Daily Standup Top Stories Iran Says Trump’s Maximum Pressure Will Fail to Drive Its Oil Exports to Zero February 10, 2025 Mariel Alumit The new U.S. Administration’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran will fail – again – and will not achieve its goal to drive the Islamic Republic’s oil exports to zero, Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen […]
Continue ReadingDenmark has taken its next step in cracking down on Russian-linked shadow tankers passing through its waters The Danish Maritime Authority will carry out port state controls on tankers it deems high risk who anchor off Skagen in the far north of the country, a popular anchorage. Ships found with safety defects or not having […]
Continue ReadingOffshore drilling giant Noble Corporation has won a new contract for one of its semisubmersible rigs in the Americas. Energy giant Shell awarded a contract to the 2009-built Noble Developer semisub. The deal is for a fixed duration of 180 days and is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2026. According to the […]
Continue ReadingExxon CEO says Trump was right to reverse Biden policies Trump has promised to support oil and gas production Chevron Corp. has begun using “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico” to describe the location of some of its largest oil operations, after President Donald Trump ordered the US to rename the body of water. “That’s the […]
Continue ReadingShip-to-ship transfers of Russian-linked oil have spiked dramatically this month in the wake of America’s largest sanctions package aimed at Russia’s shadow fleet. Data from maritime risk analytics firm Windward shows there has been a 366% increase in Russian-related ship-to-ship transfers of crude and products in the Sea of Crete and a 370% increase in […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Oil Prices Fall Ahead Of Trump Inauguration January 20, 2025 Mariel Alumit Oil prices fell as traders await clarity on President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda. Banks are gearing up for oil prices to fall below $60 a barrel by the middle of Trump’s term. Standard Chartered predicts […] UK Nuclear Power Ambitions Hampered […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: There is more to this story than meets the eye. Renaming the Gulf of America, it has brought up a legal question about the Oil and Gas drilling bans by the Biden-Harris administration. Those bans were for the Gulf of Mexico, not the Gulf of America. – This will be fun to […]
Continue ReadingNoble Several Republican-led states have filed a lawsuit to challenge the offshore drilling ban recently imposed by outgoing US president Joe Biden. The lawsuit claims that Biden had no authority to impose the ban and that such a decision had to be made in the US Congress. It also demands a reversal of Biden’s decision […]
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Talos Energy Inc. (\”Talos\” or the \”Company\”) (NYSE: TALO) today announced that the Katmai West #2 well located in the Ewing Bank area of the U.S Gulf of Mexico successfully encountered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas. Key Highlights The Katmai West #2 well was drilled significantly under budget and ahead of schedule […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Ukraine tried to sabotage Russian gas supply to Türkiye – Moscow January 13, 2025 Mariel Alumit A drone attack has been thwarted at a key compressor station, the Defense Ministry has said Ukraine has launched an unsuccessful drone attack on Russian energy infrastructure which delivers natural gas to Türkiye , […] Tougher […]
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