Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which warned that both trends could continue this year…
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), H.E. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, will deliver remarks to delegates during CERAWeek 2017, 6-10 March at the Hilton Americas—Houston. Barkindo will appear…
Oil markets could be in for another bumpy ride, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. The agency’s report also says that a true global gas market is upon us, in addition to the need to invest US$44 trillion in the global energy supply…
DONG E&P Norge is divesting its shares of five Norwegian oil and gas fields to Faroe Petroleum in a US$70.2 million deal, as Faroe moves to raise $81 million (£60.8 million) to fund the acquisition, as well as accelerate its Brasse discovery towards development…
The next five years will bring a reshaping of the global gas trade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its 2016 Medium-Term Gas Market Report. New liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are coming online just as demand growth in some major markets weakens…
Repsol Norge awarded DeepOcean a contract for provision of engineering, procurement, removal and disposal (EPRD) of Varg Subsea facilities in the North Sea. Image of the Edda Freya, from DeepOcean…
Norwegian independent Det Norske has agreed to buy Centrica Resources Norge's operated stakes in the Frigg Gamma Delta and Rind discoveries in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Subject to the deal being agreed by regulatory authorities…
Some 65 MMboe will be left untapped offshore Norway due to the early shut down of fields and the failure of the Vette project to meet economic margins, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA's April Oil…
Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi has no concerns about current and future demand, he told delegates at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday. “The bottom line is that the world demands 90 MMbo/d and long-term this will increase…
In the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) oil market report for February 2016, signs of a demand slowdown surface, with higher OPEC output only partly offsetting non-OPEC decline. Having peaked, at a five-year high of 1.6 MMb/d in 2015…
Mexican Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquín Coldwell presented International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol with an official letter declaring Mexico’s interest in becoming an IEA member. Image of Birol…
Global demand growth is expected to slow from its five-year high of 1.8 MMb/d in 2015 to 1.2 MMb/d in 2016 – closer towards its long-term trend as previous price support is likely to wane, the IEA Oil Market Report for October informed subscribers…
The Middle East well intervention market is expected to reach US$2.4 billion by 2018, up from $1.37 billion in 2013, with a CAGR of 11.9%, according to a Research and Markets report. The Middle East, with 80.3 trillion cu/m, is home to 43…
Current pressures on oil majors due to low oil prices and a heated market should not be allowed to turn into another crisis, a top ExxonMobil executive told SPE Annual Technology Conference in Amsterdam today (27 October). Image of Neil Duffin…
Laissez les bons temps rouler. Deep in the heart of Louisiana oil country, US representatives from two Asian trade organizations made the case for local investment at the 2013 Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition (LAGCOE), held in Lafayette…
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