Exploration And Production

The Canadian government made a commitment Thursday to help cover expenses of reducing industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by providing investment tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The 2022 federal budget plan presented by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland set CCUS tax credit rates of 60% for direct air capture systems, 50% for…

ExxonMobil has announced a $10 billion commitment to a new development in Guyana’s prolific offshore Stabroek block. The company has received approval from the government of Guyana for the Yellowtail project, which would be the company’s largest to-date asset in the country. Production is slated for 2025 and is expected to hit 250,000 b/d. “Yellowtail’s…

Shell plc’s Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) subsidiary has started production from two areas in its offshore Colibri project, boosting natural gas production for the dual-island, gas-rich nation. Colibri is expected to add 30,000 boe/d, or 174 MMcf/d of near-term gas with peak production of around 43,000 boe/d (250 MMcf/d) through a series of four subsea…

The U.S. natural gas rig count climbed one unit to 138 for the week ended Friday (April 1), while continued expansion in the Permian Basin helped propel a two-rig increase in the oil patch, according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). The overall U.S. rig count climbed three units to 673 for…

Amid continued expansion in the Permian Basin, the U.S. rig count climbed three units overall to reach 673 for the week ended Friday (April 1), according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Two oil-directed rigs and one natural gas-directed rig were added in the United States for the period, putting the combined…

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s pledge to subsidize gasoline prices could partially negate the windfall of high oil prices for state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), according to new analysis by Fitch Ratings Inc.  Pemex “will benefit from higher oil prices although these pose risks to federal government revenue, since the government has committed…

Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will be the operator of the Zama oilfield offshore Mexico, which was discovered in 2017 by a consortium led by Talos Energy Inc. The decision culminates one of several high-profile skirmishes between President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government and the private energy sector. Talos said Monday it had…

U.S. crude production was flat last week, as it has been throughout 2022, even as the Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on and global supply worries intensify. Output for the week ended March 18 held at 11.6 million b/d, even with the prior week and a month earlier, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. American…

The top global oilfield services companies announced over the weekend that they would suspend their investments in Russia, in another blow to the country’s oil and gas operations. The No. 1 operator, Schlumberger Ltd., was joined by Baker Hughes Co., Halliburton Co. and Weatherford International plc, which separately agreed to cancel new investments. “We have…