Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Big oil prepares for slump in LNG profits- oil and gas 360

Big oil prepares for slump in LNG profits

(Oil Price) – Big Oil majors are bracing for a drop in income from liquefied natural gas trade as prices are seen stabilizing after the price surge from the past three years, the Financial Times has reported, citing analysts. Among the companies most affected, the analysts named Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, Exxon, and Chevron, all of which have big LNG trading businesses that

Kuwait’s KPC CEO says oil production capacity exceeds 3 million bpd- oil and gas 360

Kuwait’s KPC CEO says oil production capacity exceeds 3 million bpd

(BOE Report) – Kuwait’s oil production capacity now exceeds 3 million barrels per day, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Sheikh Nawaf Saud al-Sabah told reporters on Tuesday. The country’s oil production capacity was at more than 2.8 million bpd in June last year, Ahmad Jaber Al-Eidan, the CEO of KPC subsidiary Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), said at the time. Kuwait aims

Exclusive-Aramco chief expects additional oil demand of 1.3 million bpd this year- oil and gas 360

Exclusive-Aramco chief expects additional oil demand of 1.3 million bpd this year

(Investing) – DAVOS, Switzerland  -Saudi oil giant Aramco (TADAWUL:2222)’s Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Tuesday he sees the oil market as healthy and expects an additional 1.3 million barrels per day of demand this year. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Nasser was responding to a question on the impact of U.S. President

Infinity Natural eyes up to $1.2 bln valuation as energy IPOs gain momentum- oil and gas 360

Infinity Natural eyes up to $1.2 bln valuation as energy IPOs gain momentum

(BOE Report) – Infinity Natural Resources is targeting a valuation of up to $1.24 billion in its initial public offering, joining a bunch of energy industry companies that have rushed to list their shares in recent months. The company, which first filed its IPO paperwork in October, said on Tuesday it is aiming to raise up to $278.25 million through

US energy mergers may slow in 2025 as deal sizes shrink, says Enverus- oil and gas 360

US energy mergers may slow in 2025 as deal sizes shrink, says Enverus

(Investing) – The pace of U.S. upstream public-to-public mergers could slow in 2025 from their recent average of five per year along with a fall in deal sizes, according to a report from energy analytics firm Enverus that was released on Tuesday. The consolidation trend in the U.S. energy sector, which triggered deals amounting to $250 billion in 2023, stretched into

Trump signs executive order to unleash American energy- oil and gas 360

Trump signs executive order to unleash American energy

(Oil Price) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office an executive order to unleash America’s energy by easing the barriers to oil and gas extraction and production and revoking a series of climate orders by President Biden. As pledged in the campaign and widely expected to take place on President Trump’s first day in office, the executive order

Analysis-Trump's Paris climate exit will hit harder than in 2017- oil and gas 360

Analysis-Trump’s Paris climate exit will hit harder than in 2017

(Investing) – BRUSSELS/LONDON  – A second U.S. withdrawal from the world’s primary climate pact will have a bigger impact – in the U.S. and globally – than the country’s first retreat in 2017, analysts and diplomats told Reuters. One of President Donald Trump’s first acts on returning to office on Monday was to quit the Paris Agreement as part of his

U.S. LNG cargoes divert to Europe as European gas prices rise-oil and gas 360

U.S. LNG cargoes divert to Europe as European gas prices rise

(Oil Price) – At least six LNG cargoes loaded in the United States and initially en route to Asia have been diverted to Europe as European natural gas prices have rallied in recent weeks while Asian prices drop with weaker demand and high inventories. The diverted U.S. cargoes were initially traveling to Asian buyers in China, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand.

Chevron eyes oil and gas exploration offshore Greece- oil and gas 360

Chevron eyes oil and gas exploration offshore Greece

(Oil Price) – U.S. supermajor Chevron has expressed interest in oil and gas exploration offshore Greece, the Greek Ministry of Energy and Environment said on Monday, adding that exploration is part of the national strategy for energy independence and lower energy costs. Chevron is interested in exploring the area southwest of the Peloponnese peninsula and to the west of the island of Crete,

Kimbell Royalty Partners completes $230 million Midland basin acquisition- oil and gas 360

Kimbell Royalty Partners completes $230 million Midland basin acquisition

(World Oil) – Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP has closed the previously announced purchase of mineral and royalty interests held by a private seller in a cash transaction valued at approximately $230 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. Kimbell owns oil and gas mineral and royalty interests in over 17 million gross acres in 28 states. The purchase price of the acquisition was funded through

Supertanker rates double after U.S. sanctions on Russian oil trade- oil and gas 360

Supertanker rates double after U.S. sanctions on Russian oil trade

(Oil Price) – Supertanker rates surged in the aftermath of the U.S. sanctions on Russian oil trade and shadow fleet tankers, with rates for the vessels capable of shipping 2 million barrels of crude doubling in one week. The rates for supertankers, or very large crude carriers (VLCC), soared by 112% to $57,589 per day on the Middle East-to-China route, per

Trump will declare 'national energy emergency' that could boost oil, gas projects- oil and gas 360

Trump will declare ‘national energy emergency’ that could boost oil, gas projects

(Investing) – WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump will sign an executive order declaring a national energy emergency aimed at boosting U.S. oil and gas production and lowering costs for U.S. consumers, an official with the incoming White House said on Monday. The emergency declaration is just one of many actions Trump is expected to take on Monday to bolster the U.S.