Oil and Gas Companies Pull Out of UK North Sea Sector Due to Tax Pressure
Oil and gas companies operating in Britain’s North Sea offshore sector are consolidating and moving overseas as Britain’s windfall tax cuts into profits and the opposition Labor Party threatens to increase taxes if it wins the next general election. This was reported by Reuters. A change in strategy could accelerate …
Exxon and Chevron Are Ahead of European Rivals Due to Production in Guyana and the United States
ExxonMobil and Chevron are increasing production in some production regions, with oil becoming the driver of growth. ExxonMobil and Chevron forecast that their production in the Permian Basin will increase by 10% this year. Exxon also reported that oil production in Guyana in the first quarter increased by 70% compared …
Hess Has Decided on a New Field in Guyana
Has Hess decided to wrest Whiptail from Exxon? Hess has received approval for its sixth project in the Stabroek block, Whiptail, offshore Guyana. She enlisted the support of the country’s authorities. Already at the end of 2027, Whiptail’s capacity should increase by 250 thousand b/d. Resources at Whiptail are 850 …
Exxon and Hess Abandon Guyana Oil Block
US companies have abandoned exploration of the Kaieteur block in deepwater Guyana after disappointing exploration results. Exxon, Hess said they now want to focus on the highly productive Stabroek block, where more than 11 billion barrels of oil and gas have been discovered. The Kaieteur block, abandoned by Exxon and Hess, …
Exxon, Hess and CNOOC Prepare New Oil Project in Guyana
American and Chinese oil and gas companies are preparing to launch the sixth offshore oil project in the Latin American country. $12.93 billion has been allocated for its development. The new project, called Whiptail, will be commissioned in 2027. This is not the first permission for a new oil production …
Guyana Could Become the Fastest Growing Oil Province in the World
The consortium, which includes ExxonMobil, US oil company Hess and China’s CNOOC, plans to spend $12.93 billion to develop its sixth offshore oil project in Guyana. The floating production platform for the Whiptail project will start operating in 2027 and will provide more than 1.2 million barrels per day of …
Halliburton: Sets Record with XtremeGrip a Deepwater Liner Hanger Installations on Hess Stampede Project
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) today announced its XtremeGrip™ liner hangers have been installed to a depth of 30,924 feet in the Gulf of Mexico Hess-operated Stampede deepwater development, setting a record depth for the XtremeGrip system. To facilitate the completions, Halliburton installed a total of 37 XtremeGrip expandable liner hangers …
Hess Confirms Sale of Samara-Nafta to LukOil
Hess Corporation announced today it has entered into an agreement with OAO LUKOIL to sell 100 percent of its Russian subsidiary Samara-Nafta for a total consideration of $2.05 billion. Based on its 90 percent interest in Samara-Nafta, total after tax proceeds to Hess are expected to amount to approximately $1.8 …