Daily Standup Top Stories Chris Wright Moves to Refill The Strategic Petroleum Reserve March 9, 2025 Clark Savage Many people are curious about the Trump administration’s plans to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that was so callously abused by whomever was making decisions in the Biden administration, which drew this national security […] Canada’s Final US […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub note: Interesting from Bloomberg. Also, we need to look at how much oil California potentially still imports from Iran. The official list of imported oil in California is: \”According to the California Energy Commission, in 2020 (the most recent detailed foreign source data available), the state imported approximately 60% of its crude oil, […]
Continue ReadingBritain plans to overhaul its windfall tax regime on oil and gas producers once current levies run out in 2030, it said on Wednesday as it vowed to transform the North Sea into a renewables hub. The government is asking industry players and others to provide feedback until May 28 on policy options including taxing […]
Continue ReadingChina Merchants has bought a 70% stake in Vast Infraestrutura, Brazil’s only privately run VLCC terminal, located in the port of Açu in a deal worth up to $714m. China Merchants bought its stake in the oil terminal from US-based EIG Global Energy Partners, which has been developing the site for the past 10 years. […]
Continue ReadingA Venezuelan military ship was spotted in Guyana’s waters on Saturday morning sailing close to ExxonMobil’s producing FPSO claiming that the units were operating in “a disputed area”. In a national address, Guyana president Irfaan Ali revealed that the Venezuelan vessel, which entered Guyanese waters on Saturday morning, was part of its coast guard fleet. […]
Continue ReadingPetrobras is beefing up its offshore game, throwing four more support vessels into the mix by 2026—bringing the grand total to 48. Brazil’s state-run oil company is gearing up to boost production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) at the Buzios field by 2030, cementing Brazil’s status as an offshore oil heavyweight. Petrobras has […]
Continue ReadingAustralian oil and gas player Karoon Energy has bought the Cidade de Itajaí FPSO for $115m from Altera & Ocyan, the joint venture formed by the Brazilian company Ocyan and Altera Infrastructure. The FPSO was bought by Karoon’s wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary Karoon Petróleo & Gás. The deal also includes approximately $8m of transaction costs. The […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Redrawing of global energy markets map set to heap benefits on US February 23, 2025 Clark Savage The prospects of peace and the return of Russian gas looks likely to serve the interests of Donald Trump The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine three years ago has reverberated through the global energy industry; unravelling Europe’s […] […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: I had to change the title to \”Gulf of America\” as World Oil published with \”Gulf of Mexico\” – just trying to help. ConocoPhillips will sell its interests in the Gulf of America* Ursa and Europa fields to Shell for $735 million, both companies confirmed today. ConocoPhillips continues to work towards a […]
Continue ReadingConservation and environmentalist groups have sued US president Donald Trump and his administration over his order to roll back the ban on future oil and gas leasing. The court battle against Trump is a two-parter. Several organisations are collectively challenging the order by the US president to revoke Biden’s withdrawal of certain areas of the […]
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