Oil and gas companies are looking to get the most bang for their buck in exploring for hydrocarbon resources.
Those lucky enough to have made an early bet on what are now the huge frontier plays, such as Guyana, are seeing exploration expenditures and efforts pay off with large oil and gas discoveries.
Aramco, Sinopec and Yasref have signed a venture framework agreement for a major expansion at the Yasref petrochemicals complex in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, the companies announced on Wednesday.