The reductions pledged by countries including Kazakhstan, Iraq and Russia should — in theory — offset the group’s plans to revive halted output through to the end of next year, according to a statement on OPEC’s website.
All current production by Vancouver, Canada-based Africa Oil, which explores and develops oil and gas in Africa, comes from Prime. Netherlands-registered Prime holds stakes offshore Nigeria.
“There is compelling strategic rationale for the consolidation and we believe that the quality and materiality of the assets within our diversified portfolio, our newly combined balance sheet, the strength of the cash flow profile and an attractive double-digit dividend yield all help emphasize a superior investment proposition for investors”, Africa Oil president and chief executive Roger Tucker said in an online statement.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to double his planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. Trump said his latest move comes in response to a threat by the province of Ontario to put a 25-percent surcharge on electricity exports to some U.S. states.
The latest data on money managers’ positioning in the WTI and Brent crude and U.S. natural gas futures showed two contrasting trends—speculators are betting that oil prices would remain low or go even lower while increasing the bets that natural gas prices would continue marching higher.
Crude oil imports in Asia have been nothing to write about so far this year. But the tide is turning, and volumes are beginning to climb. The top contenders for the Asian supplier crown: Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Argentina’s controversial president Javier Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, on taking office enacted strict austerity measures to rein in rampant triple-digit inflation, kick-start the economy and slash a massive fiscal deficit.
Engineering and consulting group Wood has launched a specialised centre for technical, strategic and economic energy transition services in Abu Dhabi, Wood announced on Wednesday.
ARC Resources Ltd. said Tuesday it has entered into a deal to sell all of its offtake from the under-construction Cedar LNG in Canada to Exxon Mobil Corp.
Petro-Victory Energy Corp and BlueOak Investments said they have signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire onshore Brazilian production firm Capixaba Energia LTDA.
Cairn Oil & Gas, part of Vedanta Group and India’s largest private oil and gas exploration and production company, has entered into a strategic alliance with TechnipFMC to accelerate the delivery of integrated subsea infrastructure for future deepwater projects in India.