TotalEnergies – Oil & Gas 360

European oil giants commit $500 million to help boost access to energy

November 15, 2024

(Oil Price) – European oil and gas supermajors BP, Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies are committing a joint investment of $500 million to help ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. The joint investment commitment is part of the energy majors’ efforts to support promising, high-impact projects, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, South, and Southeast Asia. These projects are aimed at

Saipem wins contract for $10-billion Suriname oil project

November 14, 2024

(Oil Price) – Saipem has won a $1.9-billion contract from TotalEnergies for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) at the $10.5-billion GranMorgu oil project offshore Suriname, the Italian engineering group said on Thursday. Saipem will work on the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation, pre-commissioning, and assistance for the commissioning and start-up of the Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) package at the project,

The TotalEnergies French connection-U.S. LNG

November 6, 2024

( Oil & Gas 360) – TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne has cautioned that Europe is facing a new energy reality and “must find a way to restore its energy competitiveness.” The head of the French oil giant based his assessment of the continent’s energy squeeze on the loss of Russian gas from its war with Ukraine and steep production drops from

Energy majors team up with Techouse to cut emissions from offshore installations

October 25, 2024

(World Oil) – Technology company Techouse has teamed up with several energy companies, including TotalEnergies and Equinor, plus SINTEF Energy Research, to develop and test a compact, lightweight once-through steam generator (OTSG) that can enable substantial reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions from power and heat production at offshore installations. “Previous research and development has proved that implementing gas turbine

Suriname will not consider loan offers against $26 billion oil patch

October 25, 2024

(World Oil) – Suriname, which is on the verge of becoming a major South American energy producer, is ruling out more borrowing against future oil production, according to its finance minister. TotalEnergies SE and APA Corp. earlier this month announced a $10.5 billion offshore project that will begin pumping crude as soon as 2028. Minister of Finance and Planning of

Namibia to begin offshore drilling at Galp Energia oil discovery site

October 23, 2024

(World Oil) – Namibia’s next wave of offshore oil drilling is set to begin with the arrival of a rig near an existing discovery made by Galp Energia SGPS S.A. Saipem SpA’s Santorini drillship showing a destination of “Mopane,” the name of the find made by Galp, arrived at the site of the field early on Wednesday, according to ship

Baker Hughes wins tech order for TotalEnergies FPSO project offshore Angola

October 15, 2024

(World Oil) – Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract to supply advanced compression solutions to Saipem for TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) project in Angola, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is to be booked in the third quarter of 2024. Baker Hughes’ centrifugal BCL compressor and Integrated Compressor Line (ICL) technology were selected because of their capacity to minimize

TotalEnergies boosts U.S. natural gas business with Eagle Ford assets

September 27, 2024

(Oil Price) – TotalEnergies on Friday announced a deal to buy a 45% stake in dry gas-producing assets owned and operated by Lewis Energy Group in the Eagle Ford basin in Texas, growing its gas production business and boosting its LNG portfolio. The assets that TotalEnergies is buying are located in Southwest Texas and have the potential to be developed to reach a

IOC’s across the seas-Size matters

September 26, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – A review of recent valuations between international oil companies (IOCs) on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean suggests that size and strategy remain high on the list of investors’ criteria. One traditional indication is the price-to-earnings ratios (“PE”) for ExxonMobil and Chevron on the American side compared to their European counterparts, Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies.

TotalEnergies eyes potential Petrobras partnership opportunities in Namibia, Suriname, Angola

September 23, 2024

World Oil (Bloomberg) – TotalEnergies is interested in partnering with Petrobras on projects outside of Brazil as the French supermajor expands in Latin America’s most populous nation, Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne said Monday. Namibia, Suriname and Angola were among the areas Pouyanne mentioned as potential cooperation zones. In Brazil, the offshore Mero project in the so-called pre-salt region, where

TotalEnergies starts natural gas production from Argentinian offshore field

September 20, 2024

Oil Price French supermajor TotalEnergies announced on Friday the start of natural gas production from the Fenix gas field offshore in southern Argentina. The Fenix field has been developed to have a production capacity of 10 million cubic meters per day, or 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, (boe/d). The field, 60 km (37 miles) off the coast of Tierra del

Namibia gets ready to become the world’s newest oil hotspot

July 18, 2024

Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) — Off a busy pier in Namibia’s main port of Walvis Bay, the seeds of an economic boom are being planted. As workers heave fish from boats, or unload cargoes of sulfur and Congolese copper, a massive cylindrical drilling segment is hauled by extended trailer to a storage area. Between the more typical consignments of raw minerals

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