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Apache to End North Sea Oil Production by 2030 Amid Increased UK Windfall Tax

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APA Corporation cites higher tax burdens and regulatory uncertainties as primary reasons for the decision. In a significant development for the UK’s North Sea oil industry, Apache Corporation, a prominent U.S.-based oil producer, has announced plans to cease production at its North Sea assets by 2030. This decision follows the UK government’s recent increase in […]

India’s Imports of Russian Crude Oil Continue to Climb

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India continues to boost imports of Russian crude oil as Russia continues to be the single largest crude supplier to the world’s third-biggest oil importer.   Indian imports of Russian crude jumped by 11.7% in September compared to August, according to tanker data from industry sources reported by Reuters. India imported last month about 1.9 million […]

Petroperu still operating without a board after last month’s mass resignation

(WO) – Peru’s government can’t find board members to lead its struggling state-owned oil company more than five weeks after its last board resigned. “It is pretty complicated to find the right people,” Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said on Wednesday during a press conference at his office in Lima. Petroleos del Peru S.A. has been […]

Petrobras E&P strategy aims to get max oil output from current fields

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(WO) – Petrobras is pushing to extract as much oil as possible from its existing fields in Brazil while simultaneously hunting for new reserves to prevent production from starting to decline in the 2030s. The mantra “all the oil counts” will guide the company’s next strategic plan that will be unveiled in late November, members […]

Geopolitical risk premium in oil market slips slightly, Goldman Sachs says

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Oct 9 (Reuters) – Geopolitical risk premium gauges in the oil market have decreased slightly this week, following sharp increases last week in both Brent implied volatility and call options implied volatility skew, Goldman Sachs said. Oil prices steadied in Asian trading as traders weighed developments in the Middle East conflict against continued bearish expectations […]

South Africa poised for LPG gas boom amid electricity price hikes

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CAPE TOWN, Oct 9 (Reuters) – South Africa’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business is poised for a boom, industry executives say, as new distribution hubs, rising power prices and a shift away from dirtier charcoal and paraffin stoves boost demand. State-owned power utility Eskom’s plan to raise next year’s electricity tariff by 36%, the latest […]

CNOOC begins oil production offshore China utilizing new deepwater facility models

(WO) – CNOOC Limited announced that the Liuhua 11-1/4-1 oil development offshore China has commenced production. The project is located in eastern South China Sea and consists of two oil fields, Liuhua 11-1 and Liuhua 4-1, with an average water depth of approximately 305 m. The main production facilities include a new deep water jacket […]

TotalEnergies’ $9 billion investment offshore Suriname expands Atlantic oil and gas boom

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(Bloomberg) – Total Energies SE is assembling a fleet of Deepwater rigs, support vessels and drilling crews offshore Suriname in the clearest sign yet that it’ll move forward with a historic oil development.  Although the French supermajor hasn’t formally greenlit the $9 billion development of crude discoveries in the Latin American nation, it’s already seeking […]

Wildcat exploration wells unearth oil and gas in Equinor’s latest North Sea discovery

(WO) – According to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, Equinor and its partners have made an offshore oil and gas discovery in wildcat wells 15/3-13 S and 15/3-13 A. The wells are part of the North Sea’s Gundrun field. Drilling was carried out by the Deepsea Stavanger rig. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 0.1 […]