Nigeria plans to resume local refining of crude oil in early August, national petroleum authorities announced Monday.
Global oil and gas exploration is increasingly concentrated in “core” areas like Guyana and Namibia, where recent discoveries have been made.
While this concentration brings economic benefits, it also raises concerns about unexplored potential in other regions and the environmental impact of deepwater drilling.
Namibia, with its recent discoveries and influx of major oil companies, is poised to become a significant player in the global oil and gas market, but must navigate the challenges of the “resource curse.”
S&P Commodity Insights: the Mahanadi, Andaman Sea, Bengal, and Kerala-Konkan could hold up to 22 billion barrels of crude oil.
Currently, only 10% of India’s 3.36 million sq km wide sedimentary basin is under exploration.
Of India’s 3.14 million square kilometers of sedimentary basins, 1.3 million sq km are in deep waters.
Plans to cap emissions on hydrocarbon production are angering energy producers and face resistance in Canada’s major oil province Alberta.
At the end of last year, Canada’s federal government introduced a draft framework to cap pollution from the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has criticized the plan for being too ambitious and emphasized that the industry is already working hard to reduce emissions.
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.
Aramco let contracts for two offshore projects in Saudi Arabia to Saipem under an existing long-term agreement.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its growth forecast for the Saudi economy due to ongoing oil production cuts by OPEC+. The IMF now sees 2024 growth clocking in at just 1.7%, nearly a percentage point lower than its earlier projection of 2.6%. The effects of the cuts are expected to spill over into the coming year, with the IMF projecting GDP growth of 4.7% in 2025, a downward revision of 1.3 percentage points from April.
Petro Matad aiming for Heron start-up before year-end
A stronger dollar tends to lower oil prices as buyers using other currencies have to pay more for their dollar-denominated crude
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) yesterday said crude oil production increased by 31,629 barrels per day (b/d) from 1.4mb/d in May 2024 to 1.5mb/d in June 2024. This was contained in its June 2024 Oil Production Status Report that the Commission released on its website.