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Oil and natural gas exploration will play an essential role in meeting global energy demand through at least 2040, even if human-induced global warming is kept under 2 C, according to a recent analysis by Wood Mackenzie. “Only about half the supply needed to 2040 is guaranteed from fields already onstream,” said Wood Mackenzie’s Andrew…

Houston’s Hilcorp Energy Co. has completed a takeover of BP plc’s upstream portfolio in Alaska and is nearing a handoff of the midstream unit, allowing the private explorer to become one of the state’s biggest operators. The $5.6 billion deal struck last year with BP hands affiliate Hilcorp Alaska immediate control of BP Exploration (Alaska)…

Italian supermajor Eni SpA has struck natural gas in its first exploration well in the North El Hammad offshore Egypt in the Nile Delta, adding to a gusher of opportunities in the region.  Eni, which operates the block in the Eastern Mediterranean (Med) with partners BP plc and Total SA, said the discovery at Bashrush…

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday said U.S. oil refinery input for the week ending June 26 averaged 14 million b/d, about 193,000 b/d higher than in the previous week, but the recent spike in Covid-19 cases nationwide may drive consumers back indoors, according to experts. U.S. refineries operated at 75.5% of their capacity…

Mexico’s oil production fell to 1.64 million b/d in May compared to 1.66 million b/d in the year-ago period, according to new data provided by the country’s upstream watchdog Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH). Gas production in May was 3.61 Bcf/d, down from 3.82 Bcf/d last May. The figures are the first to reflect committed…

Houston-based Sanchez Energy Corp. late Tuesday said it had completed a financial restructuring and emerged from bankruptcy as Mesquite Energy Inc., a private explorer still intent on keeping its focus in the Eagle Ford Shale. The reorganization under Chapter 11, begun in 2019, eliminated nearly all of the $2.3 billion debt. “We are excited to…

Oil and natural gas exploration will play an essential role in meeting global energy demand through at least 2040, even if human-induced global warming is kept under 2 C, according to a new analysis by Wood Mackenzie. “Only about half the supply needed to 2040 is guaranteed from fields already onstream,” said Wood Mackenzie’s Andrew…

Covia Corp., which provides proppants for oil and gas well operations across North America, on Tuesday said it had filed for bankruptcy, making it the third U.S. energy company in three days to seek Chapter 11 protection.  The petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District…

Houston-based ConocoPhillips said Tuesday it expects to begin restoring some curtailed Alaska and Lower 48 oil output in July after shuttering an average 225,000 boe/d net across its global operations in 2Q2020. In a second quarter update ahead of issuing results late in July, the super independent said oil output despite the shut-ins was in…