From Reuters Global oil major BP is deepening its ties with Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries by forging a fuel retailing joint venture to capitalize on rising demand in Asia’s third-biggest economy. The move comes days after BP said it would build a network of charging hubs for electric vehicles with China’s Didi Chuxing, betting on the world’s largest market for
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Shell Offshore Inc. makes final investment decision for PowerNap deep-water project in U.S. Gulf Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (stock ticker: RDS-A, RDS-B), has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the PowerNap deep-water project in the US Gulf of Mexico, electing to move forward with
From Reuters A strong rise in oil and gas production helped BP (BP.L) offset weaker crude prices and refining profit to again beat profit expectations on Tuesday, boosting its shares. BP’s second quarter contrasts with Total (TOTF.PA) and Norway’s Equinor (EQNR.OL), which posted sharp earnings drops, and builds on a steady recovery after deep cost cuts since the 2014 downturn,
From Reuters Seven years ago, Diamondback Energy Inc went public with a modest parcel of drillable land in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Like dozens of other Permian startups, the firm then pursued a classic wildcatter’s strategy – borrowing to buy up acreage, acquire competitors and quickly boost output in the booming shale field. Today, Diamondback (FANG.O) is the
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 The staggering size of Aramco: Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company In 1933, the government of Saudi Arabia signed a concession agreement with the Standard Oil Company of California, creating an entity known as the California Arabian Standard Oil Company. Two years later, drilling began, and in 1938, famed geologist Max Steineke
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Daryl Schofield named EVP of business development at Delek US Holdings Delek US Holdings (stock ticker: DK), a downstream subsidiary of the Israeli-based Delek Group, has hired Daryl Schofield as the company’s new executive vice president of business development. Schofield, who will join Delek this August, has more than 35 years
From Reuters India’s state-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has made its first purchase of U.S.-produced Thunder Horse crude oil via a tender for mid-October delivery, its managing director M. Venkatesh said on Friday. “The price offered was very competitive,” Venkatesh said. The state-run refiner placed an order to buy 1 million barrels of the sour oil, he said.
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Alaska Gasline Development Corporation receives FERC input for large proposed gas export project Last Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) published its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for Alaska Gasline Development Corporation’s Alaska LNG project, concluding that construction and operation would result in temporary, long-term and permanent impacts on the
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Woodfibre LNG to deliver 0.75 Mtpa over 15-year period Woodfibre LNG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Oil & Gas Limited, has signed a binding sales and purchase agreement with BP Gas Marketing Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BP (stock ticker: BP), for the delivery of 0.75 Mtpa of LNG
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Comstock acquires Covey Park Energy for $2.2 billion Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and company made a deal to acquire a young, up-and-coming player last Friday, but the deal had nothing to do with football. Rather, it involved Haynesville producer Comstock Resources (stock ticker: CRK), of which Jones is a majority
Cheniere, BP are the sellers From Reuters SOFIA, May 31 (Reuters) – Bulgaria has agreed to buy U.S. natural gas for the first time, signing a deal for a delivery in the second quarter and another in the third, the Bulgarian energy minister said on Friday. Dutch-registered trader Kolmar NL will deliver a 90 million cubic metre (mcm) cargo of
Activist to Dudley: immediately end oil exploration and switch to 100% renewables, or wind down the company; last month’s target was Shell From Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance to BP’s London headquarters on Monday, demanding one of the world’s biggest energy companies end all new oil and gas exploration or go out of business. Greenpeace activists
