According to Reuters, Equinor and ExxonMobil have transferred their stakes in a deepwater oil and gas exploration block offshore Suriname to Hess Corp, with Equinor exiting the South American country.
Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean announced an extension of the contract with a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE for continued work in Africa using the Deepsea Mira drilling rig.
Several banks and financial institutions implementing policies aimed at reducing support for fossil fuel projects have led to a sharp decline in investment in Africa’s oil and gas industry, a sector that is crucial for its economic future and energy needs.
The discovery of oil and gas reserves has often been heralded as a catalyst for economic growth and development in many places around the world.
Hundreds of workers of Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd have expressed disquiet over the seeming foul play in the unitisation of the Afina discovery in West Cape Three Points Block 2 Area (WCTP2) and the Sankofa field in Offshore West Cape Three Points Block Area (OCTP), which has been in contestation since 2020.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) has begun to restart some units at its Joliet, Illinois, refinery after a three-week outage, OilPrice.com reported Thursday.
Savannah Energy has terminated its planned USD 1.25-billion acquisition of Petronas’s South Sudan operations, the UK company announced on Thursday
Halliburton has been awarded a contract by Petrobras to provide well intervention and plug and abandonment services in wells offshore Brazil, the oilfield services company announced on Thursday.
French specialty chemicals producer SNF has agreed to acquire PfP Industries and Ace Fluid Solutions, two oil and gas fluids firms based in Texas, USA. The strategic acquisitions, SNP said, expands its offerings for the company’s upstream oil and gas customers. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2024, highlighting both operational and financial performance metrics. Frontera reported a net loss of $2.8 million for Q2 2024, improving from a net loss of $8.5 million in Q1 2024 but down from a net income of $80.2 million in Q2 2023. This loss was primarily driven by a $32.7 million income tax expense and $17.4 million in finance expenses, partially offset by $45.2 million in operating income.