Offshore

The Canadian government is vowing to help salvage a mothballed C$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) oil project offshore Newfoundland that the coronavirus pandemic threatens to sink. Rescue talks are underway, said Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, after Husky Energy Inc. teamed up with business and labor supporters to broadcast a group call for help for West…

The Canadian government vowed Wednesday to attempt to salvage a mothballed C$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) oil project offshore Newfoundland that the coronavirus pandemic threatens to sink. Rescue talks are underway, said Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, after Husky Energy Inc. teamed up with business and labor supporters to broadcast a group call for help for…

Natural gas futures broke even Thursday as markets looked past improved U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export demand and a light storage report to the expected onset of fall weather, eased cooling demand and the likelihood of more robust stockpile injections in coming weeks. The October Nymex contract inched up one-tenth of a cent day/day…

Louisiana still had more than 200,000 customers awaiting power restoration Thursday, while substantial Gulf of Mexico natural gas and oil remained shut-in, one week after Hurricane Laura stormed ashore. Based on reports from 31 offshore operators, 420 MMcf/d, or 15.50% of the gas produced pre-storm remained shut-in. There also was 16.27%, or 301,077 bbl offline.…

Natural gas exports, hammered by Hurricane Laura only days after reaching levels not seen since pre-Covid-19, were at the forefront of a steep decline in October forward prices during the Aug. 27-Sept. 2 period. The rest of the forward curve fared better, however, as the potential for further production decreases and stronger global demand this…

What initially appeared to be a substantial retracement for natural gas futures ultimately turned out to be a much smaller pullback to start the week. After bouncing off a $2.497/MMBtu intraday low, the October Nymex gas futures contract settled Monday at $2.630, off only 2.7 cents from Friday’s close. November finished four-tenths of a cent…

The oil and gas industry is bracing for a possible November victory by Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is leading in the polls and who officially accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday from Wilmington, DE. Although energy policy has taken a backseat to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic hardship facing Americans, climate change has nonetheless garnered…

Despite tension between Mexico’s government and non-state energy firms, Houston-based Talos Energy Inc. maintains a bright outlook for private sector exploration and production (E&P) in the country, management said last week. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has upheld his pledge to honor the more than 100 E&P contracts awarded following the 2013-2014 market-opening energy reform,…

A federal offshore oil and gas lease set for August has been delayed for three months to assess the impact of Covid-19 on U.S. oil and gas markets. The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which oversees the offshore auctions, rescheduled the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale 256 to November. The…