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November 23, 2023
The spat involving African members dredges up a disagreement from June, when Angola, Congo and Nigeria were pushed by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman to accept reduced output targets for 2024 that reflected their diminished capabilities.
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November 23, 2023
Saudi Arabia and its allies are embroiled in a dispute over oil production quotas for African members. The disagreement has forced the group to push back its scheduled conference by several days to Nov. 30, sending crude plunging by as much as 4.9% to below $80 a bbl in London on Wednesday.
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November 21, 2023
(WO) — Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has made a gas condensate discovery with its Jhim East X-1 exploration well on Block 2467-16 (Shah Bandar), located in Sujawal district in Pakistan’s Sindh province.
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November 20, 2023
(WO) — Invictus Energy Ltd. has reported significant progress in the drilling of the Mukuyu-2 well at its 80% owned and operated Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe.
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November 20, 2023
Orlen SA agreed to purchase oil and gas producing assets on the Norwegian continental shelf from Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. for $445 million to diversify shipments of natural gas to the eastern European country.
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November 20, 2023
Oil is back in a bear market, but as things currently stand one of OPEC’s largest producers is set to increase output in January.
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November 19, 2023
(WO) — Dana Petroleum and NEO Energy have announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement under which NEO Energy will acquire Dana’s full equity in the Western Isles FPSO.
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November 16, 2023
(WO) — CNOOC Ltd. has initiated production at the Bozhong 19-6 condensate gas field development project in the central Bohai Sea.
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November 16, 2023
(WO) — Aramco announced that it has successfully produced the first unconventional tight gas from its South Ghawar operational area two months ahead of schedule.
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November 14, 2023
The system integrates in-well monitoring and control of gas lift well performance with surface analytics and automation to continually optimize gas-lifted fields, remotely and without intervention.
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November 14, 2023
The IEA boosted forecasts for world fuel consumption this year on surprising strength in China, and still anticipates a supply shortfall during the fourth quarter. But it will be roughly 30% smaller than previously projected, at about 900,000 bpd.
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November 13, 2023
The analysis in Monday’s OPEC report echoes last week’s comments from Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who blamed the retreat in crude prices on a “ploy” by speculators.
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November 10, 2023
The OPEC+ leader is likely to extend its 1 MMbpd production cut — introduced over the summer — into next year, according to analysts at UBS Group AG, FGE, Commerzbank AG and Eurasia Group. RBC Capital Markets says it looks increasingly likely.
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November 09, 2023
Oxy Oman and OQGN intend to exchange knowledge and technical expertise to develop strategies enabling the deployment of CCUS projects in Oman in line with the national strategic direction, including carbon capture, transport of carbon dioxide to Oxy Oman’s production assets for EOR, and supporting the development of relevant policies and procedures with the appropriate government bodies.
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November 08, 2023
As the Independent Petroleum Association of America’s (IPAA’s) Annual Meeting in San Antonio continued on Tuesday afternoon, several senior IPAA staffers gave attendees a candid assessment of the threat posed to the E&P industry by the Biden administration.
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November 08, 2023
Under the deal, M&P aims to increase its current production to 50,000 bpd in Zulia state, Venezuela’s oil cradle.
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November 07, 2023
“The economy, despite the challenges, is still doing quite well,” OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais said at the Argus European Crude Conference in London on Tuesday. “We are positive on demand, we’re still quite robust on demand.”
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November 06, 2023
The acquisition includes Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain oil and natural gas operations, consisting of proved reserves totaling more than 200 MMboe as of year-end 2022, with approximately 46,000 boed of current production.
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November 05, 2023
The Energy Workforce and Technology Council applauded the passage of H.R. 4821, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024.
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November 05, 2023
Saudi Arabia and Russia reaffirmed that they will stick with oil production curbs of more than 1 MMbpd until the end of the year, even as turmoil in the Middle East roils global markets.
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November 02, 2023
The oil majors’ growth strategies are in the spotlight after Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. agreed a pair of takeovers last month together worth more than $100 billion.
