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More than half of 2020 licensing rounds set to be wiped out – Rystad Energy

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More than half of the world’s planned licensing rounds are likely to be cancelled this year due to the combined effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing oil price war, a Rystad Energy impact analysis forecasts. New licensed...
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Understanding the dynamics of the global oil market: OPEC and non-OPEC production

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Crude oil is a major component of modern lifestyle. It has played an important role in many world events for over a hundred years. Wars have been fought over crude oil, and energy security is one of the major...
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Guyana oil production in best position to weather global price storm

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As disruptions in the global oil and gas industry intensify as a result of oil price shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have been forced to slow down or stop operations altogether. While the co-venturers at Guyana’s Stabroek Block...
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CNOOC plans to cut 2020 investment by up to 15%

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(Reuters) - China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) will trim annual investment by 10% to 15% in 2020, while maintaining its goal of increasing domestic crude oil and natural gas production for the year, the company said in a...
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Multi-billion-barrel wells facing delays in Guyana, US and elsewhere – Rystad Energy

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At least nine of the world’s top planned exploration wells for 2020 are at risk of being suspended as a result of the combined effect on oil and gas activities of the COVID-19 virus and the oil price war,...
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Total divests $400M in Brunei, Sierra Leone and Liberia assets

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French multinational oil company Total has announced that in line with its strategy of actively managing its asset portfolio and its objective to divest $5 billion during the period 2019-2020, it is pursuing the divestments of several non-core assets...
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Exxon slashes 2020 CAPEX by 30% – says Guyana oil production unaffected but other slowdowns expected

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ExxonMobil said Tuesday it is reducing its 2020 capital spending by 30 percent and lowering cash operating expenses by 15 percent in response to low commodity prices resulting from oversupply and demand weakness from the COVID-19 pandemic. Capital investments for...
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Fugro forced to implement hiring, salary freeze as impact of COVID-19 deepens

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Dutch engineering company Fugro said on Monday it is taking appropriate measures during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep its employees, partners and clients safe and healthy while ensuring service delivery. Current market conditions have forced the company to implement...
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“We do not see Exxon turning off the taps in Guyana” – Rystad Energy

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The fall in oil prices triggered by the Saudi Arabia-Russia price war and the COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in a number of oil and gas companies readjusting their 2020 exploration and production programmes. US oil major ExxonMobil said...
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Oil drops more than 6% to 18-year low as global demand evaporates

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(CNBC) U.S. oil dropped to an 18-year low on Monday as demand continues to evaporate, and as Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ nations prepare to ramp up production. With much of the world in lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic rages...
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Nigeria’s Petroleum Commission confirms ExxonMobil’s US$1.5B investment in the country’s deepwater oil sector

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has confirmed that ExxonMobil will invest $1.5 billion in Nigeria’s deepwater oil...

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