Industry & Analysis
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November 2024
Upstream oil and gas activity in the part of the U.S. residing in U.S. Federal Reserve District 11 declined slightly during third-quarter 2024, as commodity prices stagnated.
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November 2024
It goes without saying that the U.S. upstream industry is very pleased with the Nov. 5 election result. That large sound that some of you across the pond in Europe might have heard was the giant, collective sigh of relief coming from operators, service companies and drilling contractors throughout the country, as President-elect Trump is wasting no time in putting together a wide-ranging energy plan.
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November 2024
The American people sent a resounding message during the 2024 election: they do not like the direction the country is headed, and they want change. With President-elect Donald J. Trump’s decisive win, and Republicans holding both branches of Congress, the time is ripe to pivot toward policies that truly benefit hardworking Americans. High energy costs, inflation, and bureaucratic red tape are issues that families and businesses confront daily, and it’s time to turn the tide.
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November 2024
With President-elect Trump and his pro-oil stance set to take position in office, a new Secretary of Energy candidate who opposes much of the ESG movement, and Liberty Oil suing the SEC for overreach — are we seeing the end of the ESG movement?
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December 03, 2024
(Bloomberg) – OPEC’s crude production increased for a second month as Libya continued to recover from a political feud that had closed its biggest oil field.
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December 02, 2024
Energy NL has announced its full support of Premier Andrew Furey's statement which maintains the federal emissions cap regulations must respect the Atlantic Accord and the principle of joint management.
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December 02, 2024
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) says Scotland’s new hydrogen export strategy can build on the nation’s industrial strengths and unlock a £93 billion export opportunity if firms are now backed with a clear action plan to attract investment and talent.
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November 2024
After four years of often irrational, counterproductive federal policymaking by the Biden/Harris administration, America’s oil and gas industry celebrated the election of Donald J. Trump (Fig. 1) to a second term in office in the Nov. 5 elections.
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December 01, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos is putting a freeze on new contracts with service providers as the company works to pay off the roughly $20 billion it owes suppliers.
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December 01, 2024
Ecopetrol S.A. Board of Directors have approved the 2025 investment budget of the Ecopetrol Group for an amount between 24 and 28 trillion pesos, with more than half the approved budget earmarked for crude and gas exploration and production
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November 29, 2024
Russia’s Gazprom PJSC is preparing for a scenario where natural gas flows via Ukraine halt entirely next year.
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November 29, 2024
South Africa is in talks to obtain liquefied natural gas from Qatar as the country faces a decline in supplies from neighboring Mozambique in the coming years.
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November 28, 2024
Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline lost the latest round of its legal fight against European Union gas market rules, in a largely symbolic court defeat for the now-shuttered project.
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November 27, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Alberta intends to invoke legislation allowing it to defy a federally proposed cap on emissions from the oil and gas industry in opposition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Canadian province holds the world’s third-largest crude reserves in its oil sands.
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November 27, 2024
Following the Board’s strategic endorsement, ADNOC announced the launch of XRG, a groundbreaking international lower-carbon energy and chemicals investment company, with an enterprise value of over $80 billion.
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November 26, 2024
Exxon says U.S. oil producers won't significantly boost output under Trump, despite calls to "drill, baby, drill," citing economic priorities over political changes.
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November 26, 2024
An average of 13.4 MMbpd of crude oil was produced in the United States during August 2024, a new record according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration Petroleum Supply Monthly.
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November 27, 2024
President-elect Trump’s pro-energy agenda includes fast-tracking permits for stalled LNG projects, reversing Biden-era regulatory pauses and increasing leases on federal land for gas production. This could strengthen the sentiment around global LNG supply after years of uncertainty.
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November 26, 2024
(Bloomberg) - OPEC+ has little scope to reverse its oil production cuts, which have triggered a wave of rival supply from the U.S. shale industry, Iran’s representative to the group said.
