Industry & Analysis
News
April 29, 2025
bp Plc is off to a “great start” in its strategy reset and can follow through on the turnaround despite the recent drop in oil prices driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, said Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss.
News
April 29, 2025
Woodside has made a final investment decision to develop the three-train, 16.5 million tonne per annum (MMtpa) Louisiana LNG development. Woodside is targeting first LNG in 2029.
News
April 29, 2025
Petro-Victory has completed its acquisition of Capixaba Energia LTDA, a producing oil and gas asset in the Espírito Santo Basin. The acquisition was completed in partnership with BlueOak Investments, Petro-Victory's strategic financial partner.
Article
April 2025
Buffeted by an array of external factors and rising operational challenges, the Permian basin stands at a crossroads in 2025. Can the world’s busiest and most prodigious onshore oil and gas region remain the major driver of U.S. energy security into the future, or will an increasingly unfavorable set of market conditions—combined with the global reordering of tariffs and trade relations being invoked by President Donald Trump—force an end to the long period of sustained growth seen in the region since the advent of the Shale Revolution?
News
April 28, 2025
Russia’s oil producers have been drilling wells at a pace not seen in at least five years as the nation readies for both a loosening of OPEC+ output limits and the possibility of relief from some international sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.
News
April 28, 2025
Drillers in Canada’s Alberta energy region are shifting their focus to natural gas as the global trade war and OPEC+ output increase hammers crude prices. The number of licenses for new gas wells issued in Q1 rose 26%, according to Alberta Energy Regulator data.
News
April 28, 2025
Ever since oil and gas majors announced massive hydrocarbon discoveries in Namibia’s offshore Orange Basin, interest in additional exploration in has been intense. Will negotiations stall, as we’re seeing all too often in African nations, or will the process move forward smoothly?
News
April 28, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's desire for lower crude prices and his disruption of the global economy with trade tariffs during the first quarter of 2025 is stressing the oil industry’s finances, calling into question both shareholder returns and drilling plans.
News
April 25, 2025
According to a new report from Enverus Intelligence Research, upstream M&A opened 2025 with $17 billion in deal value, the second-best start to a year since 2018. However, activity was disproportionately driven by one company, Diamondback Energy.
News
April 25, 2025
Vitol Group has stepped up oil purchases in Venezuela in the final weeks of a U.S. license that allows the world’s largest independent oil trader to do business in the sanctioned nation. Vitol is set to load at least 2.5 million barrels of Venezuelan oil this month, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.
News
April 24, 2025
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) is calling for a deliberate and accelerated approach to moving Namibia’s recent oil and gas discoveries into production – emphasizing the importance of speed, investor confidence and strategic collaboration.
News
April 24, 2025
Texas shale-oil company Matador Resources Co. plans to drop one of its nine drilling rigs by the middle of the year in response to plunging crude prices. Matador is the first significant shale company to announce it’s cutting back on drilling since crude futures began nosediving earlier this month.
News
April 23, 2025
Energy NL is providing details on responses received from two of the major federal parties regarding the development and prioritization of Newfoundland and Labrador's energy sector. The response follows Energy NL's letter sent last month to all three parties.
News
April 23, 2025
Oil prices may decline further this year as new production swells and demand remains capped by China’s faltering growth, the head of the International Energy Agency said. Crude futures remain nearly 9% below levels traded before U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs announcements.
News
April 23, 2025
OPEC+’s audacious bid to punish its oil-quota cheats prompted a renewed plunge in crude on Wednesday, amid growing tensions with Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov appeared on Wednesday to reject pressure to bring output in line with OPEC+'s quota.
News
April 23, 2025
Amid declining Russian oil imports and rising energy demand, India is ramping up investments across Africa’s oil, gas and renewables sectors. The shift comes as India's crude oil imports from Russia fell to a two-year low in February 2025, prompting a renewed push to diversify its sources of energy.
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April 22, 2025
Oil rose as the potential for the U.S. to curtail Iranian flows added to a rebound driven by broader markets. Crude slumped earlier this month on concern that tensions between the U.S. and its trading partners will hurt economic growth and oil consumption.
News
April 22, 2025
Halliburton fell sharply after warning investors that tariffs will impact a wide swath of the company’s business units. Halliburton is the first major company in the U.S. oil industry to disclose a specific financial impact from the global trade war.
News
April 22, 2025
Elliott Investment Management has built up its stake in bp Plc to just over 5% of shares, as the activist investor continues its pressure campaign at the struggling oil giant. The stake, disclosed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, would make Elliott one of bp's largest shareholders.
News
April 21, 2025
TIPRO reports a 700-job decline in Texas upstream oil and gas employment in March, despite strong hiring activity and record production in the Permian and Eagle Ford. Regulatory shifts and market volatility continue to shape industry outlooks.
News
April 18, 2025
U.S. marketed natural gas production remained relatively flat in 2024, growing by less than 0.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) compared with 2023 to average 113 Bcf/d, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) latest report.
