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“Delay, Baby, Delay”: Oil industry to pull back as prices tumble – Wood Mackenzie

The global oil industry is preparing to delay spending and development in response to falling crude prices and market uncertainty, according to an April 28 analysis by Wood Mackenzie. “While the US administration targets both lower prices and ‘Drill, baby,...

Hess’ Q1 production from Stabroek Block averaged 183,000 b/d 

Hess Corporation reported that its net production from the Stabroek Block averaged 183,000 barrels of oil per day (b/d) in the first quarter of 2025. That’s down slightly from 190,000 b/d in the same period last year, due mainly...

Venezuela flouts World Court Order barring elections in Guyana’s Essequibo region

Venezuela has rejected a binding order issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) prohibiting it from conducting elections in Guyana’s Essequibo region. This is according to a communiqué issued today and posted to Facebook by Venezuela’s Executive Vice...

ExxonMobil posts US$7.7B in first-quarter earnings amid market pressures

Today, ExxonMobil reported first-quarter earnings of US$7.7 billion, down from US$8.2 billion in the same period last year. The company said the decline was mainly due to weaker industry refining margins, lower crude prices, strategic divestments, and higher expenses...

CNOOC Q1 output up 4.8% year-on-year to 188.8 million boe

China’s CNOOC Limited reported this week that its oil and gas production rose 4.8% year-on-year to 188.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first quarter of 2025, underpinned by stronger domestic output. In its first quarter report released...

bp awards contract for Ginger project to Subsea 7 and SLB OneSubsea

Subsea 7 announced that the Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA) has secured the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for bp’s Ginger project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The Ginger award is the first under a new global framework agreement between...

Guyana says World Court ordered Venezuela not to conduct elections in Essequibo territory

Guyana said Thursday that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Venezuela not to conduct or prepare to conduct elections in the resource-rich Essequibo region, which is administered by Guyana but claimed by its western neighbor. President Irfaan Ali...

Venezuela’s oil comeback possible but only with a normalized environment – Rystad Energy 

Saudi Arabia is expected to anchor the next decade of global oil supply. But Venezuela’s uncertain future remains a critical variable that could disrupt a tightening and increasingly concentrated energy landscape, according to a recent Rystad Energy report.  Venezuela holds...

Hess sees steep drop in quarterly earnings, bringing in US$430M

Hess Corporation posted net income of US$430 million, or US$1.39 per share, for the first quarter of 2025. This marks a sharp decline from US$972 million, or US$3.16 per share, in the same period last year. On an adjusted basis,...

Gas to take spotlight at upcoming Suriname Energy Summit as region expands ambitions

Gas will be taking center stage at this year’s Suriname Energy Oil and Gas Summit (SEOGS) set for June 17 - 20. According to the SEOGS website, a pre-summit gas masterclass and technical sessions will focus on gas supply,...

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Exxon says U.S. senators were misled; no Guyana tax credits included in its 2023 & 2024 filings

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, has rejected claims that the company benefited from tax credits in Guyana for...