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The oil industry’s Plan B

Gasoline may face a dwindling future if everybody starts driving electric cars. But the oil and gas industry has a backup plan for keeping its fortunes alive — the lucrative chemicals that can be made from petroleum.

World’s Top Oil Trader Sees Oil Demand Peak After 2030

Vitol: A slower pace of the energy transition will push peak oil demand beyond 2030.
Vitol CEO Hardy: Overall global demand for oil, natural gas, and coal is also set to peak later than expected as the energy transition is progressing slower than initially thought.
OPEC, which has a vested interest in continued oil demand growth for decades, sees robust demand even in the long term.

Exxon and Chevron must decide whether they are more enemies than ‘frenemies’

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The rivalry between ExxonMobil and Chevron has plumbed a new depth. On Monday, securities filings revealed a hang-up in Chevron’s $60bn stock deal to acquire smaller rival Hess Corporation. Hess’s crown jewel is a stake in the Stabroek deepwater field located off the coast of Guyana. A controlling 45 per cent stake happens to belong to Exxon.

Anti-oil and gas bill ‘a looming disaster for Colorado’ | PODIUM

On some level Colorado will always be an attractive place to do business. Our intangibles are nearly unbeatable — the weather, the incredible access to an outdoor lifestyle a healthy and thriving populace — but we’re concerned Colorado could lose some of its competitive edge if it’s perceived to be hostile to business. That’s why we hope the legislature rejects SB24-159, which would direct Colorado to stop issuing oil and gas permits by 2030

SLB and Equinor Drill Most Autonomous Well Section To-Date

SLB (NYSE: SLB) today announced a significant step toward fully autonomous drilling operations at Equinor’s Brazilian Peregrino C platform. SLB digital technologies for surface automation, autonomous on-bottom drilling, and directional drilling were combined to enable 99% of a 2.6-kilometer section to be drilled in autonomous control mode. Over a five-well program, a 60% increase in rate of penetration was achieved, resulting in faster well delivery while reducing cost and carbon emissions.

Iraq’s Endemic Corruption Costs It Another Massive Oil and Gas Opportunity

British supermajor Shell last week exited Iraq’s potentially game-changing US$11-billion Nebras Petrochemical Project.
Shell signed the NPP deal, having agreed to the original memorandum of understanding back in 2012.
The key problem stopping Iraq from fulfilling its potential in oil, gas, and petrochemicals, remains the widespread corruption in its oil and gas sector, among others,