Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Qatar Petroleum Partners with Total in Africa, South America - Oil & Gas 360

Qatar Petroleum Partners with Total in Africa, South America

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Qatar Petroleum signs agreement to farm Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar’s state-owned energy company, has signed an agreement with French supermajor Total SA (stock ticker: TOT), under which the company will farm into Total-held exploration acreage in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya. With regards to

BP to Enter India’s Fuel Retail Market with Reliance Tie-Up

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

Ithaca Energy Acquires Chevron North Sea Limited for $2 Billion - Oil & Gas 360

Exxon Mobil Profit Sinks, Chevron Rises as Both Boost Output

From Reuters Weaker second-quarter refining and chemicals profits offset surging U.S. shale production at U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Chevron Corp (CVX.N), the two reported on Friday. Exxon’s topped analysts’ reduced estimates for the quarter but net fell 21% from a year earlier, its third quarter in a row of weaker year-over-year profit, despite a near doubling

Qatar Petroleum Buys Stake in Total’s Guyana Assets

From Reuters Qatar Petroleum said on Monday it had agreed a deal with Total (TOTF.PA) to acquire a stake in the French energy giant’s two oil and gas blocks offshore Guyana. Qatar Petroleum said it will hold 40% of Total’s 25% participating interest in the Orinduik block, and 40 percent of Total’s 25% participating interest in the neighboring Kanuku. The

Total Plans $5 Billion of Asset Sales to Future-Proof Business - Oil & Gas 360

Total Plans $5 Billion of Asset Sales to Future-Proof Business

From Reuters French energy giant Total (TOTF.PA) will sell about $5 billion of assets, mostly from its exploration and production business as it sharpens its focus on low-breakeven projects that can weather weak oil prices, it said on Thursday. The announcement followed a 19% drop in second-quarter adjusted net profit to $2.9 billion, which it attributed to unfavorable market factors

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Total Invests $500 Million in Tellurian, Enters Into LNG SPA

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Total commits to purchasing an aggregate of 2.5 Mtpa Total S.A. (stock ticker: TOT), through its subsidiaries Total Delaware and Total Gas & Power North America, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase 1 Mtpa from Tellurian’s (stock ticker: TELL) Driftwood LNG terminal. Total will also invest $500 million in

The Dead Cow Finally Produces Oil, a Century After Its Discovery

From Bloomberg Argentine shale formation sees first crude and LNG shipments, drillers still face many infrastructure, political challenges Along the western edge of Argentina’s Patagonia, on an arid steppe nestled against the Andes mountains, lies a shale formation known as the Vaca Muerta. And ever since engineers confirmed what an American geologist suspected a century ago — that the Vaca