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Finding oil is really hard, making money even harder

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(Journal of Petroleum Technology) As ExxonMobil announced discovery after discovery offshore Guyana, it sounded easy. Beginning with the Liza-1 discovery well, the giant oil company announced 16 successful exploration wells. There were four or five successful wells per year from...
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ExxonMobil sees future demand for oil and gas increasing by 20% – Darren Woods

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As the global economy tightens under severe pressure brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for oil has plummeted to an all-time low creating a supply glut that has seen prices plummet as the world runs out of storage...
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Oil producers scramble to find ‘creative’ storage options after historic price crash

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An unprecedented collapse in oil demand has forced some producers to come up with “creative” measures in order to find places to store their crude, with one energy analyst describing the situation as like a “very elaborate game of...
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Global oil glut reducing but just 400 million barrels of storage left – Rystad Energy

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The global imbalance between oil supply and demand, which has built to 26.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in April due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to halve to 13.6 million bpd in May and fall further to...
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Global exploration & production revenues will fall by staggering 1 trillion dollars – Rystad Energy

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The devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies is better understood by looking at the industry’s expected total annual revenues for 2020. A Rystad Energy analysis shows that global E&P...
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Guyana racking up millions in oil revenue – royalty payments to begin on April 30

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In addition to the almost US$55M that has already been deposited into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) account held by the Bank of Guyana at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, royalty payments are expected to begin this...
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BP profits dive 66% as UK O&G industry faces 30,000 job losses

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BP's first quarter profit has dived by two thirds after the global coronavirus crisis hit demand for oil. The oil giant warned it was facing an "exceptional level of uncertainty" after a sharp reduction in the need for its products. Lockdowns...
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Global economy will not stay paralyzed; oil heading to $40 – OPEC president

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OPEC rotating president and Energy Minister of Algeria, Mohamed Arkab, believes oil prices will rise to $40 per barrel following the implementation of the OPEC+ output cut deal on May 1. Speaking during an interview on the country’s national radio...
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‘Water-based’ crude producers can stay afloat…for now – TT Energy Minister

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While trading at Brent futures does not necessarily provide insulation from the oil price volatility gripping the global industry at present, it puts producers in this class in a better position to rally as storage space for crude continues...
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Guyana battling oil crisis, global pandemic and internal conflict

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) says low oil prices impact the livelihood of millions of people employed along the oil industry’s extensive value chain. The IEA said too that low prices damage the economies of weaker producing countries where...
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Hess to return 94% of net undeveloped acreage to Guyana and Suriname by 2028

According to its 2024 annual report, Hess Corporation plans to return 94% of its net undeveloped acreage, primarily to...

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